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Williamsburg Friends Meeting Records
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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Williamsburg Friends began meeting as a worship group in 1981, and organized as a Preparative Meeting in 1982 under the care of Richmond Monthly Meeting. Williamsburg Meeting was granted monthly meeting status by Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1986. Williamsburg Friends Meeting previously had two preparative meetings under its care: Mattaponi (now a monthly meeting) and Norfolk (which was laid down in 2021).
Williamsburg Friends Meeting's digital records include minutes (2011-2020 with gaps), scattered 2010 newsletters, Spiritual State of the Meeting reports (2011-2018), records related to Mattaponi Meeting's status change from Preparative to Monthly, and some member-related records and statistics. Norfolk Preparative Meeting, which existed under the care of Williamsburg from 1992 to 2021, is also part of the Williamsburg Friends Meeting collection, and records include minutes (2017-2019) and Spiritual State of the Meeting reports (2011-2019).
Digital records deposited in 2020 by Wayne Finegar, then-General Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Organization
Subject
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- Caitlin Goodman
- Finding Aid Date
- 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
- Use Restrictions
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from records beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor.
Collection Inventory
3 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
2 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
With gaps. Coverage: 2011 (1-2, 11-12), 2012 (all), 2013 (all), 2014 (1-6, 11), 2015 (9-10), 2016 (3-4, 6), 2017 (1, 3), 2018 (1, 5, 6), 2020 (1)
Physical Description44 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
With gaps. Includes 2017 (June), 2018 (Sep-Dec), 2019 (Jan-Feb, Apr-May)
Physical Description9 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
9 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 PDF file
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
2 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Letters related to Mattaponi Friends Meeting's status transition from a Preparative under the care of Williamsburg to full monthly meeting.
Physical Description3 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
8 PDF files
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College