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		<titlestmt> 
		  <titleproper>VISITATION COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING</titleproper>
		  <subtitle>A Finding Aid for its Records Deposited in the Haverford College Library Quaker Collection</subtitle> 
		</titlestmt> 
		<publicationstmt> 
		  <publisher>Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly 
		             Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends</publisher> 
		  
		</publicationstmt> 
	 </filedesc> 
	 <profiledesc> 
		<creation>
		  Sources included the Guide to the Records of the Philadelphia Yearly meeting (Compiled by Jack Eckert, 1989) and the shelf inventory of Haverford College.  Initial research and encoding performed by Chris Kingsley HC'05 and Karl Blumenthal HC'06
		  <date>2004</date> </creation> 
		<langusage></langusage> 
	 </profiledesc> 
  </eadheader> 
  <frontmatter> 
	 <titlepage> 
		<titleproper>{same as above}</titleproper> 
		<author>Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends: 1676- : Delaware County, Pa.).</author>
		<publisher>Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of
		  the Religious Society of Friends</publisher> 
	 </titlepage> 
  </frontmatter> 
  <archdesc level="collection"> 
	 <did> 
		<head>Summary</head> 
		<unittitle label="Title">Records</unittitle> 
		<unitdate>1922-1924</unitdate> 
		<origination label="Creator"> <emph render="bold">Visitation Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.</emph>
		  </origination> 
		<physdesc label="Extent"> 0.25 Linear Ft.</physdesc> 
		<repository> Haverford College Library Quaker Collection (HV)</repository> 
		<physloc label="Location">For current information on the location of
		  materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: 
		  <ref>http://tripod.brynmawr.edu</ref> </physloc> 
		<abstract label="Abstract"></abstract> 
	 </did> 
	 <bioghist> 
		<head>SHORT HISTORY OF COMMITTEE</head> 
		<p>Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Visitation Committee was responsible for coordinating inter-visitation among Monthly and Quarterly Meetings of PYM.  Appointed members of each would visit each other's worship and business meetings  in order to improve communication and understanding among these meetings and thereby in general under Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.</p>
	 </bioghist> 
	 <scopecontent> 
		<head>BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS</head> 
		<p>Records of the Visitation Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Delaware County, PA), 1922-1924.</p>
	 </scopecontent> 
	 <descgrp> 
		<head>ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head> 
		<acqinfo> 
		  <head>Accession information</head> 
		  <p>Deposit</p> 
		</acqinfo> 
		<accessrestrict> 
		  <head>Access</head> 
		  <p>Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if
			 available.</p> 
		</accessrestrict> 
		<userestrict> 
		  <head>Use Restrictions</head> 
		  <p>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.</p> 
		</userestrict> 
	 </descgrp> 
	 <controlaccess> 
		<head>SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS</head> 
		<p>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:</p> 
	
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Subjects:</head> 
		 <corpname encodinganalog="610">Visitation Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the
			 Religious Society of Friends.</corpname>  
                  <corpname encodinganalog="610">Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
			 of Friends : 1699-1827 : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives. </corpname>
		  <corpname encodinganalog="610">Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Society
			 of Friends : Orthodox : 1827- : Delaware County, Pa.) -- Archives.</corpname><p></p> 
                  <subject encodinganalog="650">Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania.
			 </subject> 
		  <subject encodinganalog="650">Society of Friends -- New Jersey.
			 </subject> 
		  <subject encodinganalog="650">Society of Friends -- Delaware.
			 </subject> 
		  <subject encodinganalog="650">Society of Friends -- Maryland.
			 </subject><p></p>
                  <subject encodinganalog="650">Religious visitation -- Society of Friends.
			 </subject>
		</controlaccess> 
	 </controlaccess> 
	 <dsc type="in-depth"> 
		<head>DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS</head> 
		<p> <emph render="bold">Note to Researchers: </emph>These records may
		  only be consulted at Haverford <emph render="bold">(HV)</emph>, and are not available through
		  inter-Library loan: </p>
		
		<c01 level="series">
		  <did>
		        <unittitle><emph render="bold">Main Committee Records</emph></unittitle>

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		         <did> 
			      <unittitle><emph render="bold">Minutes Books</emph></unittitle> 
			     <unitdate>1922-1924</unitdate> 
			     <origination>O</origination> 
		 	     <repository>HV</repository> 
			     <physloc>1250/E.4.18</physloc> 
			  </did>

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			      <unittitle><emph render="bold">Papers</emph></unittitle> 
			     <unitdate>1922</unitdate> 
			     <origination>O</origination> 
		 	     <repository>HV</repository> 
			     <physloc>1250/E.4.22</physloc> 
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