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Lancaster Monthly 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

Lancaster Monthly Meeting was established as a United monthly meeting by Caln Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) and Caln Half-Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1947 out of Lancaster Meeting. This is currently an active monthly meeting.

Records of Lancaster Monthly Meeting since 1946. Included are: minutes, 1947-2001, and visitor's register, 1946-1976 with minutes of the meeting for worship, 1946-1947.

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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/L3 1.1-1.4. Minutes, 1947-2001.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of Lancaster Monthly Meeting since 1947. Volume for 1947-1963 includes a brief history of the meeting by Paul L. Whitely, 1949. Volumes are 1.1 1947-1963, 1.2 1964-74/75-77, 1.3 1978-1985, 1.4 1986-2001.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph279, MR-Ph278
  2. Haverford: Film 1 (1947-1963)
Physical Description

4 v. ; 30 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/L3 2.1-2.3. Newsletter, 1958-2005.
Scope and Contents

Description based on: Issue no. 5 (Fourth month, 1958); title from caption. Volumes are 2.1 1958-1992, 2.2 1993-2003, 2.3 2004-2009.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

28 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/L3 2.4. Visitors' register, 1946-1976.
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes, 1946-1947, recorded on pp. 142-152. Written in pencil on free front end paper: Lancaster Monthly Meeting Membership and Minutes. Minutes of the meeting for worship, 1946-1947, also available in microfilm (SW)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph278
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. ; 27 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/L3 2.5. Relief Package Records, 1948-1951.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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