Call Number:

NY.C355

Repository:

Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

0.3 linear ft. (8 volumes (plus 4 folders))

Language Note:

These records are entirely in English

Date:

1828-2002 (inclusive)

Creator:

Catskill Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Grahamsville, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Catskill Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Plains Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and Greenfield and Neversink Executive Meeting, 1828-ongoing. Includes: Minutes (men's & joint), 1813-2002; marriages and removals, 1828-1863; membership records, 1994 and 1999; statistical reports, 1998-1999; properties and deeds, 1840; a library record, 1860; correspondence, 1966; and state of the meeting reports, 1998.

Plains Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was reportedly established in 1813, set off from Malborough Monthly Meeting. In 1864 its name was changed to Greenfield and Neversink Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). In 1880 it adopted a joint session and later was recognized as an executive meeting. In 1975 the name was changed to Catskill Monthly Meeting. This meeting remains active.

Records of Catskill Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Plains Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and Greenfield and Neversink Executive Meeting, 1828-ongoing. Includes: Minutes (men's & joint), 1813-2002; marriages and removals, 1828-1863; membership records, 1994 and 1999; statistical reports, 1998-1999; properties and deeds, 1840; a library record, 1860; correspondence, 1966; and state of the meeting reports, 1998.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's & joint): 1.7 1813-1847, 1.1 1847-1876, 1.2 1876-1943, 1.3 1944-1984, 1.4 1984-1986, 1.5 1986-1999, 1.6 1999-2002; Vital records: 2.1 Register 1828-1863, 2.2 Membership list 1999, 2.3 Misc. Membership Records 1994, 2.4 Statistical reports, 1998-1999; Finance & Property: 3.1 Properties & deeds, 1840; Miscellaneous: 4.1 Library record, 1860, 4.2 Correspondence, 1966, 4.3 State of the Meeting Reports, 1998.