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Caln Quarterly 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.
Overview and metadata sections
Caln Quarterly Meeting was established in 1800 by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting out of a division of Concord Quarterly Meeting and Western Quarterly Meeting. Two quarterly meetings were formed at the time of the Hicksite separation in 1827/28. In 1942, the Hicksite quarterly meeting became a half-yearly meeting. In 1949, Caln Half-Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) began meeting jointly with Caln Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) on a quarterly basis. In 1952, Caln became the first united quarterly meeting.
Records of Caln Quarterly Meeting since 1800. Included are: pre-Separation men's meeting minutes, 1800-1827; Orthodox men's meeting minutes,1828-1843; Hicksite men's and joint meeting minutes, 1828-1952; United meeting minutes since 1952; Continuing Committee minutes since 1974; pre-Separation women's meeting minutes, 1800-1820; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1828-1894; rough or clerk's copy of women's meeting minutes (Orthodox), 1803-1833, including minutes of pre-Separation meeting, 1803-1827; minutes of pre-Separation meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1800-1827; minutes of Orthodox Meeting of ministers and Elders, 1828-1859 and 1948-1952; minutes of Hicksite meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1877-1937; minutes of Orthodox Meeting on Worship and Ministry, 1948-1952, and of United Meeting of Worship and Ministry, 1952-1974; correspondence relating to organic union, 1947-1952.
Deposit
Organization
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Caln Quarterly Meeting (1827-1952)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Caln Quarterly Meeting of Friends (1827-1952)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Caln Quarterly Meeting of Friends
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 Caln Quarterly Meeting since 1800. Included are: minutes of the pre-Separation Meeting, 1800-1827, and minutes of the Orthodox quarterly meeting, 1828-1843.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph75
- Haverford: Film 26*
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes of Caln Quarterly Meeting since 1828. Included are: minutes of the Hicksite quarterly meeting (including Half-Yearly meeting minutes, 1942-1949), 1828-1952; and minutes of the United quarterly meeting since 1952 (includes minutes of the Continuing Committee, 1974-1991). Volumes include: [1.2] 1828-1900; [1.3] 1901-36; [1.4] 1937-52; [1.5] 1952-76; [1.6] 1976-80; [1.7] 1981-92; [1.8] 1993-95; [1.9] 1995-2000.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph76 (1828-1900; 1901-36)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph77 (1936-52; 1952-76)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph690 (1976-80; 1981-92; 1993-95 )
- Swarthmore: No Film (1995-2000)
- Haverford: Film 33* (1976-1995)
4 v. + 4 folders ; 0.6 linear ft.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph75
- Haverford: Film 26*
1 vol. (376 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph75
- Haverford: Film 26*
1 vol. (145 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph75
- Haverford: Film 26*
1 vol. (166 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on micofilm in the following location(s):
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of women Friends, 1800 8mo14-1820 11mo16. Includes an account of the establishment of Caln Quarter.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph75
- Haverford: Film 26*
1 v. (92 p. used) ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Rough or clerk's copies of the pre-Separation meeting of women Friends, 1803-1827, and of the Orthodox meeting of women Friends, 1828-1833.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph75
- Haverford: Film 26*
1 v. (260 p.) ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Hicksite Quarterly Meeting of women friends, 1828 2mo14-1876 4mo27 and 1876 7mo27-1894 4mo26. v. 2.3. 1828-1876 -- v. 2.4. 1876-1894.
Joint sessions with men began in 7mo 1894.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph76
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 34 cm or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph78
- Haverford: Film 27*
1 vol. (127 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph78
- Haverford: Film 27*
1 vol. (302 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph78
- Haverford: Film 27*
1 vol. (162 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.
Minutes of the pre-Separation Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1800-1827; minutes of the Orthodox meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1828-1859.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph78
- Haverford: Film 27*
1 v. (275 p.) ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Hicksite Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1877 10mo24-1918 4mo25; minutes of the Hicksite meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1919 1mo25- 1937 10mo24.
The name of the Hicksite Meeting of Ministers and Elders was changed to Ministry and Counsel in 1mo25 1919.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph76
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (200 p.) ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph78
- Haverford: Film 27*
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph78
- Haverford: Film 27*
1 vol. (153 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes of the United Meeting on Worship and Ministry, 1952-1974, and of its predecessors, the Orthodox Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1948-1949 and the joint meeting of Ministers and Elders and Ministry and Counsel, 1949-1952. Functions of Worship and Ministry Committee were assumed by Continuing Committee in 1974. Volume for 1962-1967 is loose-leaf binder [v.4.3] 1948-1961 -- [v.4.4] 1962- 1967.
Vol.1962-1967 includes Minutes (copy) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Worship & Ministry, 1972-1974.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph691
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 29 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (in 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
Later renamed "The Caln Quarterly"
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Also includes photocopy of newspaper story dealing with the union of the quarterly meetings, n.d.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
8 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College