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Chester River 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

Chester River Monthly Meeting was established in 1976 by Southern Half-Yearly Meeting. This is currently an active Monthly Meeting.

Records of Chester River Monthly Meeting include: minutes, 1976-2002, miscellaneous papers, and marriage records, 1980.

Deposit

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/C462 2.1. Marriage certificates, 1980.
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Jenkinson/Hudson marriage certificate.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 item (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/C462 1.1-1.7. Minutes, 1976-2002.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of Chester River Monthly Meeting: 1.1 1976-88, 1.2 1987-89, 1.3 1990-92, 1.4 1993- 94, 1.5 1995-96, 1.6 1997-99, 1.7 2000-2002.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

7 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/C462 3.1. Meeting House Project Records, 2001-2002.
Scope and Contents

Records from the 2000-02 meeting house project, including correspondence between Meeting members, correspondence with architects, and diagrams.

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: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/C462 3.2+. Cemetery Plot Plan, 1997.
Folder RG2 OVERSIZE
Physical Description

1 blueprint

RG2/Ph/C462 4.1. The Cecil Burial Ground Handbook, 1997.
Scope and Contents

History and index to burial stones at the Cecil Burial Ground, prepared by its Trustees for the Chester River Monthly Meeting. Chester River assumed the title of the Cecil Burial Ground after 1986, and the study was undertaken in part to locate future burial sites for members of Chester River Monthly Meeting. Also includes (6) photographs of the burial ground and a blueprint.

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. + 1 item.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/C462 4.2. Newsletter, 1977-78 & 1998-.
Scope and Contents

Description based on: Vol. 1 (September 1977); title from caption.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

28 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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