Summary
Records
1862-1927
First Day School Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
1.5 linear ft.
Haverford College Library Quaker Collection (HV)
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SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE
The First Day School Assoc. is the committee which provides guidance to the First Day Schools (classes for adults and children, usually held directly before or after Meeting for Worship) of the monthly meetings underneath PYM.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Records of First Day School Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Delaware County, PA), 1833-1956, including Association's Minutes (1862-1930), Minutes of its Executive Committee (1862-1913), Minutes of its Small Executive Committee (1912-1914) and the printed papers, proceedings and reports of its annual meetings (1865-1930).
Records germane to the "First Day School Committee", including the Committee's Minutes (1890-1923), Circulating Libraries Records (1893-1901) and other materials, are catalogued among the records of the Religious Education Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, with which they are also maintained.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Accession information
Deposit
Access
Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if
available.
Use Restrictions
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.
SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the
joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the
catalog using these headings. Please note that records created before 1827, the
date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to by
either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include
information about members of the other branch before the Separation:
Earlier/Later Committees:
First Day School Committee. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Religious Education Committee. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Subjects:
First Day School Association of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
of Friends : 1699-1827 : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
of Friends : Hicksite : 1827- : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
of Friends : Orthodox : 1827- : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives.
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends -- New Jersey.
Society of Friends -- Delaware.
Society of Friends -- Maryland.
Religious education -- Society of Friends.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Note to Researchers: These records may
only be consulted at Haverford (HV), and are not available through
inter-Library loan:
Main Committee Records
Though the First Day School Association Committee operated through a number of subcommittees (detailed below), this body of material refers directly to the First Day School Association and not its branches.
Minute Books
1862-1930
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HV
Minutes
1862-1864
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HV
1250/E.4.25
Minutes
1922-1930
O
HV
1250/E.4.30
Executive Committee
Minute Books
1862-1913
O
HV
Minutes
1862-1891
O
HV
1250/E.5.5
Minutes
1892-1906
O
HV
1250/E.5.6
Minutes
1906-1913
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HV
1250/E.5.7
Small Executive Committee
Minute Books
1912-1914
O
HV
Minutes
1912-1914
O
HV
1250/E.5.8
Minute Books
1890-1923
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SW
Minutes
1890-1907
H
SW
Minutes
1907-1923
H
SW
Miscellaneous
Annual Meetings
1887-1914
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HV
Proceedings
1887-1894
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HV
1250/E.5.1
Proceedings
1894-1896
O
HV
1250/E.4.26
Proceedings
1894-1896
O
HV
1250/E.4.27
Proceedings
1897-1903
O
HV
1250/E.5.3
Proceedings
1901-1908
O
HV
1250/E.4.28
Proceedings
1904-1914
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HV
1250/E.5.4
Papers
1927-1930
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HV
1250/E.4.29
Reports
1865, 1867
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1250/E.5.2