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Woodstown Monthly Meeting Records

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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

Woodstown Monthly Meeting was established in 1928 by Salem Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) out of Pilesgrove Preparative Meeting at the dissolution of Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). Its first business sessions were held in 1929. Woodstown is currently an active monthly meeting.

Records of Woodstown Monthly Meeting, 1928-2016, include: Hicksite/United minutes 1929-2016; Hicksite membership register, 1928-1958; minutes of the Hicksite Meeting of Worship and Ministry and of its predecessors, the Meeting of Ministry and Counsel and the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1897-1963.

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/W63 2.1. Membership, 1928-1958.
Scope and Contents

Register contains information on births, deaths, marriages, removals, etc. Microfilm copy deposited in the Quaker Collection of Haverford College. Also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 237
  2. Haverford: Film 127A
Physical Description

1 v. (125 p.) ; 24 x 36 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 2.2. Burial records (Pilesgrove), 1816-2013.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore:No Film
  2. Haverford:No Film
Scope and Contents

Record book begun in 1899. Alphabetical chart tipped in. Includes index of lot holders.

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 2.3. Burial records (Pilesgrove), 1816-2013.
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/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 2.4. Records of Woodstown (Pilesgrove) Friends Cemetery, 1816-2015.
Scope and Contents

Spiral bound transcription of burial records compiled in the Summer of 2015.

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 1.1-1.15. Minutes, 1929-1996.
Scope and Contents

Minutes as follows, with some gaps: 1929-1937, 1938-1945, 1945-1955, 1956-1964, 1965-1968, 1968-1971, 1972-1978, 1978-1984, 1985-1989, 1990-96. Minute book (1929-1937) also contains minutes of Pilesgrove Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1927-1929. Minutes to 1965 also available in microfilm (SW)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 670 (to 1965)
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

10 vols.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 1.11-1.16. Minutes, 2002-2016.
Scope and Contents

Some gaps in coverage. Minutes include 2005-2007 8mo, 2008 9mo-2009 9mo, and 2009 9m-2013 11mo, 2014-2016.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/Ph/W63 3.1. Meeting of Ministry and Counsel Minutes, 1929-1937.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from 5mo 28, 1929 to 8mo 9, 1937. Minute book also contains: minutes of Pilesgrove Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1897-1918, and minutes of Pilesgrove Preparative Meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1918- 1929. Pertinent papers laid in.

General

The Meeting of Ministers and Elders changed its name to Ministry and Counsel in 1918.

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. (299 p.) ; 27 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 3.2. Meeting of Ministry and Counsel Minutes, 1937-1950.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from 9mo 13, 1937 to 8mo 1, 1950. Pertinent papers laid in.

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. (299 p.) ; 27 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 3.3. Committee on Worship and Ministry Minutes, 1956-1963.
Scope and Contents

Reports and other pertinent papers laid in.

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. (299 p.) ; 26 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 4.1-4.2. Newsletter of the Woodstown Monthly Meeting, 1952-2008.
Box 1 Box 2
Physical Description

2 boxes

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/W63 4.3. Service Committee minutes, 1932-1939.
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Hicksite

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