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Merion 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

Merion Preparative Meeting was established in 1701. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Merion Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1827. Merion Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as Merion Monthly Meeting in 1951 at the dissolution of Radnor Monthly Meeting.

Records of the Hicksite preparative meeting and of its predecessor, the pre-Separation preparative meeting. Included are: minutes,1702-1705, 1832-1834, 1854-1859, 1862-1951; burials, 1682-1919 and 1918-1929; deaths 1702-1808; membership, 1848-1887 and 1929-1930; women's minutes, 1819-1836 and 1848-1884; financial and property records; and miscellaneous papers.

Deposit

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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

Reading Room File. Burials (Merion, Pa.), 1682-1919.
Scope and Contents

Copied by Thomas Wynne. Removed from RG2/Ph/M47 and put into file drawer in Reading Room of FHL.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

ca. 700 index cards

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 3.2. Deaths : graveyard Records, 1702-1808.
Scope and Contents

Record of persons buried at Merion meeting house graveyard. Includes "some strangers and negroes" (p. 22).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph300
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 162
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 3.3-3.4. Membership, 1821-1832, 1935.
Scope and Contents

Membership book of Merion Preparative Meeting, 3.3 1821-1832. Includes names, removals received and sent, and remarks. Membership list, 3.4 1935.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 3.5. Membership list, 1935.
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:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 1.1. Minutes, 1702-1705.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting from 12mo 6, 1702 to 5mo 6, 1705. Minute book in fragile condition.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph300
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 169
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 1.2-1.11. Minutes, 1832-1951.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the Hicksite Preparative Meeting as follows: 1.2 1832-34, 1.3 1854- 59, 1.4 1862-68, 1.5 1868-90, 1.6 1890-1903, 1.7 1904-16, 1.8 1916-29,1.10 1930-41, 1.11 1941-51, 1940-1948, 1941 -51. Vol. 1916-29 includes Burials (Merion, Pa.), 1918-1929 & membership list, 1929-1930. Accompanied by: folder containing loose minutes. Minutes to 1941 also available in microfilm (SW)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph300
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 169
Physical Description

9 v.+ 1 folder of loose minutes.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 2.1-2.4. Minutes, 1819-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the Hicksite women's meeting as follows: 2.1 1819-1836,2.2 1848- 1852, 2.3 1853-1865, 2.4 1865-1884. Vol. 1819-1836 contains pre-Separation women's minutes, 1819-1827; vol. 1848-1852 includes membership list, 1848-1887.

General

Joint sessions with men began ca. 1884.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph300
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 162
Physical Description

4 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 4.1. Account book [Women], 1848-1869.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph300
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 169
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 4.2. Miscellaneous financial papers, 1790-1878 & n.d.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

97 items in folder.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 4.3. Trustees' Financial Records, 1888-1902.
Scope and Contents

Financial statements of the Trustees of the Property of Merion Preparative Meeting, 1888-1902.

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 (3 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 4.4. Incorporation papers, 1949.
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 (5 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 4.6. Accounts, 1846-1875.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 5.1. Map of the property of Merion Friends Meeting : located in Lower Merion Twp. Montgomery County, Pa., 1891.
Scope and Contents

"Surveyed Oct. 1891."

General

Scale : 40 ft.=1".

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 map ; 43 x 72 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 5.2. Subscriptions and expenditures for the meeting house, 1713-1714.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 item (in folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 6.1. Correspondence, 1934-1937.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous correspondence of the Nominating Committee, 1934-1937.

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:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 6.2. Minutes, 1942-1952.
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:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 7.1-7.4. Miscellaneous papers, 1833-[1884] and n.d.
Scope and Contents

Papers containing minutes, 1833-1865 (7.1); printed papers, 1864-1883 (7.2); genealogical data compiled from various sources, 1880 (7.3) and n.d.; summaries of Radnor Monthly Meeting records, [1884] (7.4).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

16 items in 4 folders.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 7.5. Correspondence concerning conscientious objection, 1940-1943.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports concerning conscientious objection in Merion Friends Meeting during World War II. Includes reports from Reuben Bochert Bowen and James K. DeArmond Jr.

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:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 7.6. First Day School Attendance register, 1901-1906.
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

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M47 7.7-7.8. Guest books, 1915-1949.
Scope and Contents

Visitors' registers as follows : 7.7 1915-1941, 7.8 1941-1949.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

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