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Willistown 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

Willistown Monthly Meeting was established in 1939 by Concord Quarterly Meeting out of Willistown Preparative at the dissolution of the original Goshen Monthly Meeting. It was transferred to the newly formed Haverford Quarterly Meeting in 1955 at the time of reunification. It is currently active.

Records of Willistown Monthly Meeting, 1936-2006, include: Hicksite and United minutes since 1939; Hicksite and United trustees' minutes, 1942-1980 ; Hicksite and United financial records, 1936-1984 ; minutes of Willistown Preparative Meeting (1940-1952), 1935-1952.

Deposit

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/W55 2.1-2.2. Membership Record Forms, 1911-2005.
Scope and Contents

Meeting membership record sheets for former members, 1911-2005, divided alphabetically into two folders: A-J " K-Z.

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/W55 2.3. Membership Records Book, 1943-1972.
Scope and Contents

Manuscript book with notes on members of Willistown Monthly Meeting; includes, for some but not all: date and place of birth, type of admission, parents' names, mother's maiden name, and present address.

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: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W55 1.1-1.15. Minutes, 1939-2006.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of Willistown Monthly Meeting since 1939, as follows : 1939-1950 ; 1951-1960 ; 1961-1964 ; 1965-1967 ; 1968-1973 ; 1974 - 4mo 1982 ; 5mo 1982 - 12mo 1982 ; 9mo 1983-86; 1987-88; 1989-90; 1991-92; 1993-94; 1995-99; 1999-2002; 2002-2006. Minutes 1939-1950 also available in microfilm (SW)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 317 (1939-50),642 (1951-60), 643 (1961-86)
  2. Haverford: Film 170 (1939-1950)
Physical Description

3 linear feet (5 v., 2 boxes, 9 folders)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W56 3.1. Account book, 1936-1961.
Scope and Contents

Monthly Meeting accounts (1939-1961). Volume also contains Willistown Preparative Meeting accounts (1936-1939).

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. (75 p.) ; 25 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W55 3.2. Checkbook, 1955-1961.
Scope and Contents

Check stubs and cancelled checks drawn on the National Bank of Malvern by Willistown Monthly Meeting, 1955-1961.

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. ; 22 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W55 3.3. Financial papers, 1959-1961.
Scope and Contents

Includes: Budget, Sept 1, 1960-Aug 31, 1961; treasurer's reports, 12/1/59-2 /29/60 and 9/1/59-8/31/60.

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 (3 items) ; 28 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W55 3.4. Financial reports, 1971-1984.
Scope and Contents

Incomplete.

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 (32 items) ; 28 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W55 3.5-3.11. Minutes, 1942-1980.
Scope and Contents

Trustees' minutes as follows : 1942-1956, 1956-1962, 1962-1969, 1969-1979, 1980 (incomplete), 1980-1988, 1988-1992.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 linear feet (5 v., 2 folders).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W55 4.1. Lists of officers and committee members, 1987-2000.
Scope and Contents

Lists of officers and committee members, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-2000.

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/W55 4.2-4.3. Willistown Meeting newsletter.
Scope and Contents

Description based on: May 1959 issue; title from caption.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

v. ; 28-36 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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