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Pennsgrove 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

Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting was established in 1842 by Western Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) out of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and New Garden Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). The monthly meeting was discontinued in 1952. Its members were transferred to London Grove, New Garden, West Grove, or Oxford Monthly Meetings.

Records of the Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting, 1833-1968, include: vital records (including births, deaths, removals, marriages, membership, etc.), 1841-1968; Hicksite men's minutes 1842-1952; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1842-1884; Hicksite minister's and elder's minutes, 1896-1917; miscellaneous property records, 1833-1898; miscellaneous papers, 1951-ca.1952.

Deposit

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

RG2/Ph/P44 3.1. Births and deaths, 1841-1951.
Scope and Contents

Meeting's record of births and deaths. Contains births, 1841-1914, and deaths, 1842-1951.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 663
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 75A
Physical Description

1 v. (18, 17 p.) ; 21 x 33 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 3.2. Burials (Forrestville, Pa.), 1844-1968.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 chart ; 34 x 63 cm. folded to 34 x 16 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:H/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 3.3. Removals issued, 1842-1952.
Scope and Contents

Meeting's record of certificates of removal issued on behalf of persons transferring their membership to other meetings; also transfers without recording of formal minute (1950-52), 1842-1952. Register also contains copies of certificates of marriages under the meeting's care, 1845-1939.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 663
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 75A
Physical Description

1 v. (60, 77 p.) ; 32 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 1.1-1.2. Minutes, 1842-1920.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1842 3mo11-1879 2mo7 and 1879 3mo7-1920 4mo11. Volume 1842-79 includes membership list, 1868-1879; volume 1879-1920 includes membership lists, 1879-1892; 1892-1903; 1903-1913; 1913-1932. Volumes are 1842-1879, 1.2 1879-1920.

General

Joint sessions with women began on 4mo11, 1884

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph361.
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 76A
Physical Description

2 v. ; 33 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 1.3. Minutes, 1920-1952.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1920 5mo9-1952 11mo12. Includes membership lists, 1923-1950; 1931-1952.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 v. (229 p.) ; 27 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 2.1-2.2. Minutes, 1842-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite meeting of women Friends, 3mo11 1842- 2mo1 1879 and 3mo7 1879-3mo7 1884. Volumes are 2.1 1842-1879, 2.2 1879-1884.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women met together began in 1884.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph361.
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 76A
Physical Description

2 v. ; 33 cm. or smaller

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 4.1. Minutes, 1896-1917.
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. (ca. 40 p.) ; 20 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 5.1. Miscellaneous papers concerning property, 1833-1898.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, plan, and contract for meeting house construction, 1833- 1898.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

10 items (in folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 6.1. Miscellaneous papers, [1952].
Scope and Contents

Folder contains: record of bequests to Pennsgrove Preparative Meeting with date of meeting at which each bequest was reported; copy of minute of Western Quarterly Meeting relating to monthly meeting's discontinuance; brief account of Pennsgrove meeting, compiled by J. Howard Broomell.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

3 items (in folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P44 6.2. Brief history of Pennsgrove Meeting / compiled by J. Howard Broomell, [1951].
Scope and Contents

Folder also contains inventory of papers deposited in Friends Historical Library, [1952]. Copies of meeting's history vary slightly.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

2 items (in folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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