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Plymouth Preparative Meeting Records

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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

Plymouth Preparative Meeting was established in 1703. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches.

Plymouth Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1907, and its members were transferred to Norristown Preparative Meeting.

Plymouth Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) became Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in 1936 at the dissolution of the original Gwynedd Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).

Records of the Plymouth Monthly Meeting, 1773-1936, include: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1773-1934; Orthodox women's minutes, 1844-1897; Hicksite women's minutes,1810-1897; Orthodox women's minutes, 1827-1906; Hicksite account books, 1773-1903; Hicksite subscription book, 1773-1902; Orthodox property records, 1831-1832.

Deposit

Receipts for building the Orthodox meeting house may be found in RG5/099 Maulsby-Albertson Family Papers, Ser.6 (SW).

Organization
Subject

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/P59 1.1-1.2. Minutes, 1790-1816.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting as follows: 7mo 22, 1790-2mo 23, 1809; 3mo 23, 1809-11mo 21, 1816. Volumes are 1.1 1790-1809, 1.2 1809-1816.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 522
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P58 1.1-1.7. Minutes, 1827-1934.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women as follows: 1827-1831; 1831-1843; 1844-1853; 1853-1876; 1876-1897; 1897-1915; 1915-1934. Volume 1844-1853 includes membership list, 1845. Minutes for 1935-1936 contained in: Plymouth Monthly Meeting minute book, 1936-1938. Volumes are 1.3 1827-1831, 1.4 1831-1843, 1.5 1844-1853, 1.6 1853-1876, 1.7 1876-1897, 1.8 1897-1915, 1.9 1915-1934.

General

Joint sessions with women began in 2mo 1897.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph522 (1827-31, 1831-43, 1844-53)
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph523 (1853-76, 1876-97)
  3. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph524 (1897-1915)
  4. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph526 (1915-34, 1935-36)
  5. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

7 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.P580.01.001 (1250/P2.5). Minutes, 1844-1897.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/P58 2.1-2.4. Minutes, 1810-1897.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the Hicksite women's meeting as follows: 1810-38, 1838-1865, 1866-1893, 1893-1897. Volume for 1810-1838 contains pre-Separation women's minutes, 1810-1827. Volumes are 2.1 1810-38, 2.2 1838-65, 2.3 1866-93, 2.4 1893-97.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began in 2d month 1897.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph525 (1810-38, 1838-65, 1866-93)
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph526 (1893-97)
  3. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

4 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.P580.02.001 (1250/P2.4). Minutes, 1827-1889.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P580.02.002 (1250/P2.6). Minutes, 1890-1906.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/P59 3.1. Account book, 1773-1802.
Scope and Contents

Volume also contains: Subscription book (1773-1803) on pages numbered 41-75.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph526
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (a, 75 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P59 3.2. Account book, 1803-1822.
Scope and Contents

Volume also contains: Subscription book (1803-1821) on pages numbered 45- 68.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph526
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (68 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P58 3.1. Account book, 1822-1903.
Scope and Contents

Volume also contains: Subscription book (1822-1902) on pages numbered 1-96.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph526
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (206 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.P580.03.002 (1250/P2.9). Account Book, 1838-1870.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P580.03.001 (1250/P2.7). Account Book [Women], 1828-1857.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.P580.03.003 (1250/P2.8). Subscription Book [Women] & Account Book, 1857-1874.
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:Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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