Main content

South Central Yearly Meeting Records

Notifications

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

South Central Yearly Meeting opened in 1961 as a member of Friends General Conference, growing out of the Southwest Conference that began meeting 1957/01/25.

Records of the South Central Yearly Meeting and of its member meetings.

Deposit, South Central Yearly Meeting.

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

Where available, access is through microfilm. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/SCy. Directory, 2019.
Box 1
RG2/SCy. Proceedings (unbound, with gaps), 1970-1993.
Box 1
SG2. Proceedings, 1962-2009.
Other Serial Group 2
Scope and Contents

Shelved in Serial Group 2. Lacking 1987, 1989, 1994, 1997.

RG2/SCy. Proceedings, 2009-2018.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Bound copies of annual Proceedings; includes Representative Meeting minutes.

RG2/SCy. Annual and Representative Sessions files (digital), 2017-2022.
Scope and Contents

South Central Yearly Meeting records from the SCYM's website Document Library for 2018-2022. Minutes and related files from Annual and Representative Meetings for those years, including special minutes, epistles, constituent State of the Meeting reports, financial reports, and reports from affiliated organizations to SCYM.

Physical Description

178 PDF files

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

SG1. SCYM Newsletter, 1962-1991.
Physical Description

1 volume

SG1. South Central Yearly Meeting News, 1992-2008/2010.
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 folder

RG2/SCy. South Central Yearly Meeting website (archived digital captures), 2006-ongoing.
Scope and Contents

Archive-It is a service that takes snapshots of websites on a scheduled basis to preserve access to past content. The Archive-It capture calendar for this website allows you to browse its content and design from various dates.

Biographical / Historical

The meeting was founded in 1948. It first home was on Washington Square in central Austin, a beautiful old brick building which in turn became home to the Austin Zen Center in 2001. The Meeting worshipped at the Hancock Recreation Center until, in 2007 they moved into their current meeting house on East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in East Austin in a church building that was formerly home to St. James Episcopal Church.

(Abstracted from the Meeting's web site, 2010)

RG2/SC/A. Minutes, 1949-1974.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/A. Minutes, 1975-1987.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/A. Minutes, 1988-1994.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/A. Minutes, 1995.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/A. Minutes, 1996-1998.
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/A. Minutes, 1999-2002.
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/A. Friendly Notes, 2004-2012.
Box 2
RG2/SC/A. Friendly Notes, 2013-2018.
Box 3
Friendly Notes, 2019-2024.
Box 4
Physical Description

3 folders

Biographical / Historical

The consistent Quaker presence in Fayetteville began in the early 1950's, when Judy Fowler, a birthright Quaker and history teacher, moved there with her husband Herb Fowler, an architecture professor. Originally a worship group, early friends were involved in civil rights, anti-McCarthyism, ecology, and anti-war demonstrations, among other causes. The Quakers met in individuals' homes until around 1984, when they began meeting at the Presbyterian Campus Center (now United Campus Ministries) at 902 W. Maple. They also met for a short time at 21 West Ave. (in the Grapevine house,) and for a shorter time at the United Methodist Church.

Originally listed as a worship group under the care of Dallas Monthly Meeting, they came under the care of Little Rock when the latter became a monthly meeting in 1981. Little Rock Friends were instrumental in helping Fayetteville pull themselves back into meeting in 1987 after an internal conflict. Shortly after re-grouping, they became a Preparative meeting, and in 1997, became a monthly meeting.

(Abstracted from the Meeting's web site, 2010)

RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 1992-1999.
Scope and Contents

Includes Newsletters.

Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 2000-2009.
Scope and Contents

Includes Newsletters.

Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 2010-2011.
Scope and Contents

Includes Newsletters.

Physical Description

2 folders

RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 2012-2013.
Physical Description

2 folders

RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 2014-2015.
Scope and Contents

Minutes, plus State of the Meeting and member-related records.

RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 2016 2mo-12mo.
RG2/SC/F. Minutes, 2017-2021.
Physical Description

2 folders

Material Specific Details

United

RG2/SC/F. State of the Meeting Reports, 1982, 1991-94, 1997-2000, 2003-09, 2019-2023.
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/F. Miscellaneous Records, 1952-2007.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous records, including attendance records, 1990-93, members' list and membership records, programs, and press clippings.

Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/F. Miscellaneous Records, 2010-2012.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous records, including State of the Meeting report, list of Clerks, membership, and other materials.

Physical Description

1 folder

Discernment on Reproductive Health for FCNL, 2023.
Memorial minute, 2020.
Membership Record (inactive), 2022.

Newsletter, 1988.
Physical Description

1 folder

The Acorn [newsletter], 1988-1990.
Scope and Contents

3 issues only

Biographical / Historical

The first Norman Friends Meeting began as a worship group in 1962, and then coming under the care of Oklahoma City as a preparative meeting. It was set off as a monthly meeting in 1967 and laid down in 1970. A second Friends meeting began in Norman in 2006, the meeting is currently active.

Minutes (digital), 2007-2014.
Scope and Contents

Minutes include treasurer's reports

Physical Description

8 PDF files

Biographical / Historical

Friends in San Antonio began meeting for worship in 1971, under the care of Austin. The Meeting became a Preparative Meeting in 1976, and a Monthly Meeting in 1979.

RG2/SC/S. Minutes, 1976-1979.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes of the Worship Group and of the Preparative Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/S. Minutes, 1979-1980.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

RG2/SC/S. Minutes, 1981-1996.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest