%eadnotat; ]> cheltmm CHELTENHAM MONTHLY MEETING (Fox Chase, PA) AND ABINGTON MONTHLY MEETING (Orthodox : Jenkintown, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF CHELTENHAM MONTHLY MEETING (Fox Chase, PA) AND ABINGTON MONTHLY MEETING (Orthodox : Jenkintown, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1713-1999. Cheltenham Monthly Meeting of Friends and Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1944) 1.25 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

Abington Monthly Meeting was established in 1683 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting as a monthly meeting for the meetings for worship at Tacony [Frankford] and Poetquesink [Byberry]. From 1687 to 1710, Abington Monthly Meeting was known as “Dublin”. It was transferred to Abington Quarterly Meeting in 1786.

The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting removed to Cheltenham in 1920; in 1944, it was renamed as “Cheltenham Monthly Meeting”. Cheltenham is currently an active monthly meeting.

The former Hicksite monthly meeting is the forerunner of the current Abington Monthly Meeting.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of the Cheltenham Monthly Meeting and its Orthodox predecessor, Abington Monthly Meeting, 1713-1980, as follows: Orthodox vital records, 1827-1921, Orthodox/United Men’s and Joint minutes, 1827-1980; Women's minutes, 1827-1903, records of Worship & Ministry and its predecessors, 1713-1874, visitors register, 1956-1968; newsletter.

 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.

Except for the pre-Separation minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, the records of Abington Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its pre-Separation predecessor, Abington Monthly Meeting, have been described in a separate finding aid.

 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 Meeting Names Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1944) Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Subjects: Cheltenham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1944) Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County. Montgomery 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:

Vital Records Membership, 1827-1886 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.13

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MR-Ph12 No Film Membership [Copy], 1828-1894 UN O UN UN

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No Film Film 153 Membership-Abstract, 1830-1886 1 box (9 folders) O HV 1250/P1.14

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No Film No Film Removals Issued, 1828-1921 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.12

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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, 1827-1830 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.1

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MR-Ph29 Film 25 Minutes, 1830-1839 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.2

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MR-Ph29 Film 25 Minutes, 1839-1848 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.3

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MR-Ph29 Film 25 Minutes, 1848-1896 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.4

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MR-Ph13 (p.184-); MR-Ph29 (p.1-184) Film 25 Minutes, 1896-1931 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.5

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MR-Ph13 Film 26 Minutes, 1931-1938 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.6

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MR-Ph13 Film 26 Minutes, 1938-1953 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.7

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MR-Ph13 Film 26 Minutes, 1953-1960 1 vol. (213 p.) O/U HV 1250/J4.8

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MR-Ph13 Film 26 Minutes-Rough, 1827-1828 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.15

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No Film No Film Minutes-Abstract, 1827-1930 1 vol. O HV 1250/P1.14

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No Film No Film Minutes 1961-1968 1 vol. (169 p.) U HV 1250/J4.8.1

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No Film No Film Minutes 1968-1974 1 vol. (176 p.) U HV 1250/J4.8.2

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No Film No Film Minutes 1974-1980 1 vol. (147 p.) U HV 1250/J4.8.3

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No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes, 1827-1838 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.9

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MR-Ph13 Film 26 Minutes-Abstract, 1828-1879 1 vol. O HV 1250/P1.14

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No Film No Film Minutes, 1846-1866 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.10

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MR-Ph13 Film 26 Minutes, 1867-1903 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.11

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MR-Ph14 Film 99 Worship & Ministry and its predecessors

Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

 Minutes, 1713-1848 1 vol. Pre/O HV 1250/J4.19.1

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No Film No Film Minutes, 1871-1875 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.20

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No Film No Film Minutes-Rough, 1871-1874 1 vol. O HV 1250/J4.24

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous

Visitors Register 1956-1968 1 vol. (80 p.) U HV 1250/J4.16.1

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No Film No Film Newsletter 1958-1976, 1996-1999 (gaps). 28 cm. U SW RG2/Ph/C42

Description based on: [Feb. 1958] issue; title from caption.

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