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Illinois Yearly Meeting Records

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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.

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Illinois Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) opened in 1875. It was composed of Blue River Quarterly Meeting, set off from Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1874, and Prairie Grove Quarterly Meeting, set off from Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) the same year. It joined in founding Friends General Conference.

There was no Illinois Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). Orthodox meetings in Illinois and Iowa were part of Iowa Yearly Meeting.

Records of predominately Hicksite Quaker meetings in Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa, 1820-1961.

Deposit, Illinois Yearly Meeting, 1940-42.

Gift of Reginald Willis, 1978.

A number of 20th century meetings in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Indiana -- many on college campuses -- were sponsored by the American Friends Fellowsip Council between the time the latter was set off from the Fellowhip Committee of the AFSC in 1933 and when it merged into the FWCC American Section in 1954. Information on Chicago, Decator, Lake Forest, Oak Park, Urbana, Iowa City, Ames, Council Bluffs, Lincoln, Bloomington, Indianapolis, and Perdue University may be found in these records (RG4/004) and in the correspondence of the FWCC (RG1/001) which have been deposited at Friends Historical Library.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1895-1914, Membership records ca.1867-1911, and Treasurer's book 1888-1918

RG2/IL/B465 2.1. Register, ca.1867-1911.
Scope and Contents

Includes Births 1868-1911, Deaths 1867-1910, Membership n.d., Removals received 1868-1902, and Marriages 1869-96.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill1
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/B465 1.1. Minutes, 1895-1914.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill1
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/B465 3.1. Treasurer's book, 1888-1918.
Scope and Contents

Includes burial permits 1901-15.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1873-94, Women's minutes 1873-82, and Births and Deaths 1869-92

RG2/IL/E378 3.1. Births and Deaths, 1869-92.
Scope and Contents

Includes Removal certificates 1876-79.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill10
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/E378 1.1. Minutes, 1873-94.
Scope and Contents

Includes Membership list 1876.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill10
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/E378 2.1. Minutes, 1873-82.
Scope and Contents

Includes 1872 Minute from East Jordan Preparative Meeting of Women Friends.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill10
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Women's minutes 1872-73.

RG2/IL/E380 1.1. Minutes, 1872-73.
Scope and Contents

Includes 1885 Minute (clerk's draft) from East Jordan Executive Meeting.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill10
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1820-77, Women's minutes 1829-75.

RG2/IL/H664 3.1. Register, ca.1826-77.
Scope and Contents

Includes Births, Deaths, Marriages, Removals, and Membership

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill11
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

RG2/IL/H664 1.1. Minutes, 1820-51.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill11
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

RG2/IL/H664 1.2. Minutes, 1851-77.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill11
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/H664 2.1. Minutes, 1829-72.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill11
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/H664 2.2. Minutes, 1872-75.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill11
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1888-1912, Register 1887-1912.

RG2/IL/L563 2.1. Register, 1887-1912.
Scope and Contents

Includes Removals received 1888-97, Membership 1892-1910, Births 1887-1907, Deaths 1889-1912, and Marriages 1892-79.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill17
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/L563 1.1. Minutes, 1888-1906.
Scope and Contents

Includes Treasurer's accounts 1890-91 and Membership 1903-09.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill17
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/L563 1.2. Minutes, 1907-1912.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill17
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1889-1912.

RG2/IL/N437 1.1. Minutes, 1889-1912.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill17
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1848-53, and Women's minutes 1848-50.

RG2/IL/P435 1.1. Minutes, 1848-53.
Scope and Contents

Includes membership.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill18
Physical Description

1 volume

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Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P435 2.1. Minutes, 1848-50.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill18
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P435 3.1. Papers re: Plainfield Property, 1853-93.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers regarding disposal of Plainfield Monthly Meeting Property after it was laid down in 1853. All photocopies.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1866-95, Ministry and Elders minutes 1883-1920, Deed 1863, and First Day School Committee minutes 1900-11.

RG2/IL/P735 1.1. Minutes, 1866-76.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill21
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P735 1.2. Minutes, 1876-95.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill21
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P735 2.1. Minutes, 1883-1903.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill21
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P735 2.2. Minutes, 1903-20.
Scope and Contents

1903-1916 on microfilm MR-Ill-21 and 1916-1920 on MR-Ill-22

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill21/22
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P735 3.1. Deed, 1863.
Scope and Contents

From Geo Chase et al to Trustees.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/P735 4.1. First Day School Committee Minutes, 1900-11.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill22
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1885-1906.

RG2/IL/R534 1.1. Minutes, 1885-1906.
Scope and Contents

Includes Treasurer's Reports 1900-09.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill22
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Correspondence re: 1% tax, 1959-61, and Newsletters, 1951-1963 and 1969-1972.

RG2/IL/U733 2.1. Newsletter, 1951-1963 and 1969-1972.
RG2/IL/U733 1.1. Correspondence re: 1-percent tax, 1959-60.
Scope and Contents

Indexed. Includes explanatory note: How Urbana-Champaign Friends Came to Tax Themselves for the United Nations by Norma Adams Price, 1970.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/U733 1.2. Correspondence re: 1-percent tax, 1960.
Scope and Contents

Indexed.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/U733 1.3. Correspondence re: 1-percent tax, 1960-61.
Scope and Contents

Indexed.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1864-1920, Women's minutes 1864-84, Membership 1858-1921, Memorials ca.1892-1918, Ministry and Elders minutes 1906-19, First Day School Committee Minutes 1911-18, Misc. Financial and Property Records 1868-73, and Declaration of Trust 1917.

RG2/IL/W367 3.1. Membership, 1858-1921.
Scope and Contents

Includes Births and deaths 1786-1914, Marriage Certificates 1864-94 (p. 120-143). Records transferred from original book 1903.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 3.2. Memorials, ca.1892-1918.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 1.1. Minutes, 1864-74.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 1.2. Minutes, 1885-1901.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 1.3. Minutes, 1901-20.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 2.1. Minutes, 1864-79.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 2.2. Minutes, 1879-84.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 4.1. Minutes, 1886-1905.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 4.2. Minutes, 1906-19.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 6.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1868-73.
Scope and Contents

Includes: Abstract of title 1872; Deeds 1869, 1872; Minute extracts regarding Meeting House Property 1868-73. Also includes membership reports 1903-09, 1918-20.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 6.2. Declaration of Trust, 1917.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/IL/W367 5.1. First Day School Committee Minutes, 1911-18.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill23
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes Minutes 1878-1948, Women's minutes 1875-87, and History of Wapsinonoc and Prairie Grove Monthly Meetings.

RG2/ILy 1.1. Minutes, 1878-87.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill13
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.2. Minutes, 1887-92.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill13
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.3. Minutes, 1893-98.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill13
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.4. Minutes, 1899-1904.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill14
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.5. Minutes, 1905-10.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill14
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.6. Minutes, 1911-16.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill14
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.7. Minutes, 1917-23.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill14
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.8. Minutes, 1924-33.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Micro Film MR-Ill14
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 1.9. Minutes, 1942-48.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill14
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 2.1. Minutes, 1875-87.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/ILy 3.1. History of Wapsinonoc and Prairie Grove Monthly Meetings, n.d.
Scope and Contents

Also includes blank membership reports ca. 1900.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Micro Film MR-Ill No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

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