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Makefield Preparative (including Makefield and Newtown Preparative ((Orthodox)) Meetings 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

Makefield Preparative Meeting was established before 1756. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox branch merged with the Orthodox branch of Newtown Preparative Meeting (Bucks County) to form Makefield and Newtown Preparative Meeting. This meeting was discontinued later in 1827, and its members were attached to Falls Preparative Meeting (Orthodox). Makefield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1926.

Records of the Makefield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), the Makefield and Newtown Preparative Meeting (Orthodox), and their pre-Separation predecessor, 1793-1926. Records include: Hicksite men's minutes, 1793-1926; Hicksite women's minutes, 1802-1825 and 1836-1892; Orthodox women's minutes, 1827; births and deaths, 1862-1902; membership, 1820; financial records, 1804-1810.

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Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2003
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/M34 3.1. Record of births and deaths for Makefield P. Meeting, 1862-1902.
Scope and Contents

Contains: Births (1869-1891) and deaths (1862-1902). Entries include place of burial. Title from cover.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph437
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M34 3.2. "Members of Makefield Preparative Meeting, 1st Mo 1898", 1898.
Scope and Contents

Handwritten numbered list of meeting member names only, alphabetical by last name, with later notes on many (deceased, resigned, disowned, etc.)

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

RG2/Ph/M34 1.1-1.3. Minutes, 1793-1827.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1793-1804, 1804-1817, 1817- 1827. Vol. (1804-1817) includes Account book, 1804-1810. Volumes are 1.1 1793-1804, 1.2 1804-1817, 1.3 1817-1827.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

3 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M34 1.4-1.11. Minutes, 1827-1926.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women as follows: 1827-1835, 1844-1852, 1859-1866, 1866-1872, 1872-1879, 1888-1892, 1892-1910, 1910-1926. Minute book (1892-1910) contains women's minutes, 1884-1892. Volumes are 1.4 1827-1835, 1.5 1844-1852, 1.6 1859-1866, 1.7 1866-1872, 1.8 1872-1879, 1.9 1888-1892, 1.10 1892-1910, 1.11 1910-1926.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began in 1892.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

8 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M34 2.1-2.2. Minutes, 1802-1825.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of women Friends, 2.1 1802-1814 and 2.2 1815- 1825.

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. ; 21 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M33 1.1. Minutes, 1827.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Orthodox meeting of women Friends concerning the Hicksite Separation and discontinuance of the preparative meeting, 9mo 1827-11mo 1827.

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. ([5] p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M34 2.3-2.5. Minutes, 1836-1875.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: 2.3 1836-1848, 2.4 1848-1864, 2.5 1865-1875.

General

Women's minutes (1884-1892) with : Makefield Preparative Meeting minutes, 1892-1910.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

3 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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