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West Grove 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

West Grove Monthly Meeting was established in 1919 by Western Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite). In 1955, New Garden Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) at West Grove was merged into West Grove Monthly Meeting. West Grove is currently an active monthly meeting.

Records of West Grove Monthly Meeting and West Grove Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1919-2014, include: Minutes, 1919-2014; vital records, 1919-1962; minutes of the Meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1919-1935; West Grove First Day School minutes, 1918-1947; minutes and other papers of the Association for the Care of Friends' Burial Ground at Lower New Garden, 1914-1977; West Grove Friends' Forum minutes, 1925-1942; miscellaneous papers, 1935-1938; Treasurer's records, 2012-14.

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Organization
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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

RG2/Ph/W44 2.1. Marriage certificates, 1919-1954.
Scope and Contents

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 687.
  2. Haverford: Film 184
Physical Description

1 v. (13 items) ; 30 x 46 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Box 137 2.2. Membership, 1919-1958.
Scope and Contents

Register contains information on births, deaths, marriages, removals, etc.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 687
  2. Haverford: Film 184
Physical Description

1 v. ; 24 x 36 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Box 137 2.3. West Grove Monthly Meeting membership list, 1962.
General

Typescript.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 687.
  2. Haverford: Film 184
Physical Description

1 item in folder.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 2.4. Miscellaneous marriage records, 1919-1994.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 1.1-1.6. Minutes, 1919-1980.
Scope and Contents

Volume (1955-1959) includes membership list, 1955 7mo 3.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 687 (1934-1971)
  2. Haverford: Film 184 (1934-1971)
Physical Description

6 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 1.8. Minutes, 1981-1989.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 1.7. Minutes, 1990-2003.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/Ph/W44 1.9. Minutes, 2004-2006.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 1.10. Minutes, 2007-2014.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

Box 137 3.1. Minutes of the Preparative Meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1919-1935.
Scope and Contents

"P.S. The remaining minutes are on file with the monthly meeting records." --p.37. 1938 report laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 687
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (37 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 6.9. Financial miscellaneous, 1930-1988.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.8. Treasurer's book, 1956-2001.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.3. Burial ground Accounts, 1962-1968.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.4. Fund Accounts, 1982-1987.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.2. Financial statements, 1989-2011.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.5. Treasurer's book, 1993-1997.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.6. Treasurer's book, 1985-1987.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.12. Property records, 1955-1987.
Scope and Contents

Copies of papers related to West Grove and New Garden meeting locations and property owned in East Fallowfield Township and Parkesburg.

Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/Ph/W44 6.7. Treasurer's book, 1988-1990.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.10. Treasurer's book, 1991-1999.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

RG2/Ph/W44 6.1. Finance Committee Records, 1992-2002.
Scope and Contents

Records relative to the meeting house addition.

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

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 6.11. Treasurer's reports, 2012-2014.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/Ph/W44 4.1. Minutes and related papers, 1914-1977.
Scope and Contents

Includes treasurer's reports.

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) ; 29 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 4.2-4.5. Minutes, 1918-1947.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: 1918-1922, 1925-1929; 1930-1933; 1933-1947. Before 1919, West Grove First Day School was under the care of West Grove Preparative Meeting.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

4 v. ; 31 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 4.6. Minutes, 1925-1942.
Scope and Contents

Includes constitution.

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. (unbound) in folder ; 29 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Box 137 5.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1935-1938.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 687
  2. Haverford: Film 184
Physical Description

7 items in folder.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W44 5.2. List of Children who Went to School with Lydia C. Hughes and Mary Priscilla Hughes, circa 1899-1900.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Hicksite/United

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