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Purchase Quarterly Meeting 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]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
NY.P853
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
  • 11 linear ft. (28 volumes and 5 boxes)
  • 0.1 gb
Language:
English
Date:
1745-2023 (inclusive)
Creator:
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Purchase Quarterly Meeting, New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Purchase Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1955-1957), and New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Purchase Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1955-57)
Abstract:
Records of Purchase Quarterly Meeting, 1745-ongoing. Includes minutes 1745-2023 (with many periods lacking) and miscellaneous material 1893-1992, including information on the Edward B. Underhill Fund, Peach Pond Meeting House, and the ministry at Taconic Correctional Facility

Purchase Quarterly Meeting was established in 1745 by New York Yearly Meeting. It divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches in 1828, began to meet in joint sessions in 1943, and finally reunited in 1987.

Records of Purchase Quarterly Meeting, 1745-ongoing. Includes minutes 1745-2023 (many gaps) and miscellaneous material 1893-1992, including information on the Edward B. Underhill Fund, Peach Pond Meeting House, and the ministry at Taconic Correctional Facility. Beginning in 2023, records are deposited digitally.

Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes: 1.1 1745-93, 1.2 1793-1833 (Orthodox), 1.3 1834-1901 (Orthodox), 1.4 1901-46 (Orthodox), 1.5 1879-1923 (Hicksite), 1.6 1923-46 (Hicksite), 1.7 1946-55 (Hicksite and Orthodox), 1.9 1955-61; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1745-1801, 2.2 1801-23, 2.3 1823-60 (Orthodox), 2.4 1860-78 (Orthodox), 2.5 1828-76 (Hicksite), 2.6 1876-90 (Hicksite); Ministers' and Elders' Minutes: 3.1 1746-1846 (Orthodox), 3.2 1847-1920 (Orthodox), 3.3 1828-66 (Hicksite), 3.4 1866-1939 (Hicksite), 3.5 1940-48 (Hicksite), 3.6 1921-57 (Orthodox); Trustees, Financial and Property: 4.1 Underhill/Calvary ca.1987, 4.2 Peach Pond 1971-83, 4.3 Educational Trust Funds 1977-82, 4.4 Trustees 1967-83, 4.5 Trustees 1983-92, 4.6 Accounts 1893-1919, 4.7 Accounts 1930-59, 4.8 Sale of Peach Pond 1973-83, 4.9 Miscellaneous 1885-1974; Miscellaneous: 5.1 Clerk's log ca.1973-83, 5.2 Clerk's log 1984-90, 5.3 Prison Committee 1977-81, 5.4 Miscellaneous 1903-15, 5.5 Miscellaneous 1893-1903.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997. Additional deposits in 2023, 2024.

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
Access Restrictions

Where available, access is through microfilm. Born-digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/P853 1.1. Minutes, 1745-1793.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/P853 1.2. Minutes, 1793-1833.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY415
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 1.3. Minutes, 1834-1901.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 1.4. Minutes, 1901-1946.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY416
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 1.5. Minutes, 1879-1923.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 1.6. Minutes, 1923-1946.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 1.7. Minutes, 1946-1955.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 1.9. Minutes (loose, gaps), 1955-1961.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 1.8. Minutes, 1982.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 1.10-1.11. Minutes, 2002-2009.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Quarterly business minutes include all relevant attachments. Includes discernment related to Friends United Meeting's anti-gay personnel policy and how to proceed around the Quarter (and its monthly meetings) apportionment to FUM through New York Yearly Meeting.

Physical Description

2 folders

RG2/NY/P853. Minutes (digital), 2017-2021.
Scope and Contents

Lacking several months, a mix of born-digital and reformatted digitized minutes. 2020 minutes do not include attachments.

Physical Description

4 PDF files, 2 .doc files

RG2/NY/P853. Minutes (digital), 2023.
Physical Description

3 PDF files

RG2/NY/P853 2.1. Minutes, 1745-1801.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/P853 2.2. Minutes, 1801-1823.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/P853 2.3. Minutes, 1823-1860.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 2.4. Minutes, 1860-1878.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 2.5. Minutes, 1828-1876.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 2.6. Minutes, 1876-1890.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 3.1. Minutes, 1746-1846.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 3.2. Minutes, 1847-1920.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 3.3. Minutes, 1828-1866.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 3.4. Minutes, 1866-1939.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 3.5. Minutes, 1940-1948.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 3.6. Minutes, 1921-1957.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P853 3.7. Minutes, 1988-1992.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence received by the committee and reference files related to both ministry work (including Linda Chidsey) and confidential pastoral counseling.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.1. Edward B. Underhill Fund/Calvary Baptist Church, ca.1987.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Records of Barbara Rutledge relative to the Underhill Fund and the Calvary Baptist Church. The Yorktown Heights Meeting was renamed the Friends Bible Church and then became Calvary Baptist Church. Includes copies of deeds and relevant minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY416 4.1
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 4.2. Peach Pond Property, 1971-1983.
Box 3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY417 4.2
Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.8. Sale of Peach Pond Property, 1973-1983.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.3. Educational Trust Funds, 1977-1982.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY417 4.3
Physical Description

3 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.4. Trustees Records, 1967-1983.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other records assembled by James Wood, Trustee of PQM. Includes information on the Peach Pond property.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

3 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.5. Trustees Records, 1983-1992.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and financial records assembled by James Wood.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY416 (Misc. Papers)
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.6. Auxiliary Account Book, 1893-1919.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Account book of the Purchase (Quarterly Meeting) Auxiliary of the New York Women's Foreign Missionary Society.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.7. Account Book, 1930-1959.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Purchase Quarterly Meeting

RG2/NY/P853 4.9. Miscellaneous property and financial records, 1885-1974.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite and United

RG2/NY/P853 5.1. Clerk's Log, ca.1973-1983.
Box 4
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY417
Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 5.2. Clerk's Log, 1984-1990.
Box 5
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY418
Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853 4.1. Miscellaneous Papers, 1893-1903.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY416
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 4.2. Miscellaneous Papers, 1903-1915.
Existence and Location of Copies
  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P853 5.3. Prison Committee, 1977-1981.
Box 2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY416
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/P853. Purchase Quarter Scholarship Benefit Concert poster (digital), 2014.

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