%eadnotat; ]> abingqm* RECORDS OF ABINGTON QUARTERLY MEETING A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF ABINGTON QUARTERLY MEETING A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1786-[ongoing]. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends 34 v. + 85 items Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Library Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Abington Quarterly Meeting was established in 1786 by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting out of a division of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. After the Separation of 1827/28, there were Hicksite and Orthodox branches of this quarterly meeting. The two branches reunited in 1955.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Abington Quarterly Meetings, from 1786, include: Hicksite men’s minutes, 1786-1997; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1955; Hicksite women's minutes, 1786-1897; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1827-1920; First-day School Union records, 1877-1938; minutes of the Hicksite Meeting on Worship and Ministry, the Ministry and Counsel Committee, and of the Meeting of Ministers & Elders, 1786-1977, Orthodox, 1827-1955; Orthodox meeting financial records, 1844-1878, 1924-1955; minutes of the Abington Visitation Committee, 1876-1914; minutes of the Gwynned Visitation Committee, 1886-1910; minutes of the Visitation Committee, 1912-1923; minutes of the Incorporated Trustees, 1943-1989; Representative Committee minutes, 1969-1997; Religious Responsibility Committee minutes, 1975-1977; and other miscellaneous papers, 1817-1966. Miscellaneous records, 1788-1935. Includes answers to queries, extracts, etc.

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Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

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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 Meeting Names Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955).Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends Subjects: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Abington Quarterly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Abington Quarterly Meeting of Friends Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes of men’s and women’s meetings for business and registers of births, deaths, marriages, removals (transfers), and disownments. In general, non-members are not mentioned in the minutes, even when they attended meeting for worship on a regular basis.

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at either Haverford (HV) or Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records:

Men's Meeting and Joint

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages, maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.

 Minutes, 1786-1825 1 vol. Pre SW

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No Film Film 18* Minutes, 1786-1997 19 v. ; 37 cm. or smallerPre/H/USW Box 6

Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting from 1786 to 1997. Included are the minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1786-1827; minutes of the Hicksite men's and joint meetings (joint sessions began in 1898), 1827- 1955; minutes of the reunited meeting, 1955-1997. Vol. 1786-1825 incl. subject index on p. 366. Vol. 1946-1956 incl. subject index in front of book.

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MR-Ph17: 1825-75, 1875-1916, 1916-30 MR-Ph689: 1931-38, 1938-46 MR-Ph690: 1946-56 (indexed), 1956-64, 1965-69 No Film: 1969,74, 1974-90, 1991-97 No Film Minutes 1827-1843 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.1

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MR-Ph15 Film 31* Minutes 1843-1895 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.3

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MR-Ph15 Film 31* Minutes, 1896-1921 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.4

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MR-Ph15 Film 31* Minutes, 1921-1945 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.5

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MR-Ph16 Film 19* Minutes, 1945-1955 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.6

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MR-Ph16 Film 19* Minutes-Rough, 1827-1830 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.2

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Minutes, 1786-1897 3 v. ; 35 cm. or smallerPre/HSW Box 7

Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting of Women Friends, pre-Separation and Hicksite, 1786-1897. Volumes include: 1786-1809; 1809-1856; 1856-1897.

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MR-Ph18: 1786-1809; 1809-56; 1856-97 No Film Minutes, 1827-1853 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.7

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MR-Ph19: 1827-53; 1853-88; 1889-1914; 1914-20 Film 20* Minutes: clerk's copy, 1830-1840 1 v. (65 p.) ; 20 cm. + 2 items H SW Box 7

Rough copy of minutes, 1830-1840, during the clerkship of Martha P. Mather. Also recorded in volume are births and deaths of members of the Mather and Potts families (pp. 61-65); printed epistle from the PYM Education Committee on the rightful education of youth (1833); note indicating receipt of book for safe-keeping, signed by Ann R. Jenkins, Recorder (1947).

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MR-Ph10 Film 113A Minutes, 1853-1888 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.8

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Minutes, 1889-1914 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.9

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Minutes, 1914-1920 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.10

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Worship & Ministry and its predecessors

Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

 Minutes 1786-1977 5 v. ; 27 cm. or smallerPre/H/USW Box 7

Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting's Meeting on Worship and Ministry and its predecessors, the Committee on Ministry and Counsel and the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1746-1977. Volumes include: 1786-1809; 1809-1863; 1896-1931; 1932-1943; 1943-1977. Vol. 1863-1896 was destroyed by fire.

