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Upper Greenwich 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

An indulged meeting at Upper Greenwich was established in 1756 by Haddonfield Monthly Meeting under the care of Woodbury Preparative Meeting. It was transferred to Woodbury Monthly Meeting in 1784. In 1772, Salem Quarterly Meeting established the meeting for worship; Upper Greenwich Preparative Meeting was established in 1773. The Orthodox preparative meeting and meeting for worship were discontinued in 1828 by Salem Quarterly Meeting. Upper Greenwich Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) of Woodbury Monthly Meeting was established as Mickleton Monthly Meeting in 1954.

Records of the Hicksite meeting, 1822-1904, as follows: minutes of men's meeting and joint sessions, 1872-1904; financial reports from men's and women's treasurers, 1895; miscellaneous papers, 1822-1900; financial reports of school trustees, 1878-1881; First Day School reports 1896 and 1899.

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Organization
Subject

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2011
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

Biographical / Historical

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages, maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 1.1. Minutes, 1831-43.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 1.2. Minutes, 1843-71.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 1.3. Minutes, 1872-1904.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 1.4. Minutes, 1904-28.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 1.5. Minutes, 1929-50.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 2.1. Minutes, 1800-17.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 2.2. Minutes, 1817-46.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 2.3. Minutes, 1847-58.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 2.4. Minutes, 1858-92.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 2.5. Minutes, 1892-94.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 3.1. School Trustees Reports, 1878-81.
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: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 3.2. Reports, 1895.
Scope and Contents

Treasurer's accounts, 1895.

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: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 3.3. Subscription of Women Friends, 1822-36.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

item in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 3.4. Bond, 1829.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

item in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 3.5. Account Book of Committee Having Care of the Poor, 1846-51.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

item in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 3.6. Records of Improvements and Repairs, 1893-1900.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

item in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 4.1. Account book, 1919.
Scope and Contents

Accounts relating to the building of the annex of Mickleton Friends Meetinghouse.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 4.2. Account book, 1919.
Scope and Contents

Financial accounts relating to the annex of Mickleton Friends Meetinghouse.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 4.3. Miscellaneous papers, 1996, n.d.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers relating to the property of Upper Greenwich Preparative meeting including history.

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/U64 4.4. Record of deeds, 1795-1895.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 5.1. Minutes, 1943-53.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 5.2. Accounts, 1896, 1899.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 5.3-5.7. Minutes, 1868-1948 (with gaps).
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the First Day School Committee, 1868-1891, 1891-1896, 1896-1903, 1938-1941, and 1941-1948.

Physical Description

5 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 5.8. Miscellaneous papers, 1931-37, 1987.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers regarding Upper Greenwich/Mickleton First Day School. Includes attendance cards, 1931-37, and an inquiry about the history of the First Day School Union, 1987.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 5.9. Minutes of Mickleton First Day School, 1927-31.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 5.10-5.15. Roll books, 1873-1938.
Scope and Contents

Roll books of Upper Greenwich/Mickleton First Day School, 1873-79, 1870s-85, 1880-97, 1895-1906, 1904-1907. Some volumes include lists of library books.

Physical Description

6 vol.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 5.16. Teachers' meeting minutes, 1890-1893.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 5.17. Minutes, 1911-28.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 5.18. Miscellaneous papers, 1833, 1845.
Physical Description

item in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 5.19. Report, 1882.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
RG2/Ph/U64 5.20-5.22. Minutes, 1895-1929.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Mickleton Young Friends Association, 1895-1905, 1905-11, and 1911-29.

Physical Description

3 vols.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/U64 6.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1897.
Scope and Contents

Concerning Anniversary commemoration.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

item in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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