%eadnotat; ]> byberpm* RECORDS OF BYBERRY PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BYBERRY MEETING (PHILADELPHIA, 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 BYBERRY PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BYBERRY MEETING (PHILADELPHIA, PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1682-1920. Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends). 1.8 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

A meeting for worship was established at Poetquesink [Byberry] in 1683 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; it was attached to Abington Monthly Meeting along with Tacony [Frankford] meeting. Byberry Preparative Meeting was established ca. 1701. The meeting for worship and preparative meeting were transferred to Horsham Monthly Meeting in 1782 and then to Byberry Monthly Meeting in 1810. After the schism of 1827/28, Byberry Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1828; the Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1920.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and the Hicksite meetings, 1756-1919; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1770-1897; Hicksite financial records; records of the School Fund Trustees; records of the School Association, and more.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit

 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:

Subjects: Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) 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 Swarthmore (SW) or Haverford (HV), 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:

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 1800 20 p. ; 10 cm. (in folder)PreSW RG2/Ph/B92

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Memorandums and records of births and deaths1682-1850 1 v. ; 21 cm. Pre/HSW Box 21

Includes : Births taken from the records of Abington Monthly Meeting, 1682- 1798; Burials, 1683-1801; Deaths, 1682-1850.

Membership, 1797-1841 in same folder.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph343 Film 125A 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 1756-1919 4 v. ; 35 cm. or smaller. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B92

Minutes of the pre-separation preparative meeting, 1756-1827, and minutes of the Hicksite preparative meeting, 1828-1919.

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began 1898 1mo 27.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1770-1897 4 v. ; 34 cm. or smaller. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B92

Minutes of the pre-separation meeting of women friends, 1770-1827, and minutes of the Hicksite meeting of women friends, 1828-1897. Joint sessions with men began 1898 1mo. 27.

Vol. 1770-1797 includes subscription book, 1770- 1797. [v.1] 1770-1797 -- [v.2] 1798-1830 -- [v.3] 1830-1858 -- [v. 4] 1858-1897.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Financial Records Account book1791-1876 1 v. ; 20 cm.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Treasurers' accounts, 1811-1876. Also included is an account of Jonathan Walton's donation for the schooling of poor children, 1791-1802. Pertinent papers laid in container with book.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Subscription book 1721-1755 1 v. ; 42 cm. + 1 item. PreSW RG2/Ph/B92

Also in same folder is the record of a collection to defray the cost of building a horse stable, 1761 9mo. 22.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Treasurer's account books [Women]1823-1899 3 v. ; 20-21 cm. Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Committees School Committee Minutes1863-1868 & 1878-1894 2 v. ; 19-23 cm.HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Minutes of the Byberry Preparative Meeting School Committee, 1863 4mo23- 1868 10mo23, and 1878 5mo23-1894 12mo24. Also includes in volume for 1863- 1868: regulations and instructions given to the School Committee, 1857- 1865; will extracts and accounts relating to donations for school purposes, 1858-1864; surplus fund accounts, 1858-1865; school fund records including subscription list, 1800; minutes, propositions, etc. of trustees of school fund, 1812-1857; financial reports, 1858-1865. With: account book, 1800-1865.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Receipts1898-1906, 1917-1919 227 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film School fund trustees Accounts of the treasurer1801-1913 1 v. ; 34 cmPre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Treasurer's account book, 1801-1912. Copies of pertinent paragraphs from the wills of school fund donors are contained in an attached folder. Appointed by the trustees of the Fund "for the use of schools under the care and direction of Byberry Preparative Meeting. "

Pertinent papers foldered separately.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Minutes1800-1913 1 v. ; 34 cm. Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Minutes of the school fund trustees, 1800 11mo24-1913 5mo5. Includes financial records.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Notes relating to the school fund1776-1867 33 p. ; 16 cm.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

An account of the establishment of the school fund and the various legacies that constituted it. Includes balances up to 1867 4mo.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Miscellaneous Byberry Friends' School Register of alumni and teachers1907-1918 ca. 50 p. used ; 22 cm.HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Address book used to record names and in some instances addresses of alumni and teachers of Byberry Friends' School. Includes teaching terms of teachers who taught in the school from 1847 and 1918.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Proceedings of reunions of Old Pupils Association1906-1910 49 sheets (in binder)HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Record of reunions held 1906 8mo18, 1907 8mo17, 1910 6mo15. With: Centennial of Byberry Friends' Meeting House: held at Byberry, Philadelphia, Pa. 9th mo 12th,1908--Byberry Friends, their meeting and the school, library, philosophical society: prepared for the 150 anniversary of the building of Byberry Friends Meeting House, June 14, 1958.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Minutes relating to Walnut Hill School property trust1816-1860 31 p. ; 20 cm. Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Extracts from the minutes of Byberry Preparative Meeting relating to the Walnut Hill School property, 1816-1860. Also included are: a copy of a report from the Friends appointed to receive the trust of the Walnut Hill School property to Byberry Preparative Meeting, 1860 4mo. 24, and a list of articles sold at Walnut Hill School house, 1861 3mo. 29.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Miscellaneous pamphlets1806-1896 8 v. ; 22 cm. or smallerPre/HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Annotated volumes belonging to Byberry Preparative Meeting. Includes copies of the rules of discipline of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1806 (2), 1831, 1843; pamphlet on the case of the Seneca Indians, 1841; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting extracts, 1865 (2); A List of the Isolated Members of the Seven Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends in America, 1896.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Discipline 1785 1 v.PreSW RG2/Ph/B92

Byberry Preparative Meeting's manuscript copy of discipline and advices given by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1785. "The property of Byberry Preparative Meeting 1785." -- Free front endpaper. Includes index.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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