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Marlborough 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
Marlborough Monthly Meeting was established in 1972 by Western Quarterly Meeting out of Marlborough Preparative Meeting of Kennett Monthly Meeting. In 2015 Marlborough was transferred from Western Quarterly Meeting to Rockingham Quarterly Meeting of Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative).
This is currently an active monthly meeting, although only records from its time affiliated with PYM are deposited at Swarthmore.
Records of Marlborough Monthly Meeting, 1972-2022. Includes minutes, 1972-2014 (when Marlborough left Philadelphia Yearly Meeting), financial and incorporation records, and records of the burial ground.
Deposit
Organization
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- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2005
- 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
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol. (300 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol. (300 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 volume (in box)
Includes copies: deed from Surviving Trustees (1926), Certificate of Incorporation (1925), articles of amendment for name change (1990),and certificate of summary of record (1990).
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsHicksite/United
Published by the Committee of Overseers, D. Elton Trueblood's The Basis of Renewal (1975) was transcribed from tape and edited by William Woys Weaver.
Physical Description3 vols.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
The "Marlborough Graveyard Records" binder was created in March 2022, compiling all known information about burials there from its establishment in 1801 through the 2010s. The binder includes a plot map, an alphabetical list of burials (with plot locations and to the extent known names, recorded and probable years of burial, and year of birth), a brief Marlborough Meeting House History, a reproduction and transcription of the 1801 subscription list for the burial ground, and copies of several 2022 photos of the meeting house and grounds.
Physical Description1 binder