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Oblong Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) 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]

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Oblong Monthly Meeting was set off from Purchase Monthly Meeting in 1744. It became a part of Purchase Quarterly Meeting on its establishment in 1745 and became part of Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting in 1783. In 1828 the meeting split into Orthodox and Hicksite branches, and the Orthodox branch was laid down in 1921.

Records of Oblong Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1783-1921. Includes men's and joint minutes 1828-1921, women's minutes 1849-1886, vital records 1828-1911, and Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1783-1903.

Divided into series: Minutes, men's and joint: 1.1 1828-1846, 1.2 1846-1896, 1.3 1896-1921 (stored in volume with women's preparative minutes 1883-1886); Women's minutes: 2.1 1849-1886; Vital records: 3.1 1830-74, 3.2 1829-1911; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1783-1878, 4.2 1879-1903.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit,1997.

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/O375 3.1. Marriages, 1830-1874.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY100
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O375 3.2. Removals, 1829-1911.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY100
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O375 1.1. Minutes, 1828-1846.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY104
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O375 1.2. Minutes, 1846-1896.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY104
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O375 1.3. Minutes, 1896-1921.
Scope and Contents

In volume with Women's preparative meeting minutes 1883-1886.

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/O375 2.1. Minutes, 1849-1886.
Scope and Contents

Stored in volume with Men's preparative minutes 1896-1921.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY379
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O375 4.1. Minutes, 1783-1878.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY379
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/Orthodox

RG2/NY/O375 4.2. Minutes, 1879-1903.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY379
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

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