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Buckingham Preparative 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
A meeting for worship at Buckingham was established by Bucks Quarterly Meeting in 1701 and by Falls Monthly Meeting in 1703. A preparative meeting was established ca. 1705. In 1720, the meeting for worship and the preparative meeting were transferred from Falls Monthly Meeting to Buckingham Monthly Meeting. The Hicksite meeting was laid down in 1955. The Orthodox meeting was discontinued in 1897; its members were attached to Falls Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox meeting for worship was discontinued in 1900.
Records include: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint meeting, 1847-1955; minutes of the pre-separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1823-25, 1846-78; a Hicksite treasurer's book, 1876-1926; minute books of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1871 9mo 27-1881 2mo 2, 1881 3mo 2, 1891 1mo 28; and minute books of the Orthodox women's meeting, 1827 9mo26-1849 5mo2, 1875 3mo31-1887 2mo2.
Deposit
Organization
- Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1705-1827)
- Buckingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
- Buckingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1897)
Subject
Place
- 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.
- 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 the men's and joint meetings of Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1847-1955. Included are: 1847 6mo2-1852 12mo1; 1870 7mo27-1948 5mo2 (joint sessions began 1878 10mo3); minutes, 1949 1mo2-1955 3mo6. Volumes as follows: 1.1 1847-1852, 1.2 1870-1897, 1.3 1897-1911, 1.4 1911-1948, 1.5 1949-1955
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 v. ; 26 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the men's meeting of Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Orthodox): 1.6 1871 9mo27 - 1881 2mo2; 1.7 1881 3mo2-1891 1mo28.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 17 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1823 1mo 1-1825 3mo 2.
Front cover wanting. Rear cover detached. Some pages foxed. Some parts illegible.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 booklet ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Hicksite meeting of Women Friends, 1846 1mo28-1878 8mo22.
Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began 1878 10mo3.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 v. ; 22 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the Women's meeting of Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Orthodox): 2.2 1827 9mo26-1849 5mo2; 2.3 1875 3mo31-1887 2mo2.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 31 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Treasurer's book belonging to Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1876-1926. Entries for 1896-1926 have been reordered in opposite direction to entries for 1876-1895.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 ledger; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College