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Charleston Friends Meeting (Charleston, W. Va.) 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.
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Charleston, West Virginia was home to a Quaker worship group beginning in 1962. They first affiliated with FWCC as a monthly meeting in 1965, and in late 1976 joined the newly established Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA).
Charleston Friends Meeting officially disaffiliated from SAYMA in 2022 after concerns about Quaker business procedures and financial priorities related to the SAYMA URJ (Uplifting Racial Justice) group. It is currently an active independent monthly meeting.
The Charleston Friends Meeting records include newsletters (which include the prior month's business minutes) for some of the 1960s, 1980s, and 1990s, and a more complete run from 2000-2023. Paper records include a 1981 membership list and guestbook from the late 1960s. 2023 records were deposited digitally, and include business minutes and financial and Treasurer records.
Deposits, Charleston Friends Meeting
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- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2023
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
- Use Restrictions
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Friends Historical Library. 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
12 files (PDF and DOCX)
13 PDF files
Transferred from FWCC Records.
2 folders