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Evesham 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

Evesham Preparative Meeting was established in 1740. In 1760, it became part of Evesham Monthly Meeting. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Evesham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1884, and its members were transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting (New Jersey) and Medford Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).

The Orthodox Preparative Meeting was transferred to Moorestown Monthly Meeting in 1956; it was discontinued in 1970.

Pre-Separation and Hicksite meeting records include: minutes of the men's meeting, 1828-1884; and minutes of the women's meeting, 1801-1884. Also included are two account books of the women's meeting, 1830-1868 and 1868-1884. Orthodox and United meeting records include: burials, 1816-1940; minutes of the men's meeting, 1762-1970; minutes of the women's meeting, 1828-1908; account books, 1838-1970; school trustees minutes and accounts, 1795-1970; miscellaneous papers, 1943-1960, n.d.; deeds and other property records, 1903-1970; papers relating to the Hicksite Separation, [1828-1829].

Deposit

Organization
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

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

HC.PhM.E910.01.001 (1250/M2.32). Burials (Mount Laurel, New Jersey), 1816-1940.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder (14 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E91 1.1-1.2. Minutes, 1762-1836.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the men's meeting as follows: 1.1 1762-1804; 1.2 1804-1836. Includes pre-Separation minutes, 1762-1827. Volume for 1762-1804 includes a list of members compiled Tenth Month 23, 1803 for the purpose of starting a subscription for the boarding school at Westtown.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/E9 1.1-1.2. Minutes, 1828-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minutes books of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1.1 1828-1853, 1.2 1854-1884. Cover label on volume (1828-1853) dated 1841.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 164 (1854-1884)
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E910.02.001 (1250/M2.22). Minutes, 1837-1970.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E9 2.1-2.2. Minutes, 1801-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the women's meeting, 2.1 1801-1847 and 2.2 1847-1884. Includes pre-Separation women's minutes, 1801-1827.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 164 (1847-1884)
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E910.03.001 (1250/M2.24). Minutes, 1828-1834.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder (30 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.03.002 (1250/M2.24.1). Minutes, 1834-1838.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder (26 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.03.003 (1250/M2.25). Minutes, 1838-1875.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.03.004 (1250/M2.26). Minutes, 1875-1908.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.04.001 (1250/M3.1). Account Book, 1838-1873.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume (16 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.04.002 (1250/M2.23). Account Book, 1847-1970.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume (239 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E9 3.1-3.2. Account books, 1830-1884.
Scope and Contents

Account books of the women's meeting, 1830-1868, 1868-1884.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/E91 2.1, 2.2+. Property Records, 1903-1970.
Scope and Contents

Deeds of trust, 1903, 1909; map of Evesham Mount, 1907; lot delineation for burial ground, 1966; survey and plan of Evesham Preparative Meeting's properties, 1970.

General

Lot delineation for burial ground (1966) and survey plan of properties (1970) removed to OVERSIZE case.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

5 items

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E910.05.002 (1250/M2.30). Account Book, 1838-1936.
Box E-4
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.05.001 (1250/M2.32.1). Minutes, 1795-1840.
Box E-4
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E910.05.003 (1250/M2.31). Account Book, 1936-1970.
Box E-4
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E91 3.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1843-1960, n.d.
Scope and Contents

Folder contains the following: membership lists, 1885, 1934, n.d.; list of books belonging to Evesham Monthly Meeting and Evesham Preparative Meeting transferred to Friends Historical Library [copy], 1929; Property records of Evesham Preparative Meeting (1717-1802), compiled April 1, 1935; minutes relating to trusteeship of meeting's property, 1935; report, notes, and clippings concerning the 200th anniversary celebration, 1960; lists of books belonging to the meeting, 1850, n.d.; subscription list, 1843.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

15 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/E91 3.2. Papers relating to the Hicksite Separation, [1828-1829].
Scope and Contents

Document detailing events of the Separation in Evesham Preparative Meeting, 1828; draft of report of a Committee appointed to render an account of the property taken by the Separatists, ca. 1829.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

2 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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