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MR-Ph20: 1786-1809; 1809-63; 1896-1931; 1932-43 No Film: 1943-77 No Film Minutes, 1827-1848 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.11

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Minutes, 1848-1867 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.12

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Minutes, 1867-1899 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.14

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Minutes, 1900-1926 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.15

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Minutes, 1927-1955 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.16

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MR-Ph19 Film 20* Travelling Certificates 1817-1818 1 folder (6 items) Pre HV 1250/I1.21.2

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No Film No Film Travelling certificates for Elizabeth Hunt, 1817-1818 13 items (in folder)PreSW RG2/Ph/A25

Manuscript certificates issued on behalf of Elizabeth Hunt, a Quaker minister and member of Frankford Monthly Meeting, to travel to other meetings to visit or preach, 7mo. 26 1817-2mo. 19 1818.

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Account Book, 1844-1878 1 booklet O HV 1250/I1.21.1

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No Film No Film Account Book 1924-1955 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.20

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No Film No Film Incorporated Trustees Minutes, 1943-1989 1 vol. H/USW RG2/Ph/A25

Minutes of the Incorporated Trustees of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1943- 1989. Also includes copies of agreements and certificate of incorporation, 1926-27, and revised by-laws, 1970.

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MR-Ph688 No Film Committees Abington Visitation Committee ,

Minutes, 1876-1906 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.21

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No Film No Film Minutes, 1907-1914 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.22

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Minutes, 1945-1955 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.17

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Report, 1834 1 folded leaf (in folder) H SW Box 7

Ms. report to Abington on the need to provide adequate schools and teachers, 11mo 1834.

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Executive Committee Minutes, 1891-1938 1 v. (175 p.) ; 25 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/A25

Minutes of the Executive Committee of Abington Quarterly Meeting's First- day School Union, 1891-1938.

The name of this Committee was changed from Business Committee in 1921.

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No Film No Film Minutes, 1877-1938 2 v. ; 25 cm. or smaller H SW RG2/Ph/A25

Minutes of Abington Quarterly Meeting's First-day School Union, 1877-1898 and 1915-1938.

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous papers, 1923-1936 12 items (in folder) H SW RG2/Ph/A25

Included are: a copy of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the First -day School Committee with clerks and officers of First-day School Unions, 1923; copies of letters announcing forthcoming First-day School Union programs, 1924-26; copy of Report of the Union by the Secretaries, 1936; copy of Summary of Meeting on First-day School Unions, 1925; history of First-day School Union-Executive Committee members, 1936; copy of minutes of Executive Committee of First-day School Committee, n.d.

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No Film No Film Treasurer's reports, 1924-1937 25 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/A25

Financial accounts, 1924-1937. Also included are four letters from the staff of Scattered Seeds regarding the annual contribution to the periodical, 1926-1930.

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No Film No Film Gwynedd Visitation Committee ,

Minutes, 1886-1897 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.18

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No Film No Film Minutes, 1898-1910 1 vol. O HV 1250/I1.19

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No Film No Film Intervisitation Committee of Abington and Bucks Quarterly Meetings, Records, 1965-1966 3 items (in folder)USW RG2/Ph/A25

Records relate to the work of the Intervisitation Committee whose job it was to visit monthly meetings, encourage the attendance of their members at conferences, workshops, etc., and help monthly meetings deal with a wide range of concerns. Included are annual reports for 1965 and 1966, as well as minutes, 1966.

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No Film No Film Joint Committee of the Religious Society of Friends for Montgomery and Bucks County, Minutes, 1947-1951 28 items (in folder)H/OSW RG2/Ph/A25

Abington Quarterly Meeting's copy of the minutes of the joint committee of Hicksite and Orthodox Friends, 3mo9 1947-9m09 1951. Folder also includes annual reports for the years 1948, 1949, & 1951-52; (5) pamphlets on reunification, 1931-45; (2) post card invitations for First-day meeting for worship, 1946; letter recommending that Lawrence and Ruth Miller become resident workers, 1948.

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No Film No Film Religious Responsibility Committee, Minutes, 1975-1977 1 vol. USW RG2/Ph/A25

Minutes of the Religious Responsibility Committee of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1975-1977.

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No Film No Film Representative Committee, Minutes, 1969-1997 2 vols. USW RG2/Ph/A25

Minutes of the Representative Committee and its predecessor, the Executive Committee, of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1969-1997. Committee called Executive Committee before 3/13/1977.

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Minutes, 1912-1923 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.23

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous records, 1788-1935 1 folderPre/HSW RG2/Ph/A25

Miscellaneous records, 1788-1935. Includes answers to queries, extracts, etc.

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No Film No Film Information sheet, 1995 1 item (in folder)USW RG2/Ph/A25

Information Sheet, 1995, containing a calendar, lists of committees, and other miscellaneous information for Abington Quarterly Meeting and its constituent monthly meetings.

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