%eadnotat; ]> centrmm RECORDS OF CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA MONTHLY MEETING (1515 CHERRY STREET, 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 2006 RECORDS OF CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA MONTHLY MEETING (1515 CHERRY STREET, 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 1926-[ongoing]. Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends 9 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

In 1956, Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends was formed through the merger of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, the former Hicksite meeting, and the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District, the former Orthodox meeting. The meeting is currently active.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1926-91. Includes minutes, 1956-89, and records of the Race Street Forum Committee.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit

Access

Except where indicated, 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.

The records of Friends South-Western Burial Ground, under the care of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, have been described in their own finding aid.

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Earlier Meeting Names: Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District Subjects: Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends -- Archives. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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 for the Library in which you wish to use the records:

Vital records Directories 1926-1990 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 2.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Membership files 1930-1982 3 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 2.2-2.4

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Miscellaneous membership records 1926-1990 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 2.5

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Register 1924-1964 1 vol. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 2.6

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Marriage certificates 1944-2001 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 2.7

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Membership Files 1932-1996. 6 boxes U SW RG2/Ph/C405 2.8

Restricted access: confidential until 2076.

Arranged alphabetically: A, A-C, D-H, H-M, M-S, T-Z.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Meeting for Business

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. 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.

Minutes 1956-1962 1 vol. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 1.1

Minutes, 1956-1962, beginning 1mo 12 1956.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph391 HV: No Film Minutes 1963-1989 6 folders (2 boxes) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 1.2-1.7

Minutes, 1963-79 and 1979-89, of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph391 HV: No Film Minutes 1986-1998 15 folders (2 boxes) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 1.8

Minutes, 1986-1993 and 1993-1998, of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Agendas 1994-1995 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 1.9

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Worship & Ministry and its predecessors Minutes 1956-1995 (gaps)

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes 1956-1972 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 3.2 Minutes 1984-1990 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 3.3 Minutes 1994-1995 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 3.4 Records 1956-1989 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 3.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Financial Records Account books 1957-1991 2 vols. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 4.3, 21.24

Includes 1957-66 & 1967-91.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Treasurers' reports 1965-1974 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 4.4

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Legacies & Trust Funds 1957 1 vol. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.3

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Treasurers' reports 1959-1989 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.4

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Trustees Minutes 1951-1985. 4 vols. H/U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.20-23

Includes minutes, 1951-76, 1976-78, & 1979-85, as well as rough minutes, 1957, 1962-72. The latter volume also contains rough minutes of a number of committees including Joint Discipline and Central Bureau, 1951-57.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: MR-Ph HV: No Film Trustees reports 1968-1972 1 vol. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.5

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Report on Investments 1965-1966 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.6

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Powelton Meeting House 1971-1974 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.7

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film M. Simon Records 1948-1968 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.8-21.9

Includes financial records, 1948-61, and correspondence, 1950-68.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Chart of Accounts 1987 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.10

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Finance reports 1958-1974 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.11

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Account books 1956-1961 2 vols. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.12-21.13

Includes: 1956-59 & 1959-61.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Finance Advisory Committee Records 1984-1992 3 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.14-21.16

Includes minutes, 1984 & 1985-92, and correspondence, 1987-1988.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Ad Hoc Committee on Meeting Budgeted Contributions 1969 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 26.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Financial records 1989-1995 4 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.26

Includes Lucretia Mott Center correspondence, 1991-92, Friends Select School financial records, 1992-94, Bridges Project, 1992-95, and Appeals, 1989-1993.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Property Records Race Street Correspondence 1943-1965 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.17

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes 1962-1967 1 vol. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.18

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Reports 1940-1976 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.19

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film 12th Street Meetinghouse Plans 1971-1972 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.14

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Property Committee records 19673-1993 5 folders (1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 21.25

Includes minutes and miscellaneous papers, 1973-89 (gaps), 1990-91, & 1992-93, Powelton records, 1972, and Budget, 1991-92.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Committees Overseers

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1941-1992 2 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 4.1-4.2

Records 1956-1995 14 folders (1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 4.5

Access to Overseers Records is restricted.

Records include: Minutes, 1956-65, 1968-83, 1973-77, & 1994-95, as well as correspondence, 1979-82, and finances, 1976-1984.

