Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street Friends) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Orthodox, and post-Reunification -- include: vital records, 1672-2000; men’s minutes, 1682-1978; women’s minutes, 1686-1926; financial records, 1683-1990; trustees’ records, 1683-1970; property records, 1683-1970; property committee records, 1697-1970; committee records, 1711-1970; miscellaneous papers, 1664-1974; Friends Select School records, 1832-1968; records of the Philadelphia Association for the Instruction of Poor Children, known as the "Adelphi School, 1807-1938; Library Committee records, 1809-1927.
Dates
- Creation: 1664-2000
Creator
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (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 monthly meeting at Philadelphia was established along with Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 10mo 1682/3. In 1772, this meeting was divided, resulting in two additional monthly meetings: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District. The original meeting was then sometimes referred to as the "Middle District." In 1814, a further division created Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District.
At the time of the Separation, the Orthodox Friends held the meeting at 4th and Arch Streets. This meeting was the forerunner of the current Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia at Arch Street. The meeting is currently called the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street), often referred to as “Arch Street Meeting.”
Researchers who are interested in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) should see: https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/phphilahmm
Extent
118.25 Linear Feet (At Haverford: 182 boxes, approx 250 volumes and 12 tubes [110.14 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. Please contact hc-special@haverford.edu for more information on depositing new records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Separated Materials
Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) have been described in a separate finding aid.
General
The records of the Philadelphia Association for the Instruction of Poor Children, known as the "Adelphi School," have been added to MMFP records even though the School was not officially affiliated with any meeting. However, as an organization under the care of Friends, and founded by Thomas Scattergood (1748-1814), a member of MMFP who was celebrated in the publication: The Friends' meeting house, Fourth and Arch streets, Philadelphia : a centennial celebration, Sixth month fourth, 1904, and given that the records had been stored in the vault at MMFP, their addition here seems appropriate
Subject
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Organization)
- Title
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Arch Street Friends) Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
