%eadnotat; ]> birmipm* RECORDS OF BIRMINGHAM PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BIRMINGHAM MEETING (BIRMINGHAM, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF BIRMINGHAM PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BIRMINGHAM MEETING (BIRMINGHAM, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1721-1956. Birmingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1956) Birmingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1922) 3.25 linear ft. 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

Birmingham Preparative Meeting was established in 12mo 1726/7 by Concord Monthly Meeting. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, two preparative meetings emerged. Birmingham Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1922. Its members were transferred to West Chester Preparative Meeting (Orthodox). Birmingham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) became Birmingham Monthly Meeting at Birmingham in 1956 at the dissolution of Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: Hicksite and United minutes , 1869-1956; Hicksite women's minutes, 1869-1886 (included in Joint minutes, 1869-1903); Orthodox minutes, 1852-1921 ; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1886-1919 ; pre-Separation and Hicksite deeds and other property records, 1721-1903; Hicksite First Day School minutes, 1897-1949 and miscellaneous papers, 1960; and Orthodox School Fund accounts, 1828-1845.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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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 Meeting Names Birmingham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1727-1827). Subjects: Birmingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1956) Birmingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1922) Birmingham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1727-1827) Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County. Chester County (Pa.) 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.

 Minutes1869-1903 1 v.HSW RG2/Ph/B55

Minute book as follows: 1869-1903. Includes Women's Meeting minutes, 1869-1886.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Minutes1904-1956 4 v.; 28 cm. or smallerHSW Box 10

Minute books as follows: 1904-1934; 1934-1942; 1942-1953; 1953-1956.

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MR-Ph24 (1904-34; 1934-42; 1942-53) MR-Ph25 (1953-56) No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1886-1919 1 vol. O HV 1250/J5.18

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No Film No Film Property Records Birmingham Octagonal School House1954 1 folderHSW RG2/Ph/B55

History of the Birmingham octagonal school house, presented by Horace F. Darlington M.D. to the Chester County Historical Society in 1954.

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No Film No Film Deeds and other property records 1721-1903 11 itemsPre/HSW RG2/Ph/B55 (OE)

Eight deeds, 1721-1903. Also included are: minutes relating to trusteeship of meetinghouse (1902-1903); chart of meeting's property prepared by A. D. Sharples (1903).

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous records1889-1918 1 folderHSW RG2/Ph/B55

Miscellaneous records of Birmingham Preparative Meeting, 1889-1018. Includes directories and correspondence relative to the transfer of the deed to the new Trustees.

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No Film No Film Character Portraits1940 1 folderHSW RG2/Ph/B55

Brief biographies of the founders of Birmingham Meeting read at the 250 Year Celebration in 1940. Includes William Brinton, Bennett family, Richard Thatcher, the Dicks family, Francis Chadsi, Joseph Gilpin, the Strode family, Jefferis, Elizabeth Webb, Joseph and Philip Taylor, Abraham Darlington, John Forsythe, Joshua and Edith Sharpless, and Philip and Rachel Price.

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No Film No Film First Day School Minutes1897-1949 8 v. ; 25 cm. or smallerHSW RG2/Ph/B55

First Day School minutes as follows: 1897-1905; 1912-1915; 1921-1925; 1927- 1944; 1946-1949. Pertinent papers laid in.

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No Film No Film The Record Speaks1960 1 folderUSW RG2/Ph/B55

Typescript history of the Birmingham First-day School, 1860-1960, apparently by Helen W. Shortlidge at the observance of the 100th anniversary at the meeting house, October 9, 1960

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No Film No Film Trustees - School Fund Account Book 1828-1845 1 folder (5 items) O HV 1250/J5.19

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No Film No Film Birmingham messenger1940-1946 22 cm. HSW RG2/Ph/B55

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