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Amawalk Monthly 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

Call Number:
NY.A493
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2.1 linear ft. (16 volumes (plus 7 folders))
Date:
1795-1996 (inclusive)
Creator:
Amawalk Monthly Meeting Society of Friends (1955- : Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Records of Amawalk Monthly Meeting and its predecessor, Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1795-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1812-1991; Vital records 1798-1996; minutes and other records of Ministry & Counsel and its predecessor, Ministers & Elders, 1829-1914 & 1986-95; Treasurer's book 1910-1985; deeds & other property Records 1774-1903; extracts of the minutes of the monthly and quarterly meetings for Amawalk Preparative (1795) and Monthly (1806).

Amawalk Monthly Meeting was established in 1798, set off from Chappaqua Monthly Meeting and under Purchase Monthly Meeting. Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) changed to an Executive Meeting (meeting quarterly) in 1897. Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) changed its name to Yorktown Monthly Meeting in 1882.

Records of Amawalk Monthly Meeting and its predecessor, Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1795-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1812-1991; Vital records 1798-1996; minutes and other records of Ministry & Counsel and its predecessor, Ministers & Elders, 1829-1914 & 1986-95; Treasurer's book 1910-1985; deeds & other property Records 1774-1903; extracts of the minutes of the monthly and quarterly meetings for Amawalk Preparative (1795) and Monthly (1806).

Divided into series: Minutes (men's & joint): 1.1 1828-1844, 1.2 1844-1886, 1.3 1886-1938, 1.4 1938-1984, 1.5 1984-1987, 1.6 1987-1991; Women's minutes: 2.1 1812-1829, 2.2 1829-1851; 2.3 1851-1886; Vital records: 3.1 Marriage Certificates 1798-1910, 3.2 Births and Deaths 1828-1905, 3.3 Releases 1811-1996, 3.4 Marriages and Removals 1828-1883, 3.5 Misc. membership Records 1884-1956; Ministry & Counsel: 4.1 1829-1847, 4.2 1876-1914, 4.3 1985-87, 4.4 1986-87, 4.5 1987-88, 4.6 1989, 4.7 1990-95; Financial & Property records: 5.1 Treasurer's Book 1910-1985, 5.2 Misc. deeds & property records; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Extracts 1795-1806, 6.2 Newsletter 1992-ongoing, 6.3 Miscellaneous Records 1827-1996 & n.d.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Vital records to 1910 & minutes to 1888 also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY2-4.

Deposit, 1997.

Organization
Subject
Place

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

RG2/NY/A493 3.1. Marriage Certificates, 1798-1910.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY171
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/ Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 3.2. Births and Deaths, 1828-1905.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY2
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 3.3. Releases, 1811-1996.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/ Hicksite/ United

RG2/NY/A493 3.4. Marriages and Removals, 1828-1883.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY2
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 3.5. Misc. Membership Records, 1884-1956.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 1.1. Minutes, 1828-1844.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY2
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 1.2. Minutes, 1844-1886.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY2
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 1.3. Minutes, 1886-1938.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY171
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 1.4. Minutes, 1938-1984.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY170
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/ United

RG2/NY/A493 1.5. Minutes, 1984-1987.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY170
Physical Description

1 binder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 1.6. Minutes, 1987-1991.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY170
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 2.1. Minutes, 1812-1829.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY2
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/ Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 2.2. Minutes, 1829-1851.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY170
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 2.3. Minutes, 1851-1886.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY171
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 4.1. Ministers and Elders, 1829-1847.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY171
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 4.2. Ministers and Elders, 1876-1914.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY171
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 4.3. Ministry Counsel, 1985-1987.
Scope and Contents

Minutes

Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 4.4. Ministry Counsel, 1986-1987.
Scope and Contents

Clerks' papers and correspondence

Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 4.5. Ministers and Elders, 1987-1988.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 4.6. Ministry Counsel, 1989.
Scope and Contents

Clerk's papers and correspondence

Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 4.7. Ministers and Elders, 1990-1995.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 5.1. Treasurer's Book, 1910-1985.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY170
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 5.2. Misc. Deeds Property Records, 1774-1903.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. No film available.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 6.1. Extracts, 1795-1806.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/A493 6.2. Newsletter, 1992-ongoing.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/A493 6.3. Misc. Records, 1827-1996 & n.d.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

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