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South Central Yearly 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

Call Number:
SC
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
  • 2 linear ft.
  • 0.1 gb
Date:
1949-2023 (inclusive)
Creator:
South Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, Fayetteville Friends Meeting (Fayetteville, Ark.), Live Oak Friends Meeting, and Norman Friends Meeting (2009- )
Abstract:
South Central Yearly Meeting opened in 1961 as a member of Friends General Conference, growing out of the Southwest Conference that began meeting in 1957. Most of its early monthly meetings were originally recognized as such by FWCC. Today South Central includes unprogrammed Quakers meeting in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

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.

Records of the American Friends Fellowship Council (RG4/004), on deposit in Friends Historical Library, include correspondence and other records of meetings at Corpus Christi (1941-47), Dallas (1943, 1953), Little Rock (1952), New Orleans (1945-53), Oklahoma City (1938-46), and South Central Friends (1942-47).

Organization
Subject

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
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. Proceedings (unbound, with gaps), 1970-1993.
Box 1
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/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, 2019-2023.
Box 4
Physical Description

2 folders

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

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

Minutes include treasurer's reports

Physical Description

8 PDF files

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

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