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Bristol 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

Bristol Monthly Meeting was established in 1873 by Bucks County Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) out of Bristol Preparative Meeting of Middletown Monthly Meeting (Bucks County). Its first business sessions were held in 1874. This is currently an active monthly meeting.

Records of Bristol Monthly Meeting include: Minutes, 1874-1978 and 1990-2016; vital records, 1873-2017; Women's minutes, 1874-1880; minutes of the meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1882-1918; minutes of the meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1919-1935; loose marriage papers, 1875; financial papers relating to burial lot funds, 1933-1938; deeds, 1909-1926 and n.d.; and other fiancial and miscellaneous papers, 1873-2017.

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Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

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

RG2/Ph/B75 3.4. [Register], 1873-1939.
Scope and Contents

Membership book of Bristol Monthly Meeting. Includes the following: Births, 1876-1930; deaths, 1873-1939; marriage certificates, 1913 & 1933; membership lists, 1874-1927; removals issued, 1875-1919; removals received, 1874-1935.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph38
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 35 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 3.5. Membership, 1939-1989.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 3.1. Marriage request and permission for John Comly and Rebecca T. Buckman, 1875.
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of parental consent and a note to Bristol Monthly Meeting concerning the marriage of John Comly and Rebecca T. Buckman.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 158
Physical Description

1 folder (3 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 3.2. Miscellaneous membership records, 1862-1875.
Scope and Contents

Includes membership list probably of Bristol Preparative Meeting (11mo 17 1862), a list of members of Middletown Monthly Meeting who have removed without certificates (1865), and a statistical report of the membership of Bristol Monthly Meeting.

General

Probably assembled at the time that Bristol was set off from Middletown.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 158
Physical Description

1 folder (9 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 3.3. Miscellaneous membership records, 1930-1972 & n.d.
Scope and Contents

Applications for membership, certificates of removal, letters of transfer, membership statistics, and an annotated typed membership list of Bristol Monthly Meeting (ca. 1955).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 158
Physical Description

1 folder (61 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 3.6. Members and attenders lists and miscellaneous records, 2007-2017.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.1-1.3. Minutes, 1874-1957.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: [1.1] 1874-1912, [1.2] 1912-1931, [1.3] 1931-1957.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 1880. 1912-31 volume includes membership lists for the years 1911-1930.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37 (1874-1912)
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph38 (1912-31; 1931-57)
  3. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

3 v. ; 37 cm. or smaller

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.4. Minutes, 1958-1978 2mo.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.5. Minutes, 1990-1992.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.6. Minutes, 1991-1992.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.7. Minutes, 1993-1994.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.8. Minutes, 1996-1997.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.9. Minutes, 1998-1999.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.10. Minutes, 2000-2001.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.11. Minutes, 2002-2004.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.12. Minutes, 2005-2006.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.13. Minutes, 2007.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.14. Minutes, 2007 12mo-2011.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 1.15. Minutes, 2012-2016.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 2.1. Minutes, 1874-1880.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from 1874 1mo 2 to 1880 1mo 2.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 1880.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph38
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 156
Physical Description

1 v. ; 25 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 4.1-4.3. Minutes, 1882-1935.
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, [4.1] 1882-94, [4.2] 1894-1921, [4.3] 1922-35.

General

Meeting's name changed to Preparative Meeting of Ministry and Counsel on 2mo 16, 1919.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 158
Physical Description

3 v. ; 26 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 5.1. Burial lot funds, 1933-1938.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, receipts, and other financial records concerning funds for the upkeep of cemetery lots in the Bristol Friends Cemetery.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 156
Physical Description

1 folder (20 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 5.2. Deeds, 1909-1926 & n.d.
Scope and Contents

Includes deeds for land in Bristol (1909, 1916), an agreement of sale by Falls Monthly Meeting to the Italian Christian Church in Bristol (1922), and miscellaneous copies of deeds.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 158
Physical Description

1 folder (6 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 5.3. Bristol Friends' School (Bristol, Pa.) Account book, 1875-1912.
Scope and Contents

Contains entries from 1875 9mo 14 to 1912 11mo 8. Label on cover: Treasurer Friends' School for girls and boys. Bristol, Bucks County, Pa.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph38
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 35 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 5.4. Account book, 1939-1991.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 5.5. Miscellaneous financial records and reports, 2005-2016.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 6.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1873-1912.
Scope and Contents

Includes a proposition from Bristol Preparative Meeting to Middletown Monthly concerning the establishment of a monthly meeting at Bristol (1873), a printed address from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting concerning schools (1877), and a reply from the U.S. Department of State in reference to the negotiation of arbitration treaties (1912).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph37
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 158
Physical Description

1 folder (3 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 6.4. Historical publications and clipings, 1956-1985.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 6.3. Membership statistics, 1990-2015.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B75 6.2. Annual Reports, 2005-2017.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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