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Philadelphia Preparative Meeting, Western District (1814-1907) 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

A meeting for worship in the 12th Street meeting house was established in 1813 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting under the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. The meeting was transferred to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District in 1814. A preparative meeting was established in 1814.

These meetings remained with the Orthodox Friends after the Separation. Philadelphia Preparative Meeting for the Western District was discontinued in 1907.

Records of the Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District (Orthodox) include: women's minutes, 1856-1867.

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Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2009
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

HC.PhM.P485.01.001 (1250/U1.34.2). Epistles - Women's Yearly Meeting, Philadelphia, 1836-1854.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P485.01.002 (1250/U1.30). Minutes, 1856-1867.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 notebook

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P485.02.001 (1250/U1.34). Minutes, 1814-1846.
Physical Description

book

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/ Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P485.02.002 (1250/U1.33). Minutes, 1848-1876.
Physical Description

book

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P485.02.003 (1250/U1.32). Minutes, 1877-1920.
Physical Description

book

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P485.02.004 (1250/U1.31). Minutes, 1920-1942.
Physical Description

book

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.Phm.P485.01.002. Minutes, 1860-1880.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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