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New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting Records

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Call Number:
NY.N476
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
5 linear ft.
Language:
English
Date:
1759-2000 (inclusive)
Creator:
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1957-1976)
Abstract:
Records of New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting, 1759-1973. Includes men's, joint, and women's minutes, 1783-1973. Ministers and Elders' minutes 1759-1956; committee minutes 1892-1959; financial records 1833-1972, and miscellaneous 1737-1938.

A meeting was established at Westbury before 1671. In 1676 it became a quarterly meeting under New England Yearly Meeting. It became part of New York Yearly Meeting on that body's establishment in 1746. In 1828, the Hicksite branch continued as Westbury Quarterly Meeting; the Orthodox branch changed its name to New York Quarterly Meeting in 1884. The two branches reunified, effective 1957, as New York-Westbury Quarter. In 1974 New York Monthly Meeting became New York Quarterly Meeting; in 1976 the remaining meetings of the former New York-Westbury Quarterly became Long Island Quarterly Meeting. Religious Society of Friends; in 1976 the remaining meetings of the former New York-Westbury Quarterly became Long Island Quarterly Meeting, which body continues to the present day.

Records of New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting, 1759-1973. Includes men's, joint, and women's minutes, 1783-1973. Ministers and Elders' minutes 1759-1956; committee minutes 1892-1959; financial records 1833-1972; and miscellaneous 1921-79.

Divided into Series: Minutes: 1.1 1795-1817, 1.2 1818-48 (H), 1.3 1848-93 (H), 1.4 1894-1912 (H), 1.5 1912-21 (H), 1.6 1941-53 (H), 1.7 1954-56 (H), 1.8 1858-91 (O), 1.9 1891-1917 (O), 1.10 1917-56 (O), 1.11 1957-61, 1.12 1961-65, 1.13 1966-73, 1.14 rough 1973-75, 1.15 1828-58 (O), 1.16 1921-32 (H), 1.17 1933-40 (H), 1.18 index 1894-1912 (H), 1.19 index 1912-21 (H); Women's minutes: 2.1 1783-93, 2.2 1793-1814, 2.3 1814-49 (H), 2.4 1850-1901 (H), 2.5 draft 1895-1901 (H), 2.6 1828-65 (O), 2.7 1865-85 (O); Ministers and Elders: 3.1 1759-68 and 1828-1901 (O), 3.2 1787-1804, 3.3 1805-1828, 3.4 1828-54 (H), 3.5 1854-1901 (H), 3.6 1902-07 (H), 3.7 1907-35 (H), 3.8 1936-56 (H), 3.9 1891-1915 (O), 3.10 1916-45 (O), 3.11 1946-56 (O); Philanthropic Labor Committee (H): 4.1 1893-96, 4.2 1896-1913, 4.3 1913-1916, 4.4 treasurer's book 1928-36; Women's Foreign Missionary Society (O): 5.1 1892-1902, 5.2 1902-10, 5.3 1910-17, 5.4 1926-59; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Newsletters 1924-70, 6.3 Advancement Committee 1921-22 (H), 6.4 Cemetery Committee book of plots, A-G (O), 6.5 Extracts 1737-82, 6.6 Reports 1886 and 1937-38; Finance and Property: 7.1 Miscellaneous 1833, 1875-77, and 1966-72.

Volume 1759-68 includes New York Yearly Meeting minutes, 1760-64.

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
Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/N476 6.3. Prospect Park Cemetery Register, 1988.
Volume RG2/NY/N476 6.3 Box 4
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY361
Scope and Contents

Register with maps of Hicksite west side of Prospect Park Cemetery. Includes three volumes. Volume 1: sections A, B, C; volume 2: sections D, E (duplicate book); volume 3: sections F, G. Also included, photocopies of each volume in three folders in box.

Physical Description

3 volumes (on shelf) and 3 folders (in box)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 1.1. Minutes, 1795-1817.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY352
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/N476 1.2. Minutes, 1818-1848.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY353
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.3. Minutes, 1848-1893.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY353
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.4. Minutes, 1894-1912.
Scope and Contents

Becomes joint in 1902.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY353
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.5. Minutes, 1912-1921.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY356
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.6. Minutes, 1941-1953.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY354
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.20. Clerk's Drafts, 1949-1958.
Physical Description

1 volume

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/NY/N476 1.7. Minutes, 1954-1956.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY354
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.8. Minutes, 1858-1891.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY354
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 1.9. Minutes, 1891-1917.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY355
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 1.10. Minutes, 1917-56.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY355
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 1.11. Minutes, 1957-61.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY355
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/N476 1.12. Minutes, 1961-65.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY355
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/N476 1.20. Unabridged Meeting Minutes, 1965-1972.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/NY/N476 1.13. Minutes, 1966-1973.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY356
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/N476 1.14. Minutes, 1973-1975.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Rough.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY356
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/N476 1.15. Minutes, 1828-1858.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY356
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 1.16. Minutes, 1921-1932.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.17. Minutes, 1933-1940.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY354
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.18. Minutes index, 1894-1912.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 1.19. Minutes index, 1912-1921.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 2.1. Minutes, 1783-1793.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/N476 2.2. Minutes, 1793-1814.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/N476 2.3. Minutes, 1814-1849.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 2.4. Minutes, 1850-1901.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY357
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 2.5. Minutes, 1895-1901.
Scope and Contents

Draft.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY358
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 2.6. Minutes, 1828-1865.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY358
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 2.7. Minutes, 1865-1885.
Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY358
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 3.1. Minutes, 1759-1768/1828-1901.
Scope and Contents

1759-68 is Clerk's draft, in small volume pasted in front cover of larger volume.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY358
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 3.2. Minutes, 1787-1804.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY359
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/N476 3.3. Minutes, 1805-1828.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY359
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/N476 3.4. Minutes, 1828-1854.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY359
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 3.5. Minutes, 1854-1901.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY359
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 3.6. Minutes, 1902-1907.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY359
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 3.7. Minutes, 1907-1935.
Scope and Contents

Restricted.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY359
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 3.8. Minutes, 1936-1956.
Scope and Contents

Restricted.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 3.9. Minutes, 1891-1915.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 3.10. Minutes, 1916-1945.
Scope and Contents

Restricted.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 document binder of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 3.11. Minutes, 1946-1956.
Scope and Contents

Restricted.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 4.1. Minutes, 1893-1896.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 4.2. Minutes, 1896-1913.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 4.3. Minutes, 1913-1916.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 4.4. Treasurer's book, 1928-1936.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 5.1. Minutes, 1892-1902.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 5.2. Minutes, 1902-1910.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY360
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 5.3. Minutes, 1910-1917.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY361
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 5.4. Minutes, 1926-1959.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY361
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/N476 6.2. Minutes, 1921-1922.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes miscellaneous papers.

Existence and Location of Copies

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  1. Microfilm MR-NY
Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 7.1. Miscellaneous financial records, 1833, 1875-1877, 1966-1972.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite and United

RG2/NY/N476 6.1. Newsletters, 1924-1970.
Box 2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. No film
Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite /United

RG2/NY/N476 6.5. Extracts and miscellaneous records, 1737-1782.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre

RG2/NY/N476 6.7. Clerical Correspondence, 1966-1974.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/NY/N476 6.8. Meeting Programs & Miscellaneous Budgets, 1971-1974.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/NY/N476 6.6. Miscellaneous reports, (1886 and 1937-1938 and undated).
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/N476 7.12. Newsletters, 1998-2000.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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