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Woodstown 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
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
Organization
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Place
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2011
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
- Use Restrictions
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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
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
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 237
- Haverford: Film 127A
1 v. (125 p.) ; 24 x 36 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore:No Film
- Haverford:No Film
Record book begun in 1899. Alphabetical chart tipped in. Includes index of lot holders.
Physical Description1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore:No Film
- Haverford:No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Spiral bound transcription of burial records compiled in the Summer of 2015.
Physical Description1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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)
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 670 (to 1965)
- Haverford: No Film
10 vols.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Some gaps in coverage. Minutes include 2005-2007 8mo, 2008 9mo-2009 9mo, and 2009 9m-2013 11mo, 2014-2016.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsUnited
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.
The Meeting of Ministers and Elders changed its name to Ministry and Counsel in 1918.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (299 p.) ; 27 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes from 9mo 13, 1937 to 8mo 1, 1950. Pertinent papers laid in.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (299 p.) ; 27 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Reports and other pertinent papers laid in.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (299 p.) ; 26 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
2 boxes
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsHicksite