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Seaville Monthly 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

Seaville Monthly Meeting was established in 1957 by Salem Quarterly Meeting. It developed from a seasonal meeting for worship at Cape May, organized under the care of Salem Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1931. Seaville is currently an active monthly meeting.

Records include: minutes, 1957-1979; records of former members, 1957-2007, and membership lists, 1957-1972, 1975-1979; and miscellaneous papers, 1950-1967 and 1975-1999.

Deposit

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/S4 1.1-1.4. Minutes,, 1957-1979.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of Seaville Monthly Meeting as follows: 1957-1968, 1968-1974, 1975-1978, 1979. Vol. for 1969-1974 includes membership list, 1957-1972; vol. for 1975-1978 includes membership list, 1975-1978.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 583
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2.5 linear feet

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 2.1. Membership records,, 1957-2007.
Scope and Contents

Records of former members of Seaville Monthly Meeting, 1957-2007.

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: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 4.2. Deeds, indentures, and drawings, (1886-1926 and 1979-1986).
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on Microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore:No Film
  2. Haverford:No Film
General

Records 1886-1926 are photocopies.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 4.2. Other property records, 1986-2003.
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:United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 4.3. Edna Herdt Estate, 1979-1986 and undated.
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:United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 3.1. Miscellaneous papers,, 1950-1967.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other papers concerning membership, 1958-1967; financial and property records, 1950-1966; papers relating to the history of Seaville Meeting put together for the New Jersey Historical Sites Evaluation, 1961; papers pertaining to the Prison Service Committee of Southern New Jersey, 1955-1967; miscellaneous reports, 1950-1967.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

ca. 100 items (in 6 folders in box) (.5 linear feet).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 3.5. The Cape May County Friend [newsletter], 1956.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/Ph/S4 3.2-3.3. Newsletter, 1979-1981/2002-2003 (gaps).
Scope and Contents

Includes obituaries and other clippings, as well as some wedding vows and programs.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

2 folders

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S4 3.4. Miscellaneous Papers, 1975-1999.
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of obituaries and other newspaper clippings.

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: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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