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Schuylkill Monthly, Preparative, and Indulged Meetings Records (including Charlestown Meeting)
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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.
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An indulged meeting known as Charlestown was established in 1812 under the care of Valley Preparative Meeting and Radnor Monthly Meeting. The meeting for worship was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 1815. The Orthodox branch of this meeting was discontinued in 1828. In 1843, Charlestown Meeting (Hicksite) became Schuylkill Preparative Meting of Radnor Monthly Meeting. In 1850, the preparative meeting was discontinued, and its members were attached to Valley Preparative Meeting. An indulged meeting at Schuylkill was established in 1850. This meeting was transferred to Valley Monthly Meeting in 1936. In 1954, this meeting became Schuylkill Monthly Meeting
Records include: Minutes of the indulged meeting, 1939-1954, and of the Monthly Meeting, 1954-1972, 1974-1977, 1979-1982, 1998-2002, and 2014-2019. Marriage licenses, 1958-1965, and certificates of removal received, 1959-67, laid in minute book, 1954-1968. Folder of minutes, 1968-72, includes travelling minutes. Miscellaneous records of the earlier meetings at Schuylkill include an account book, 1897-1918; miscellaneous financial papers, 1868 -1929; trip through Pennsylvania (fragment only), 1805; manuscript copy of article from Saturday Evening Post regarding Elias Hicks' death, 1830; property records, 1814 and n.d.; graveyard fund papers, 1926-1934; correspondence and poem, 1927-1935 and n.d.; a library record, 1865-1871; burial ground survey, 2015 (digital); and a visitors' register.
Deposit
Organization
- Schuylkill Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)
- Valley Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). Schuylkill Meeting (1936-1954)
- Radnor Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1951). Schuylkill Meeting
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2003
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
- Use Restrictions
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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
Minutes of the indulged meeting, 1939 1mo16-1954 10mo9. Includes membership lists, 1938-1950; also contains the following: a history of the Schuylkill Friends Meeting (read by Sarah F. Pennypacker at the time of the recent pilgrimage to Schuylkill Meeting House, near Phoenixville, Pa.), [1909]; copy of letter from Virginia Walker to Helen Shortlidge regarding meeting's history, 1939 Jan. 17. Extract from Radnor Monthly Meeting minutes concerning establishment of Charlestown Meeting, 1812 2mo13
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 26 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the United meeting as follows: 1954-1968, 1968-1972, 1974-1977, 1979-1982, 1998-2002. Marriage licenses, 1958-1965, & certificates of removal received, 1959-67, laid in minute book, 1954-1968. Folder of minutes, 1968-72, includes travelling minutes.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (loose-leaf) + 5 folders and 11 items.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Binder includes flyers, newsletters, and copies of pictures of the meeting house and members.
Physical Description1 binder
Material Specific DetailsUnited
Included are: account book, 1897-1918; miscellaneous financial papers, 1868 -1929; trip through Pennsylvania (fragment only), 1805; manuscript copy of article from Saturday Evening Post regarding Elias Hicks' death, 1830; property records, 1814 and n.d.; graveyard fund papers, 1926-1934; correspondence and poem, 1927-1935 and n.d.
Shelved under Schuylkill Meeting.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. + 40 items (in folder).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (unpaged) ; 38 x 16 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Shelved under Schuylkill Meeting.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ([9] p. used) ; 22 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on Microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore:No Film
- Haverford:No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
(1) digital file (PDF)
Material Specific DetailsUnited