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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

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/H67 1.1-1.2. Minutes, 1758-1795.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1.1 1758 4mo21-1769 1mo27 and 1.2 1769 3mo27-1795 9mo18.

General

Volume 1758-1769 imperfect: some pages worn.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph262
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H67 1.3-1.5. Minutes, 1795-1908.
Scope and Contents

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.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph263
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

3 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H67 1.6. Minutes, 1909-1959.
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/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.H670.01.001 (1250/Q2.1). Minutes, 1827-1828.
Box H-20
General

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.H670.01.002 (1250/Q2.2). Minutes, 1828-1868.
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

HC.PhM.H670.01.003 (1250/Q2.3). Minutes, 1869-1907.
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/H67 2.1. Minutes, 1779-1785.
Scope and Contents

Women's minutes, 1779-1785. Includes transcripts and accounts, 1724-1784.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

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

1 vol. + 1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H67 2.2-2.3. Minutes, 1785-1824.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 2.2 1785 10mo28-1796 5mo27 and 2.3 1796 6mo24-1824 1mo22.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph263
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H67 2.4-2.6. Minutes, 1824-1893.
Scope and Contents

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.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began in 12mo1893.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph264
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

3 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.H670.02.001 (1250/Q2.4). Minutes, 1879-1886.
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/H67 3.1. Miscellaneous financial papers, 1835-1845 & n.d.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph264
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

10 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H67 3.2. Subscription Book, 1811-1851.
Scope and Contents

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.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph264
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/H67 3.3. Account book, 1833-1938.
Scope and Contents

Account book of the Trustees of Horsham Preparative Meeting, 1833-1938.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph261
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

RG2/Ph/H67 3.4. Graveyard account book, 1903-1937.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s)

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph261
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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