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Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
RG4.089
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
3 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting, RG 4/089, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1898-1985 (inclusive)
Creator:
Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends, and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Burlington Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Abstract:
The Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey, was established in 1898 by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Its purpose was to provide an inexpensive, permanent home for aging Quakers and others. The Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey was laid down by the Quarterly Meeting in 1985. This collection contains the records of the Friends Boarding Home, established by the Burlington Quarter. It includes Board minutes, financial records, and miscellaneous papers.

The Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey, was established in 1898 by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Its purpose was to provide an inexpensive, permanent home for aging Quakers and others. The House provided a room, meals, and a safe, friendly environment for elderly who did not require medical care at a very low cost. The number of residents averaged between ten and twenty residents. It was under the care of a Housing Committee appointed by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting and also had a Board of Managers. Friends Boarding House in Trenton, New Jersey was laid down by the Quarterly Meeting in 1985.

This collection contains the records of the Friends Boarding Home, established by the Burlington Quarter. It includes Board minutes, financial records, and miscellaneous papers.

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Charter and By-laws
  2. Minutes
  3. Financial
  4. Miscellaneous

Donor: Trenton Monthly Meeting, 1996

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
POD, assisted by EL
Finding Aid Date
1999
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Charter, Bylaws, Rules.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Licensing correspondence with NJ Bureau of Rooming Boarding House Standards.
Box 1

Archival Resource Key. Board of Managers Quarterly Meeting, 1916-1930.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Board of Managers Quarterly Meeting, 1931-1961.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

The meeting became an annual meeting after 1949.

Archival Resource Key. Papers Removed from Board of Managers, 1931-1961.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1915-1923.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1923-1929.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Papers Removed from Household Committee, 1923-1929.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1929-1936.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1936-1945.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1945-1953.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1953-1961.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

After this point, the Household Committee Monthly Meeting became the Boardof Managers Monthly Meeting.

Archival Resource Key. Papers Removed from Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1952-1956.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Papers Removed from Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1957-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Board of Managers Monthly Meeting, 1953-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Board of Managers Monthly Meeting, 1962-1965, 1972-1973.
Box 3

Archival Resource Key. Account Ledger, 1954-1955.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Account Ledger, 1956-1961.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Account Ledger, 1962-1968.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Petty Cash Record, 1969-1974.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Petty Cash Record, 1975-1980.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Payroll Check Stubs, 1968-1970.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Payroll Check stubs, 1972-1973.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Individual Payroll Records, 1974-1984.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Record of Room and Board Received, 1970-1981.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Taxation and Unemployment Benefit Papers, 1970-1981.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Papers on the Sale of the Home, 1981-1985.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Papers on the Sale of Items in the Home, 1979-1982.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Papers on the State Purchase of Home Land, 1969-1970.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. President's Papers- Resident, Employee Misc. Data, 1973-1974.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. President's Papers-Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1967-1975.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. President's Papers-H. Satterwaite Papers, 1970-1975.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. President's Papers-State of NJ correspondence, 1970-1981.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. President's Papers-Treasurer's Reports, 1956-1975.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. President's Papers-Miscellaneous, 1972-1975, n.d.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Daily Financial Diary, 1973.
Box 6

Archival Resource Key. Papers, articles and correspondence about robbery of home, 1981-1982.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Notices on the Closing of Home, employee recommendations, 1981.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Misc. Papers: Will, newspaper clipping, Employee Search, 1937-1983.
Box 6

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