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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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Overview and metadata sections

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.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

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

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

The meeting became an annual meeting after 1949.

Papers Removed from Board of Managers, 1931-1961.
Box 1
Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1915-1923.
Box 1
Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1923-1929.
Box 1
Papers Removed from Household Committee, 1923-1929.
Box 1
Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1929-1936.
Box 2
Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1936-1945.
Box 2
Household Committee Monthly Meeting, 1945-1953.
Box 2
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.

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

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

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

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