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Richland 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

A meeting for worship was organized under Gwynedd Monthly Meeting in 1721. A preparative meeting was established in 1725. This meeting was known as "Swamp" or "Great Swamp" until 1742. The meeting for worship and preparative meeting were transferred to Richland Monthly Meeting that same year. After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, Orthodox Friends were attached to Gwynedd Preparative Meeting. Richland Preparative Meeting was discontinued in 1932.

Records of the Hicksite preparative meeting include: Men's meeting minutes, 1845-1932; women's minutes, 1800-1896; membership lists, 1814-ca.1850.

Deposit

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/R53 3.1. Membership, 1814.
Scope and Contents

"List of families and parts of families belonging [to] Richland Preparative Meeting."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 item in folder ; 38 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/R53 3.2. Membership lists, 1845-[ca.1850].
Scope and Contents

Lists of members as follows: 1845 1st month 1st; 1847 (adult males); ca. 1850.

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 ; 38 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/R53 1.1. Minutes, 1845-1932.
Scope and Contents

Minute book of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1845 2mo 20-1932 1mo 31.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 1896. Accompanied by folder containing pertinent items removed from minute book.

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. 300 p.) (1 linear ft.).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/R53 2.1-2.5. Minutes, 1800-1896.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the women's meeting as follows: 1800-1811; 1811-1825; 1825- 1835; 1835-1855; 1855-1896.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 1896.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

5 v. (1.5 linear ft.).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/R53 4.1. Treasurer's book, 1893-1923.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 vol. ; 21 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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