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Bethpage Preparative 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.
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The date of establishment of Bethpage Preparative Meeting is uncertain. It was granted permission to worship by the quarterly meeting in 12mo 1697/8. In 1743/4, Westbury Monthly Meeting accepted a transfer of the Bethpage Quaker meeting house from the private ownership of the Powells and Whitsons to general ownership by the Society. Bethpage Preparative Meeting became part of Jericho Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1789. Bethpage Preparative Meeting is an active meeting.
Includes records of the pre-Separation and Hicksite Bethpage Preparative Meeting: men's minutes, 1773-2010; women's minutes, 1789-1795, 1805-1890; treasurer's book, 1785-1804.
Divided into series: Minutes (men's): 1.1 1773-1784, 1.2 1773-1802, 1.3 1802-1849, 1.4 1850-1966, 1.5 1966-2010; women's minutes: 2.1 1789-1795, 2.2 1805-1839, 2.3 1839-1879, 2.4 1880-1890; financial records: 3.1 1785-1804.
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Deposit, 1997.
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
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Where available, access is through microfilm.
- Use Restrictions
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Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Collection Inventory
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY178
1 volume in box
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY178
1 volume in box
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY178
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre/ Hicksite
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: No Film
Minutes of Bethpage Preparative Meeting, 1850-1966 and 1966-2010.
Physical Description1.4 = 1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures; 1.5 = 1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY178
1 volume in box
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY178
1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre/ Hicksite
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY179
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY179
1 notebook in box
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY179
1 volume in box
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation