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West Branch Monthly 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.W417
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1 linear ft. (13 volumes(3 folders))
Language Note:
These records are entirely in English
Date:
1887-1988 (inclusive)
Creator:
West Branch Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : West Branch, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Records of West Branch Monthly Meeting, 1887-1988. Includes minutes 1890-1975/1977-88, vital records 1887-1979, committee records, 1893-1930, and miscellaneous papers, 1904-83.

West Branch Monthly Meeting was established in 1890 and was afiliated with New York Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). It was laid down in 1988.

Records of West Branch Monthly Meeting, 1887-1988. Includes minutes 1890-1975/1977-88, vital records 1887-1979, committee records, 1893-1930, and miscellaneous papers, 1904-83.

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1890-1921, 1.2 1919-27, 1.3 1959-75, 1.4 1928-46 (draft), 1.5 1977-88; Vital Records: 2.1 Register 1887-1932, 2.2 Register 1887-1979, 2.3 Removals 1927-77; Committees: 3.1 1893-1906, 3.2 1906-09, 3.3 1905-11, 3.4 1911-18, 3.5 1924, 3.6 1986-1905, 3.7 1919-30; Miscellaneous: 4.1 Miscellaneous 1904-83.

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
Access Restrictions

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/W417 2.1. Register, 1887-1932.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 2.2. Register, 1887-1979.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 2.3. Removals, 1927-1977.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 1.1. Minutes, 1890-1921.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 1.2. Minutes, 1919-1927.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 1.3. Minutes, 1959-1975.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

RG2/NY/W417 1.4. Minutes (draft), 1926-1975.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
Physical Description

3 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 1.5. Minutes, 1977-1988.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-
Scope and Contents

Part of the Estate of Augustus Weaver Benedict, former pastor of West Branch, and donated by Lewis W. Benedict in 2006. Includes property records and a letter concerning the condition of Westmoreland Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
RG2/NY/W417 3.1. Minutes and Roll Book 1893-1906, 1893-1906.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 3.2. Minutes, 1906-09.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
RG2/NY/W417 3.6. Minutes and Roll Book, 1886-1905.
Scope and Contents

Part of the Estate of Augustus Weaver Benedict, former pastor of West Branch, and donated by Lewis W. Benedict in 2006. Includes property records and a letter concerning the condition of Westmoreland Meeting.

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 3.3. Minutes and Roll Book, 1905-1911.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 3.4. Minutes and Roll Book, 1911-1918.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 3.7. Minutes and Roll Book, 1919-1930.
Scope and Contents

Part of the Estate of Augustus Weaver Benedict, former pastor of West Branch, and donated by Lewis W. Benedict in 2006. Includes property records and a letter concerning the condition of Westmoreland Meeting.

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Scope and Contents

Also includes treasurer's account book.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY454
RG2/NY/W417 3.5. Roll Book, 1924.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W417 4.1. Miscellaneous Papers, 1887-1932.
Box 1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-
Scope and Contents

Part of the Estate of Augustus Weaver Benedict, former pastor of West Branch, and donated by Lewis W. Benedict in 2006. Includes property records and a letter concerning the condition of Westmoreland Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

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