Ad Hoc Committee on Committees

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Report 1972 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 5.1

Records 1967-1973 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 5.2

Committee for Oversight of the University City Worship Group

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Reports and correspondence 1967 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405

Reports and correspondence of the Committee for Oversight of the University City Worship Group.

Race Street Forum Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Papers 1948-1959 1 v. (loose-leaf) + 1 folder (50 items) SW RG2/Ph/C405 20.1-20.2

Minute book (1951-1959) and annual reports (1948-1959). Also included are programs, Forum's history, and other pertinent papers.

Committee for the Homeless

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1985-1991 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 7.1 Records 1983-1992 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 7.3 Records 1992-1993 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 7.4 Records 1995 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 7.2 Committee on Urban Affairs

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1980 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 8.1

Discussion Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1972-1989 3 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 9.1-9.3

Arranged chronologically: 1972-77, 1983-84, and 1985-89.

Education Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1937-1989 2 folders SW RG2/Ph/C405 10.1-10.2

Records 1970-1984 2 boxes U SW RG2/Ph/C405 10.3

Folders on grants and scholarships are restricted.

Includes: Minutes, 1970-1978, Grants & Scholarships, 1961-1984, and Adult Education Relvolving Loan Fund, 1975-1982, and miscellaneous records.

Records 1929-1995 (bulk: 1987-1995) 11 folders (1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 10.4

Folders on scholarships are restricted.

Includes: Minutes, 1987-1995, and miscellaneous records.

Adult Education Records 1994-1995 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 10.5 First Day School Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1926-1989 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 11.1

Records 1974-1995 6 folders in 1 box U SW RG2/Ph/C405 11.2-11.7

Includes Minutes, 1974-77, 1988-89, 1990-92, 1993-95, annual reports, 1975-78, and a census of school-aged children, 1987-1992.

Handbook Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1975 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 12.1

Library Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1984-1987 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 13.1

Records 1955-1995 (bluk: 1975-1995) 2 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 13.2-3.3

Includes 1955-1995 & 1988-1993.

Necessitous Cases Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1974-1984 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 15.1

Records 1945-1995 7 folders (1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 15.2

Access Restricted: confidential until 2076.

In part, arranged chronologically: 1975-83, 1984-87, 1985-92, 1988-92, 1993-95; also includes annual reports, 1955-76, and reports of the Phebe Smith Fund, 1945-1976.

Nominating Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1976-1990 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 16.1

Records 1994-95 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 16.2

Peace and Social Order Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes 1992-1994 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 17.5

Records 1942-1971 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 17.1

Hromnysky records 1955-1957 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 17.2

Milowanowic records 1950-1957 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 17.3

Displaced Persons 1949-1962 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 17.4

Records 1994-1995 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 17.6

Task Force on Racism

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1977-1979 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 19.1

Committee on the Future of the Meeting

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1964-1969 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 24.1

Proceeds Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1970-1972 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 27.1

Attenders Committee

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes 1995 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 28.1 Miscellaneous records 1977-79 & 1990-92 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 28.2

Bosnian Working Group

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Records 1995-1996 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 29.1 Ad Hoc Committee on Public Education

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes 1995-1996 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 30.1 Miscellaneous Clerks' files

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Clerks' files 1934-1991 4 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 6.1-6.4 Clerks' correspondence 1988-1996 6 folders (1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 6.6 New Meeting House Letters 1967 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 6.5

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Photograph album 1956 1 vol. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Correspondence and notes 1926-1963 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.2

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Guest books 1956-2006 11 vols. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.3-14.10, 14.15-17

Includes: 1956-71, 1959-66, 1970-75, 1974-78, 1978-84, 1984-87, 1987-91, 1966-70, 1991-94, 1995-2001, 2001-06.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Reconstruction of 12th Street 1974 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.11

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Future of 12th Street 1968-1971 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.12

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Court Case 1976 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 14.13

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Silent Retreat 1988 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 18.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Friends Select School Trustees Records 1967-1994 (gaps) 2 folders U SW RG2/Ph/C405 25.2-25.3

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Friends Select School Reports 1958-1974 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/C405 25.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Newsletter 1953-2004

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Newsletter 1953-1985 28 cm. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 22.1

Description based on: Tenth month, 1953; title from caption.

Newsletter 1991-1995 28 cm. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 22.2 Newsletter 2002-2004 28 cm. U SW RG2/Ph/C405 22.3 Weekly Bulletin 1991-1996 6 folders (1 box) U SW RG2/Ph/C405 31.1

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film