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Colora Monthly Meeting (1945-1980) 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
Colora Monthly Meeting was established in 1945 by Western Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) out of Colora Preparative Meeting of New Garden Monthly Meeting. The monthly meeting was discontinued in 1980, and a second preparative meeting, subordinate to West Grove Monthly Meeting (Pennsylvania) was established.
Records include: Membership, 1945; Minutes, 1945-1949.
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- 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
Photocopy of list of members of Colora Monthly Meeting transferred to New Garden Monthly Meeting (West Grove, Pennsylvania), Tenth Month 7, 1945.
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
Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages, maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections