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Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting Records
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Overview and metadata sections
Atlantic City Friends Meeting traces its origins to 1856, soon after the establishment of Atlantic City as a resort town. Several prominent Friends raised the necessary funds to acquire property on South Carolina and Pacific Avenues. They formed the Trustees for Friends Meeting House and Lots, a body charged with overseeing the finances and property holdings of the Atlantic City meeting. In 1872, a permanent meeting house was built. In 1874, Atlantic City Meeting became an indulged meeting for worship under the care of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).
In 1900, the Atlantic City Friends School was started for members' children, and a second floor was added to the meeting house. In 1926, a larger Colonial Revival building designed by Walter Price was built on the lot, incorporating the old meeting house. The meeting in Atlantic City was very active in the 1950s, and it was set off as a separate monthly meeting in 1956 with a membership of about 60. A high school adjacent to the main school grounds was also founded in this period.
Beginning in the late 1960s, the Atlantic City Meeting and, in particular, the Friends School, were hit by a financial crisis. The downturn was linked to economic recession in Atlantic City. They sold the Atlantic City property in 1985, and moved to Galloway Township in 1988, adding "Area" to the meeting name. Atlantic Friends School was laid down by the Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee in August 1988.
Records include: Clerk's correspondence, 1981-1985; Deeds, 1866-1884.
Deposit
Organization
- Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Galloway, N.J.)
- Atlantic City Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1956- 1988)
Subject
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2011
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy. Digital files are accessible with a TriCollege account or by connecting from a TriCollege campus.
- 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
Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting's business minutes and agendae for 2023. Also included is the annual Spiritual State of the Meeting report from April 2023, and annual reports from the Trustees, the Treasurer, and the Nominating Committee.
Physical Description25 files (PDF and DOCX)
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
Within this box there are seven folders consisting of various deeds, insurance documents, correspondence, and indentures pertaining to the Friends Meeting House Property at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Select committee records of Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting, including its Building and Grounds Committee, its Land Acknowledgement Working Group, and Worship and Ministry. Also includes the year's committees list and appointments.
Physical Description13 files (PDF, JPG, DOCX)
Correspondence of the Clerk of Atlantic City Friends Meeting, Harold E. Taylor. Includes general meeting correspondence as well as correspondence and other records relating to Atlantic City Friends Board and Atlantic Friends School. Folders as follows: 1.1 A.C. Friends Board 1981-1984, 1.2 Duplicate copies 1981-1985, 1.3 Meeting Correspondence 1983-1984, 1.4 Atlantic Friends School 1985, 1.5 Correspondence 1985, 1.6 AFS-ACMM Guide, 1.7 Corresponsdence 1986-1989
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
7 folders
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Clerk's files from Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting include policy and procedural records, including ACAMM's 1986 Certificate of Incorporation, as well as some legal files and letters sent and received to ACAMM. This file also includes memorial minutes and obituaries related to members. Member directory information is preserved but is not published online for privacy reasons.
Physical Description14 files (JPG, PDF, DOCX)
Atlantic City Area Monthly Meeting's program files for 2023, including flyers, announcements, slides, budget estimates, and lectures. Includes their work to join Heeding God's Call, an interfaith effort to end gun violence.
Physical Description33 files (PDF, DOCX, PNG, JPG)
Includes 2023 treasurer's reports and budget as well as the reinstatement form for ACAMM's Trustees, tax exemption forms, and a digitized selection of earlier financial records 2001-2019 compiled by the clerk in 2023.
Physical Description8 files (PDF, JPG, and DOCX)