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Oblong Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) Records

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Oblong Preparative Meeting was established by Purchase Monthly Meeting in 1742. It was put under Oblong Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1744. The meeting split into Orthodox and Hicksite branches in 1828. The Orthodox branch continued until it was laid down in 1887.

Records of Oblong Preparative Meeting (Orthodox & pre-Separation), 1800-1887. Includes men's minutes, 1854-1887 and women's minutes, 1800-1886.

Divided into series: Men's minutes: 1.1 1854-1887; Women's minutes: 2.1 1800-1805, 2.2 1828-1835, 2.3 1836-1842, 2.4 1858-1883, 2.5 1883-1886.

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/O379 1.1. Minutes, 1854-1887.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY381
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O379 2.1. Minutes, 1800-1805.
Box RG2/NY/O 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY381
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/O379 2.2. Minutes, 1828-1835.
Box RG2/NY/O 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY381
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O379 2.3. Minutes, 1836-1842.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY381
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O379 2.4. Minutes, 1858-1883.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY381
Physical Description

1 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/O379 2.5. Minutes, 1883-1886.
Scope and Contents

Includes Joint Minutes 1896-1921.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY381
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

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