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Abington 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
Abington Quarterly Meeting was established in 1786 by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting out of a division of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. After the Separation of 1827/1828, there were Hicksite and Orthodox branches of this quarterly meeting. The two branches reunited in 1955.
Records of Abington Quarterly Meetings, 1786, include: Hicksite and United men's minutes; Orthodox men's minutes; Hicksite women's minutes; Orthodox women's minutes; First-day School Union records; minutes of the Hicksite Meeting on Worship and Ministry, the Ministry and Counsel Committee, and of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, Orthodox; Orthodox meeting financial records; minutes of the Abington Visitation Committee; minutes of the Gwynned Visitation Committee; minutes of the Visitation Committee; minutes of the Incorporated Trustees; Representative Committee minutes; Religious Responsibility Committee minutes; and other miscellaneous papers. Includes answers to queries, extracts, etc.
Deposit
Organization
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Abington Quarterly Meeting
Subject
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2017
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
- Use Restrictions
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Collection Inventory
Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting from 1786 to 1997. Included are the minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1786-1827; minutes of the Hicksite men's and joint meetings (joint sessions began in 1898), 1827-1955; minutes of the reunited meeting, 1955-1997. Volume for 1786-1825 includes subject index on page 366. Volume for 1946-1956 includes subject index in front of book. Volume numbers are as follows: 1.1 1726-1825, 1.2 1825-1875, 1.3 1875-1915, 1.4 1916-1930, 1.5 1931-1938, 1.6 1938-1946, 1.7 1946-1956, 1.8 1956-1964, 1.9 1965-1969, 1.10 1969-1974, 1.11-1.16 1974-1990, 1.17-1.19 1991-1997.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph17: 1825-75, 1875-1916, 1916-30
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph689: 1931-38, 1938-46
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph690: 1946-56 (indexed), 1956-64, 1965-69
- Swarthmore: No Film: 1969,74, 1974-90, 1991-97
- Haverford: No Film
Volumes 1.1-1.10 on shelf, files 1.11-1.16 in Box 1; files 1.17-1.19 in Box 2
Physical Description19 v. ; 37 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
4 folders
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph15
- Haverford: Microfilm 31*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph15
- Haverford: Microfilm 31*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph15
- Haverford: Microfilm 31*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph16
- Haverford: Microfilm 19*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph16
- Haverford: Microfilm 19*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting of Women Friends, pre-Separation and Hicksite, 1786-1897. Volumes include: 2.1 1786-1809; 2.2 1809-1856; 2.3 1856-1897.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph18: 1786-1809; 1809-56; 1856-97
- Haverford: No Film
3 v. ; 35 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19: 1827-53; 1853-88; 1889-1914; 1914-20
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Rough copy of minutes, 1830-1840, during the clerkship of Martha P. Mather. Also recorded in volume are births and deaths of members of the Mather and Potts families (pages 61-65); printed epistle from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Education Committee on the rightful education of youth (1833); note indicating receipt of book for safe-keeping, signed by Ann R. Jenkins, Recorder (1947).
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph10
- Haverford: Microfilm 113A
1 v. (65 p.) ; 20 cm. + 2 items
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting's Meeting on Worship and Ministry and its predecessors, the Committee on Ministry and Counsel and the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1746-1977. Volume for 1863-1896 was destroyed by fire.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph20: 1786-1809; 1809-63; 1896-1931; 1932-43
- Swarthmore: No Film: 1943-77
- Haverford: No Film
7 v. ; 27 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Affiliation: Orthodox
Physical DescriptionLoose paper in folder.
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph19
- Haverford: Microfilm 20*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Manuscript certificates issued on behalf of Elizabeth Hunt, a Quaker minister and member of Frankford Monthly Meeting, to travel to other meetings to visit or preach, Seventh Month 26, 1817 - Second Month 19, 1818.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
13 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Incorporated Trustees of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1943-1989. Also includes copies of agreements and certificate of incorporation, 1926-1927, and revised by-laws, 1970.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph688
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes Trustees minutes, 1988-1997; Finance Committee minutes, 1989-1997; and miscellaneous Executive Committee minutes.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 folders
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsUnited
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 booklet
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Affiliation: Orthodox
Physical DescriptionLoose papers in folders.
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsHicksite
The final cash journal of the Friends Home in Norristown, which was under care of Abington Quarterly Meeting until it was closed in 1973. The volume includes a photocopy of a memo "Norristown Friends Home Funds" outlining the 1969 sale of the Home from the Incorporated Trustees to Foulkeways and outlining a new charge for the Quarter's Home Committee.
Physical Description1 volume
Material Specific DetailsUnited
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsHicksite
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsHicksite
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Minutes of the Executive Committee of Abington Quarterly Meeting's First Day School Union, 1891-1938.
The name of this Committee was changed from Business Committee in 1921.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (175 p.) ; 25 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting's First Day School Union as follows: 5.5 1877-1898 and 5.6 1915-1938.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 25 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Included are: a copy of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the First Day School Committee with clerks and officers of First Day School Unions, 1923; copies of letters announcing forthcoming First Day School Union programs, 1924-1926; copy of Report of the Union by the Secretaries, 1936; copy of Summary of Meeting on First Day School Unions, 1925; history of First Day School Union-Executive Committee members, 1936; copy of minutes of Executive Committee of First Day School Committee, undated.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
12 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Financial accounts, 1924-1937. Also included are four letters from the staff of Scattered Seeds regarding the annual contribution to the periodical, 1926-1930.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
25 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Manuscript report to Abington on the need to provide adequate schools and teachers, Eleventh Month, 1834.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: MR-Ph 011 (with Abington PM)
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Records relate to the work of the Intervisitation Committee, whose job it was to visit monthly meetings, encourage the attendance of their members at conferences, workshops, etc., and help monthly meetings deal with a wide range of concerns. Included are annual reports for 1965 and 1966, as well as minutes, 1966.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Abington Quarterly Meeting's copy of the minutes of the joint committee of Hicksite and Orthodox Friends, Third Month 9 ,1947 - Ninth Month 9, 1951. Folder also includes annual reports for the years 1948, 1949, and 1951-1952; (5) pamphlets on reunification, 1931-1945; (2) post card invitations for First Day meeting for worship, 1946; letter recommending that Lawrence and Ruth Miller become resident workers, 1948.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
28 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore:No Film
- Haverford:No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:Hicksite/Orthodox/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Religious Responsibility Committee of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1975-1977.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Representative Committee and its predecessor, the Executive Committee, of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1969-1997. Committee was called Executive Committee before March 13, 1977. Volumes as follows: 5.12 1969-1986, 5.13 1987-1997
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 folders
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsUnited
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Correspondence, 1937-1946, and Extracts, 1937-1946.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 fols.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 binder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 binder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
1 folder
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Miscellaneous records, 1788-1935. Includes answers to queries, extracts, etc. plus a Hicksite member list after the 1827/1828 Separation
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Information Sheet, 1995, containing a calendar, lists of committees, and other miscellaneous information for Abington Quarterly Meeting and its constituent monthly meetings.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 item (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
1 folder
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College