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Yorktown and Amawalk (Orthodox) Monthly Meetings Records
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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
Amawalk Monthly Meeting was established in 1798 under Purchase Quarterly Meeting, set off from Chappaqua Monthly Meeting. Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) changed to an Executive Meeting (meeting quarterly) in 1897. Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) changed its name to Yorktown Monthly Meeting in 1882. Yorktown was laid down in 1988. Amawalk was revived in 1977 after a short hiatus.
Records of Yorktown Monthly Meeting and its predecessor, Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1798-1941. Includes: minutes, 1830-1941; women's minutes, 1828-1878; vital records, 1798-1907; and minutes of Ministers and Elders, 1835-1869.
Divided into series: Minutes (men's & joint): 1.1 1830-1856, 1.2 1856-1901, 1.3 1901-1941; women's minutes: 2.1 1828-1840, 2.2 1840-1867, 2.3 1867-1878; Vital records: 3.1 Register 1885-1907, 3.2 Births and Deaths 1798-1884, 3.3 Marriage Certificates 1798-1868, 3.4 Membership 1862-1952; Ministers & Elders records: 4.1 1798-1829; 4.2 1835-1852, 4.3 1852-1869, 4.4 1869-1919.
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Minutes, 1830-56, women's minutes, 1828-67, and marriages, 1798-1868also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY 2-4.
Deposit, 1997.
Organization
- Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1798-1828 : Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)
- Amawalk Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1828-1882 : Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)
- Yorktown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)
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Place
- 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
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Where available, access is through microfilm.
- Use Restrictions
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Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Collection Inventory
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Includes treasurer's reports.
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 envelope
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY474
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox