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Chester 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 preparative meeting at Chester was established in 12mo, 1698/9. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, this meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches.
In 1934, Chester Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) became the new Chester Monthly Meeting at the dissolution of the original Chester Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).
In 1948, Chester Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) became Twenty-Fourth Street Monthly Meeting and immediately merged with Chester Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) to form Chester United Monthly Meeting of Friends.
Records of the pre-Separation preparative meeting include: rough minutes, 1783-1784 & 1786-1788; subscription book for the support of the poor, 1769-1799; account books, 1785-1788 & 1807-1814. Records of the Hicksite meeting include: Minutes, 1827-1928; women's minutes, 1828-1876; membership lists, 1840-1902; rough minutes, 1887-1909; treasurer's book, 1892-1934; graveyard treasurer's book, 1878-1919. Records of the Orthodox meeting include: Minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1861-1948; women's minutes, 1834-1916; deeds and other property records, 1886-1937; miscellaneous papers, 1916-1948.
Deposit
Organization
- Chester Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1699-1827)
- Chester Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1948)
- Chester Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1934)
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.
- 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
Minute books as follows: 1.1 6mo 25, 1783-10mo 20, 1784; 1.2 6mo 21, 1786-2mo 20, 1788.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the Hicksite branch of Chester Preparative Meeting as follows: 1.3 1827-1890, 1.4 1890-1909, 1.5 1909-1917, 1.6 1917-1928. Vol. 1827-1890 contains the following: Men's minutes, 1827-1855; women's minutes, 1828- 1876; minutes of men and women's joint sessions, 1876-1890. Also included are two small notebooks containing membership lists, 1840-1842; 1840-1859; 1869; 1889; 1902. 1827-1890 with notebooks, 1890-1909, and 1909-1917 available in microfilm,
Minutes for 1928-1934 with: Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1934-1948)
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 108
- Haverford: No Film
6 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the men's meeting, 1861 1mo 23 to 1916 11mo 22; and minutes of joint sessions of men and women Friends, 1916 12mo 20 to 1948 6mo 13.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes from 1834 1mo 22 to 1877 9mo 19.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph108
- Haverford: No film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of Women's meeting, 1878 1mo 23 to 1916 11mo 22. Minute book also contains joint sessions of men and women Friends, 1916 12mo 20 to 1920 1mo 2.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
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: Orthodox
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: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 20cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Papers concerning the formation of Chester United Monthly Meeting (1948); membership lists of Chester Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), 1939 & 1948, and of Media Preparative Meeting, 1941 & 1943; claims by City of Chester for payment for roadway, 3mo 31 1924; annual reports, 1944, 1945, 1947; financial records, etc.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
50 items in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College