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Springfield 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

Springfield Monthly Meeting was established in 1948 by Concord Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) out of Chester Monthly Meeting. The meeting was transferred to the newly-formed Chester Quarterly Meeting in 1955. Springfield is currently an active monthly meeting.

Records include: Orthodox and United minutes, 1948-1977; minutes of the United Worship and Ministry Committee and of its predecessor, the Orthodox Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1949-1967; papers of Springfield Burial Ground Committee, 1840-1967; correspondence and bills relating to addition to meeting house, 1958-1961.

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/S67 1.1-1.3. Minutes,, 1948-[ongoing].
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: 1948-1960, 1961-1969, 1970-1977.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

3 v. (1.5 linear feet).

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S672.1-2.2. Minutes,, 1949-1967.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from 1mo 30, 1949 to 12mo 12, 1967. Minute book contains minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1949-1954. Accompanied by: Papers, 1955-1965 (in folder).

General

Committee's name changed from Ministers and Elders to Worship and Ministry in 1954.

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) + folder; 25 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S67 3.1. Correspondence and bills relating to the addition to the meeting house,, 1958-1961.
Scope and Contents

Chiefly correspondence and bills.

General

Photographs of the meeting house transferred to the meeting house picture file.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

ca. 150 items in folder.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S67 4.1. Papers,, 1840-1967.
Scope and Contents

Record of interments at Springfield Friends Graveyard, 1842-1967; applications for interment permits, 1840-1958; reservations in burial ground, 1905-1929; financial records, 1898-1946 and n.d.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 box (ca. 300 items) (1.5 linear feet).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S67 5.1. Springfield Friends Meeting newsletter,, 1953, 1964, 1973-77.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

28 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: O/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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