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New Garden 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

New Garden Preparative Meeting was established in 1715. The meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches in 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

In 1924, Western Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) gave the Hicksite preparative meeting permission to dissolve. The preparative meeting was actually discontinued in 1928

New Garden Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was laid down in 1924; its members were transferred to West Grove Preparative Meeting. The meeting for worship was discontinued by 1929.

Records of New Garden Preparative Meeting, Orthodox and Hicksite, include: men's and joint session minutes, 1827-1928; women's minutes, 1847-1914.

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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
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/N42 1.1-1.3. Minutes, 1827-1928.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows : 11mo 29 1827-7mo 30 1874; 10mo 1 1874-4mo 2 1916; 5mo 2 1915-3mo 4 1928. Vol.1915-1928 includes a list of bequests.

General

Joint sessions with women began in 1886.

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

RG2/Ph/N42 2.1. Minutes, 1847-1855.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from 2mo 4 1847 to 8mo 30 1855.

General

Joint sessions with men began in 1886.

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. ([36] p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.N420.02.001 (1250/R4.20.1). Minutes, 1849-1864.
Box N-2
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.N420.02.002 (1250/R4.21). Minutes, 1864-1914.
Box N-2
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

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