Haverford Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Haverford Preparative Meeting, 1741-1950, include: membership lists, 1783-1796, 1809-1827 and 1826 (with Radnor Monthly Meeting Births and Deaths [copy], 1685-1924); Orthodox membership, 1783-1863; membership list, 1931 (with Minutes, 1918-1935); Hicksite men’s meeting minutes, 1839-1948 and 1948-1950 (with Old Haverford Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1950-1955); women's meeting minutes, 1805-1807 (with Radnor Monthly Meeting women's minutes, 1812-1835); Hicksite women’s meeting minutes, 1872-1879; Orthodox women’s meeting minutes, 1905-1907; account book, 1801-1852 includes subscriptions, 1801-1855; deeds and related papers, 1693-1868; memorial for John Bevan, 1927.
Dates
- Creation: 1783-1950
Creator
- Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1904-1907) (Organization)
- Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite 1827-1950) (Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories 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.
Biographical / Historical
A meeting for worship at Haverford was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 1684; it became part of Haverford [Radnor] Monthly Meeting in 1684. A preparative meeting was established in 1701.
The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1827. The meeting for worship merged with Radnor meeting in 1835. In 1865, Haverford Meeting was transferred to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District. In 1904, the meeting became part of Haverford Monthly Meeting. A second Haverford Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was established in 1904 under Haverford Monthly Meeting. The functions of this preparative meeting were absorbed by the monthly meeting in 1907.
The Hicksite preparative meeting was established as Haverford Monthly Meeting in 1950 at the dissolution of Radnor Monthly Meeting. In 1951, the name of this meeting was changed to "Old Haverford."
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Haverford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends 1701-1827) (Organization)
- Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite 1827-1950) (Organization)
- Haverford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends 1701-1827) (Organization)
- Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1904-1907) (Organization)
- Title
- Haverford Preparative Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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