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Byberry Preparative Meeting 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.

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A meeting for worship was established at Poetquesink [Byberry] in 1683 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; it was attached to Abington Monthly Meeting along with Tacony [Frankford] meeting. Byberry Preparative Meeting was established ca. 1701. The meeting for worship and preparative meeting were transferred to Horsham Monthly Meeting in 1782 and then to Byberry Monthly Meeting in 1810. After the schism of 1827/28, Byberry Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1828; the Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1920.

Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and the Hicksite meetings, 1756-1919; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1770-1897; Hicksite financial records; records of the School Fund Trustees; records of the School Association, and more.

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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/B92 3.1. Membership, 1800.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

20 p. ; 10 cm. (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 3.2. Memorandums and records of births and deaths, 1682-1850.
Scope and Contents

Includes : Births taken from the records of Abington Monthly Meeting, 1682- 1798; Burials, 1683-1801; Deaths, 1682-1850.

General

Membership, 1797-1841 in same folder.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph343
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 125A
Physical Description

1 v. ; 21 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 3.3. Burials, ca. 1907.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 3.4. Catalogue of the members of Byberry Preparative Meeting, 1797.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 1.1-1.4. Minutes, 1756-1919.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-separation preparative meeting, 1756-1827, and minutes of the Hicksite preparative meeting, 1828-1919. Volumes as follows: 1.1 1756-1792, 1.2 1792-1825, 1.3 1825-1874, 1.4 1874-1919

General

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began 1898 1mo 27.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

4 v. ; 35 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 2.1-2.4. Minutes, 1770-1897.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-separation meeting of women friends, 1770-1827, and minutes of the Hicksite meeting of women friends, 1828-1897. Joint sessions with men began 1898 1mo. 27. Volumes as follows: 2.1 1770-1797, 2.2 1798-1830, 2.3 1830-1858, 2.4 1858-1897

General

Vol. 1770-1797 includes subscription book, 1770- 1797. [v.1] 1770-1797 -- [v.2] 1798-1830 -- [v.3] 1830-1858 -- [v. 4] 1858-1897.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

4 v. ; 34 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 4.1. Account book, 1791-1876.
Scope and Contents

Treasurers' accounts, 1811-1876. Also included is an account of Jonathan Walton's donation for the schooling of poor children, 1791-1802. Pertinent papers laid in container with book.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 20 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 4.2. Subscription book, 1721-1755.
Scope and Contents

Also in same folder is the record of a collection to defray the cost of building a horse stable, 1761 9mo. 22.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 42 cm. + 1 item.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 4.3-4.5. Treasurer's account books [Women], 1823-1899.
Scope and Contents

Volumes as follows: 5.3 1823-1853, 5.4 1853-1894, 5.5 1894-1899

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

3 v. ; 20-21 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 5.1-5.2. Minutes, 1863-1868 & 1878-1894.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Byberry Preparative Meeting School Committee: 4.1 1863 4mo23- 1868 10mo23, 4.2 1878 5mo23-1894 12mo24. Also includes in volume for 1863- 1868: regulations and instructions given to the School Committee, 1857- 1865; will extracts and accounts relating to donations for school purposes, 1858-1864; surplus fund accounts, 1858-1865; school fund records including subscription list, 1800; minutes, propositions, etc. of trustees of school fund, 1812-1857; financial reports, 1858-1865. With: account book, 1800-1865.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v. ; 19-23 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 5.3. Receipts, 1898-1906/1917-1919.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

227 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 5.4. Accounts of the treasurer, 1801-1913.
Scope and Contents

Treasurer's account book, 1801-1912. Copies of pertinent paragraphs from the wills of school fund donors are contained in an attached folder. Appointed by the trustees of the Fund "for the use of schools under the care and direction of Byberry Preparative Meeting. "

General

Pertinent papers foldered separately.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 5.5. Minutes, 1800-1913.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the school fund trustees, 1800 11mo24-1913 5mo5. Includes financial records.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 34 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 5.6. Notes relating to the school fund, 1776-1867.
Scope and Contents

An account of the establishment of the school fund and the various legacies that constituted it. Includes balances up to 1867 4mo.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

33 p. ; 16 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 6.1. Byberry Friends' School Register of alumni and teachers, 1907-1918.
Scope and Contents

Address book used to record names and in some instances addresses of alumni and teachers of Byberry Friends' School. Includes teaching terms of teachers who taught in the school from 1847 and 1918.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

ca. 50 p. used ; 22 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 6.2-6.3. Proceedings of reunions of Old Pupils Association, 1906-1910.
Scope and Contents

Record of reunions held 1906 8mo18, 1907 8mo17, 1910 6mo15. With: Centennial of Byberry Friends' Meeting House: held at Byberry, Philadelphia, Pa. 9th mo 12th,1908--Byberry Friends, their meeting and the school, library, philosophical society: prepared for the 150 anniversary of the building of Byberry Friends Meeting House, June 14, 1958. Records as follows: 6.2 Original, 6.3 copy.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

49 sheets (in binder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 6.4. Minutes relating to Walnut Hill School property trust, 1816-1860.
Scope and Contents

Extracts from the minutes of Byberry Preparative Meeting relating to the Walnut Hill School property, 1816-1860. Also included are: a copy of a report from the Friends appointed to receive the trust of the Walnut Hill School property to Byberry Preparative Meeting, 1860 4mo. 24, and a list of articles sold at Walnut Hill School house, 1861 3mo. 29.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

31 p. ; 20 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 6.5. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1806-1896.
Scope and Contents

Annotated volumes belonging to Byberry Preparative Meeting. Includes copies of the rules of discipline of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1806 (2), 1831, 1843; pamphlet on the case of the Seneca Indians, 1841; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting extracts, 1865 (2); A List of the Isolated Members of the Seven Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends in America, 1896.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

8 v. ; 22 cm. or smaller

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/B92 6.6. Discipline, 1785.
Scope and Contents

Byberry Preparative Meeting's manuscript copy of discipline and advices given by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1785. "The property of Byberry Preparative Meeting 1785." -- Free front endpaper. Includes index.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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