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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.
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Organization
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.
- 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
Minute books as follows: 1948-1960, 1961-1969, 1970-1977.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 v. (1.5 linear feet).
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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).
Committee's name changed from Ministers and Elders to Worship and Ministry in 1954.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (loose-leaf) + folder; 25 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Chiefly correspondence and bills.
Photographs of the meeting house transferred to the meeting house picture file.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
ca. 150 items in folder.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 box (ca. 300 items) (1.5 linear feet).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
28 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: O/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College