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Providence Preparative Meeting (Delaware County, Pa.) 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

Providence Preparative Meeting was established in 12mo 1698/9. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, two branches of this meeting were formed. Providence Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1828, and its members were transferred to Springfield Preparative Meeting. Providence Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was transferred to Providence Monthly Meeting in 1934. The meeting was discontinued in 1942, and its business was assumed by Providence Monthly Meeting.

Records of the Pre-Separation and Hicksite preparative meetings include: minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1830-1942; women's minutes, 1839-1891; papers concerning financial and property matters, 1876-1939; First Day School minutes, 1909-1926; First Day School attendance record, 1908-1918; Philanthropic Committee papers, 1931-1935; Media Friends' Association minutes, 1894-1908.

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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/P72 1.1-1.7. Minutes, 1830-1942.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women as follows: 1830-1850, 1850-1866; 1866-1875; 1876-1891; 1891-1908; 1908- 1923; 1924-1942. Minute book for 1891-1908 also contains women's minutes, 1883-1891. Volumes are 1.1 1830-1850, 1.2 1850-66, 1.3 1866-1875, 1.4 1876-1891, 1.5 1891-1908, 1.6 1908-1923, 1.7 1929-1942.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

7 v. ; 26 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P72 2.1. Minutes, 1839-1908.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from 1mo 24, 1839 to 11mo 15, 1883. Minutes from 12mo 20, 1883 to 2mo 12, 1891 with men's minutes, 1891-1908.

General

Joint sessions with men began on 3mo 19, 1891.

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. ; 22 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P72 4.1. Subscription for the care of the meeting house, 1811.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Pre

RG2/Ph/P72 4.2. Account book, 1914-1939.
Volume 4.2
Conditions Governing Use

Book is fragile: spine lacking, boards secured by tape, preliminary leaves detached, text block damaged, paper chipping and acidic.

Scope and Contents

Daybook includes membership list and dues by year, as well as record of Special Accounts and Savings Fund.

Physical Description

1 volume

RG2/Ph/P72 3.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1876-1929 and n.d.
Scope and Contents

Papers concerning financial and property matters.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

20 items in folder.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P72 3.2. First Day School. Attendance record, 1908-1918.
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. ; 27 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P72 3.3-3.6. First Day School. Minutes, 1909-1926.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: 3.3 1909-1916; 3.4 1916-1921, 3.5 1921-1922, 3.6 1923-1926.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

4 v. ; 27 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/P72 3.7. Philanthropic Committee. Papers, 1931-1935.
Scope and Contents

Monthly reports of Philanthropic Committee chair, 1931-1933; and minutes, 1931-1935. Committee established in 1931. Pertinent papers laid in.

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. (loose-leaf) ; 28 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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