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Haverford Preparative 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

A meeting for worship at Haverford was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 1684; it became part of Haverford [Radnor] Monthly Meeting in 1684. A preparative meeting was established in 1701.

The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1827. The meeting for worship merged with Radnor meeting in 1835. In 1865, Haverford Meeting was transferred to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District. In 1904, the meeting became part of Haverford Monthly Meeting. A second Haverford Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was established in 1904 under Haverford Monthly Meeting. The functions of this preparative meeting were absorbed by the monthly meeting in 1907.

The Hicksite preparative meeting was established as Haverford Monthly Meeting in 1950 at the dissolution of Radnor Monthly Meeting. In 1951, the name of this meeting was changed to "Old Haverford."

Records of Haverford Preparative Meeting, 1741-1950, include: membership lists, 1783-1796, 1809-1827 and 1826 (with Radnor Monthly Meeting Births and Deaths [copy], 1685-1924); Orthodox membership, 1783-1863; membership list, 1931 (with Minutes, 1918-1935); Hicksite men's meeting minutes, 1839-1948 and 1948-1950 (with Old Haverford Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1950-1955); women's meeting minutes, 1805-1807 (with Radnor Monthly Meeting women's minutes, 1812-1835); Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1872-1879; Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1905-1907; account book, 1801-1852 includes subscriptions, 1801-1855; deeds and related papers, 1693-1868; memorial for John Bevan, 1927.

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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

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/H37 3.1. Births and deaths, 1685-1924.
Scope and Contents

Volume contains the following: membership lists, 1783, 1809, 1826 (beginning at front and interspersed); births [copy], 1685-1827 & deaths [copy], 1684-1924.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.H370.01.001 (1250/T4.21.1). Births, Deaths, Membership, 1732-1879.
Box H-20
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

RG2/Ph/H37 3.2. Births and deaths, 1828-1919.
Scope and Contents

Volume contains: Births, 1829-1913; Deaths, 1828-1919. Removed from Radnor Monthly meeting records.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph239
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H37 1.1-1.4. Minutes, 1839-1948.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite preparative meeting, 1839-1874, 1874-1918, 1918- 1935, 1935-1948. Volume for 1874-1918 includes membership lists, 1903-1916; volume for 1918-1935 includes membership lists, 1931. Minutes for 1948-1950 with: Old Haverford Monthly Meeting minutes, 1950- 1955. Volumes are 1.1 1839-1874, 1.2 1874-1918, 1.3 1918-1935, 1.4 1935-1948.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

4 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H37 2.1. Minutes, 1872-1879.
Scope and Contents

. Minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1872 1mo 4-1879 12mo 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 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.H370.02.001 (1250/Q1.10.1). Minutes, 1905-1907.
Box H-20
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

RG2/Ph/H37 4.1. Account book, 1801-1852.
Scope and Contents

Includes subscriptions, 1801-1855.

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. + 6 items (laid in)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H37++ 5.1. Deeds and other property papers, 1693-1868.
Folder RG2 OVERSIZE
Scope and Contents

Property deeds of Haverford Preparative Meeting, 1693, 1710, 1711, 1735, 1785, 1816 (recorded 1820), 1824 (recorded 1825), 1867 and 1868. Also included are property surveys, ca. 1816; statement concerning Haverford Preparative Meeting property; deeds of 1824 and 1867 recorded on opposite sides of one sheet.

General

Deeds housed in chart case.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

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

11 items (in 1 oversize folder and 1 regular folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H37 5.2. Deed: Jackson Lyons et al, 1857 3mo 30.
Scope and Contents

To the Trustees of the Haverford Preparative Meeting. Folder also contains: Deeds - abstract, 1684-1825 and memorandum from deed of Jackson Lyons et al to Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends, 1857.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H37 6.1. Memorial for John Bevan, 1927 6mo 11.
Scope and Contents

Minute commemorating the establishment of Haverford Friends Meeting by John Bevan and his associates in 1693. Signed by descendants of John Bevan, members of the Society of Friends and guests.

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: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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