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Horsham 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
In 1716, a meeting for worship was established at Horsham by Abington Monthly Meeting. Horsham Preparative Meeting was established in 1717 and transferred to Horsham Monthly Meeting in 1782. The Orthodox preparative meeting was transferred to Abington Monthly Meeting in 1827. It was laid down in 1907; Horsham meeting was discontinued in 1920 and its members attached to Abington Meeting (Orthodox). Horsham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) began to meet on an annual basis in 1938, and was discontinued ca. 1959.
Records of the Horsham Preparative Meeting, 1758-1959, include: Hicksite men's meeting and joint session minutes, 1758-1959; Orthodox men's meeting minutes, 1828-1907; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1785-1893; Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1879-1886; account books and other financial records, 1811-1938; and property records, 1760-1938.
Deposit
Organization
- Horsham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Annual Horsham Preparative Meeting of Friends
- Horsham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1938)
- Horsham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1717-1827)
- Horsham Monthly Meeting of Friends. Annual Horsham Preparative Meeting of Friends
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
Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1.1 1758 4mo21-1769 1mo27 and 1.2 1769 3mo27-1795 9mo18.
Volume 1758-1769 imperfect: some pages worn.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph262
- Haverford: No Film
2 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the Hicksite meeting, 1.3 1795-1828, 1.4 1828-1881, 1.5 1881-1908. Included are: minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1795-1827; minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1827-1893; minutes of the Hicksite joint sessions of men and women, 1893-1908.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph263
- Haverford: No Film
3 v.
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/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Affiliation: Orthodox
Physical Description1 volume in folder
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
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
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
Women's minutes, 1779-1785. Includes transcripts and accounts, 1724-1784.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol. + 1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 2.2 1785 10mo28-1796 5mo27 and 2.3 1796 6mo24-1824 1mo22.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph263
- Haverford: No Film
2 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the Hicksite women's meeting, 2.4 1824-1849, 2.5 1849-1892, 2.6 1892- 1893. Volume for 1824-1849 includes minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1824-1827.
Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began in 12mo1893.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph264
- Haverford: No Film
3 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph264
- Haverford: No Film
10 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
List book of Horsham Preparative Meeting, containing subscriptions for the use of the poor and for the meeting's use, 1811-1851. Includes pre- Separation subscription records, 1811-1823 and Hicksite meeting subscription records, 1829-1851. Membership list, 1852, laid in back of volume.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph264
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Account book of the Trustees of Horsham Preparative Meeting, 1833-1938.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph261
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph261
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College