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Wilmington 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

A meeting for worship at Wilmington was established in Twelfth Month, 1737/1738 by Chester Quarterly Meeting under Kennett Monthly Meeting. A preparative meeting was established there by 1750. After the Separation of 1827-1828, there were two Wilmington Preparative Meetings. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1907. Regular sessions of the Hicksite preparative meeting were suspended in 1891.

Records of Wilmington Preparative Meeting, 1811-1891, include: pre-Separation rough minutes, 1812-1819; Hicksite minutes, 1857-1891; Orthodox minutes, 1831-1848; minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1870-1891; Orthodox women's minutes, 1883-1907; Hicksite financial records, 1811-1891; and minutes of the Society for the Relief of the Poor, 1813-1815.

Deposit

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.

RG2/Ph/W58 1.3-1.5. Minutes [rough], 1812-1814.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1812-1814, 1814-1817, and 1817-1819. Transferred from the Ferris Family Papers in 2013.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W58 1.1-1.2. Minutes, 1857-1891.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1857-1858/1867-1880 and 1880-1891.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.W580.01.001 (1250/W1.24). Minutes, 1831-1848.
Box W-10
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 (74 p.) in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/W58 2.1. Minutes, 1870-1891.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the women's meeting, 1870-1891.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.W580.02.001 (1250/W1.26). Minutes, 1883-1907.
Box W-10
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 (60 p.) in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/W58 3.1. Account book, 1822-1835.
Scope and Contents

Financial records of collections for the meeting, 1822-1835.

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. (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W58 3.2. Financial records, 1842-1846.
Scope and Contents

Collection book listing contributions.

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. (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W58 3.3. Financial records, 1865-1889.
Scope and Contents

Assessments, Receipts, and Receipt Bills, 1865-1873, 1887-1889.

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/W58 3.4. Financial records, 1886-1891.
Scope and Contents

Book of check stubs, 1886-1891.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W58 3.5. Financial records, 1889-1890.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous receipts, some related to graveyard expenses in 1890 and 1891.

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/W58 3.6. Financial records, 1889-1891.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous receipts relating to the meeting house.

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/W58 3.7. Treasurer's book, 1811-1868.
Scope and Contents

Treasurer's book, 1811-1868. Includes collection book-quota, 1811-1816.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W58 3.8. Treasurer's book, 1868-1891.
Scope and Contents

Treasurer's book, 1868-1891. Includes Graveyard Account, 1875-1891.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.W580.03.001 (1250/W1.27). Minutes, 1829-1849.
Box W-10
Scope and Contents

Minute book of Orthodox Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

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 in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.W580.03.002 (1250/W1.28). Minutes, 1849-1875.
Box W-10
Scope and Contents

Minute book of Orthodox Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

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 in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.W580.03.003 (1250/W1.29). Minutes, 1875-1894.
Box W-10
Scope and Contents

Minute book of Orthodox Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

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 in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.W580.03.004 (1250/W1.30). Minutes, 1894-1920.
Box W-11
Scope and Contents

Minute book of Orthodox Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

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 in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.W580.03.005 (1250/W1.31). Minutes, 1921-1939.
Box W-11
Scope and Contents

Minute book of Orthodox Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

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 in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.W580.03.006 (1250/W1.32). Minutes, 1939-1945.
Box W-11
Scope and Contents

Minute book of Orthodox Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

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 in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/W58 4.1. Minutes, 1813-1815.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the proceedings of the Society for the Relief of the Poor, 1813-1815.

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.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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