%eadnotat; ]> buckipm* RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAM PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BUCKINGHAM MEETING (LAHASKA, 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 BUCKINGHAM PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BUCKINGHAM MEETING (LAHASKA, PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records, 1823-1955. Buckingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) Buckingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1897)3 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

A meeting for worship at Buckingham was established by Bucks Quarterly Meeting in 1701 and by Falls Monthly Meeting in 1703. A preparative meeting was established ca. 1705. In 1720, the meeting for worship and the preparative meeting were transferred from Falls Monthly Meeting to Buckingham Monthly Meeting. The Hicksite meeting was laid down in 1955. The Orthodox meeting was discontinued in 1897; its members were attached to Falls Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox meeting for worship was discontinued in 1900.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint meeting, 1847-1955; minutes of the pre-separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1823-25, 1846-78; a Hicksite treasurer's book, 1876-1926; minute books of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1871 9mo 27-1881 2mo 2, 1881 3mo 2, 1891 1mo 28; and minute books of the Orthodox women's meeting, 1827 9mo26-1849 5mo2, 1875 3mo31-1887 2mo2.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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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 Meeting Names Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1705-1827). Subjects: Buckingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1705-1827). Buckingham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1897). Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County. Bucks County (Pa.) -- Genealogy. 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 1847-1955 5 v. ; 26 cm. or smaller. H SW RG2/Ph/B82

Minutes of the men's and joint meetings of Buckingham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1847-1955. Included are: 1847 6mo2-1852 12mo1; 1870 7mo27-1948 5mo2 (joint sessions began 1878 10mo3); minutes, 1949 1mo2-1955 3mo6.