Call Number:

NY.P655

Repository:

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

Extent:

2.5 linear ft.

Language:

English

Date:

1799-2019 (inclusive)

Creator:

Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting of Friends (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and Oswego Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1799-1828 : Oswego, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Oswego Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and Oswego Monthly Meeting (pre-Separation), 1799-ongoing. Includes: Minutes (mens and joint), 1799-1888 and 1888-1977/1980-2019; women's minutes, 1828-1900; marriages and removals, 1828-1900; births and deaths, 1828-1885; births, deaths, marriages, and removals, 1871-1975; minutes of the meeting of Ministry and Counsel and its predecessors, 1853-1971; minutes of Quaker Maids Club, 1873-1971; minutes of the Women's Council and its predecessors, 1929-1971; minutes, First Day School Association, 1873-1889; minutes, Pastoral Committee, 1915-1928, and Friendly News, 1981-90.

Oswego Monthly Meeting was established in 1799, set off from Nine Partners Monthly Meeting. Oswego Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) changed its name to Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting in 1870. Oswego Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) became Bulls-Head-Oswego Monthly Meeting in 1980. Both meetings remain active.

Records of Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Oswego Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and Oswego Monthly Meeting (pre-Separation), 1799-ongoing. Includes: Minutes (mens and joint), 1799-1888 and 1888-1977/1980-2012; women's minutes, 1828-1900; marriages and removals, 1828-1900; births and deaths, 1828-1885; births, deaths, marriages, and removals, 1871-1975; minutes of the meeting of Ministry and Counsel and its predecessors, 1853-1971; minutes of Quaker Maids Club, 1873-1971; minutes of the Women's Council and its predecessors, 1929-1971; minutes, First Day School Association, 1873-1889; minutes, Pastoral Committee, 1915-1928, and Friendly News, 1981-90.

The Friendly News contains copies of minutes, 1981-95.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1799-1804, 1.2 1804-09, 1.3 1809-15, 1.4 1835-75, 1.5 1875-1888, 1.6 1888-99, 1.7 1900-13, 1.8 1914-23, 1.9 1924-33, 1.10 1934-50, 1.11 1951-54, 1.12 1955-65, 1.13 1966-77, 1.14 1980-88, 1.15 1989-2007, 1.16 2007-12; Women's minutes: 2.1 1828-1876, 2.2 1877-78; Vital records: 3.1 Marriages and removals, 1828-1900, 3.2 births and deaths, 1828-85, 3.3 births, deaths, etc., 1871-1975; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1853-75, 4.2 1875-1901, 4.3 1901-13, 4.4 1914-28, 4.5 1928-30, 4.6 1931-46, 4.7 1947-59, 4.8 1959-67, 4.9 Ruth correspondence, 1980-85; Pastoral Committee: 5.1 1915-28; First Day School Association: 6.1 1873-89; Quaker Maids Club: 7.1 1926-35, 7.2 1935-44, 7.3 1945-53, 7.4 1953-67; Quaker Ladies, Friends Missionary Society, and Women's Council: 8.1 1929-38, 8.2 1941-44, 8.3 1948-64, 8.4 1964-71; Newsletter: 9.1 1981-82, 9.2 1983, 9.3 1984, 9.4 1985, 9.5 1986, 9.6 1987, 9.7 1988, 9.8 1989, 9.9 1989-95, 9.10 1889-90 and undated.