%eadnotat; ]> alapomm* RECORDS OF ALAPOCAS MONTHLY MEETING (Wilmington, DE) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group 2003 RECORDS OF ALAPOCAS MONTHLY MEETING (Wilmington, DE) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group Summary Records 1974-2001 Alapocas Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 3 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

In 1957, Wilmington Monthly Meeting appointed a Committee of Oversight to organize and oversee the development of a Meeting for Worship at Wilmington Friends School, in order to ease overcrowding at the parent meeting ; this Indulged Meeting and First Day School was referred to as the School Road Meeting. In 1962, the School Road Worship Group, with the encouragement of Wilmington Monthly Meeting, appointed a Clerk and started to hold business meetings on its own ; the Committee of Oversight was laid down in 1963. In 1974, Concord Quarterly Meeting approved the request of Wilmington Monthly Meeting to establish the School Road Worship Group as Alapocas Monthly Meeting.

Alapocas Monthly Meeting was laid down in 2001.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: minutes 1974-2001 ; membership records, 1975-2001 ; miscellaneous papers, 1975-2001.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit

 Access

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

 Use Restrictions

Each meeting's records have been placed on deposit, so 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.

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Subjects: Alapocas Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Society of Friends -- Delaware -- New Castle County. Delaware -- New Castle County DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes 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 Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers:

Vital Records

At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827-28, pre-Separation vital records were generally retained by the branch with which the recorder was affiliated. Researchers are advised to consider vital records which span this period carefully: in many cases, the meeting without the original records may have reconstructed these records for its membership only, giving the impression that individuals in the other branch were never members.

 Membership 1975-2001 8 folders U SW RG2/Ph/A4

Membership renewals since 1975. Also included are copies of the form letters sent to members asking them to consider membership reaffirmation, a travelling minute, certificate of removal, some letters of resignation, etc.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Vital records 1974-2001 1 vol. + 9 folders (in 1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/A4

Includes: a volume of membership records, 1974-1998, annual reports of the recorder, 1974-1996, emergency notification form, n.d., letters of transfer, 2000-01, lists of members, 1985, 1990, 1999-2001, marriage certificates, 1989-1993, membership reports, 1990-1999, obituaries, 1975-1994, recorder forms, n.d., and transfers, 1978-1996.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Joint Meeting

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 1974-1979 1 v. U SW Box 6

Minutes for 1974-1975 and 1977 10mo 17 to 1979 12mo 16. Volume for 1974-79 is missing minutes for 1976 and part of 1977. These minutes are foldered separately.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph21 No Film Minutes 1976-77, 1980-2000 3 v. ; 30 cm. + 1 folder. U SW RG2/Ph/A4

Minutes of Alapocas Monthly Meeting, 1976-77, 1980-85, 1986-95, and 1996-2000. Minutes from 1mo 10 1976 to 8mo 21 1977 in folder. Volume for 1980-85 in binder labelled: Alapocas Monthly Meeting History and minutes.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Minutes 2001 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/A4

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous papers 1975-1979 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/A4

Correspondence, treasurer's reports, membership records, papers relating to various social concerns of the meeting, etc., 1975 and 1977-1979.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Miscellaneous papers 1974-2001 4 folders U SW RG2/Ph/A4

Includes publications, 1990-1994, correspondence, 1977-2000, annual reports, 1974-2001, and communication with PYM, 1974, 1981, & 1983.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film