%eadnotat; ]> chestmdmm RECORDS OF CHESTER RIVER MEETING (CHESTERTOWN, MD) 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 2003 RECORDS OF CHESTER RIVER MEETING (CHESTERTOWN, MD)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 1976-[ongoing]. Chester River Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 0.5 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

Chester River Monthly Meeting was established in 1976 by Southern Half-Yearly Meeting. This is currently an active Monthly Meeting.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Chester River Monthly Meeting include: minutes, 1976-2002, miscellaneous papers, and marriage records, 1980.

 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.

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Subjects: Chester River Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)Society of Friends -- Maryland -- Kent County. 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 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 Marriage certificates 1980 1 item (in folder)USW RG2/Ph/C462

Photocopy of Jenkinson/Hudson marriage certificate.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Meeting for Business

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.

Minutes1976-2002 6 foldersUSW RG2/Ph/C462

Minutes of Chester River Monthly Meeting, 1976-88, 1987-89, 1990-92, 1993- 94, 1995-96, 1997-99, and 2000-2002.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Property Records Meeting House Project records2001-2002 1 folderUSW RG2/Ph/C462

Records from the 2000-02 meeting house project, including correspondence between Meeting members, correspondence with architects, and diagrams.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Miscellaneous The Cecil Burial Ground Handbook1997 1 v. + 1 item.USW RG2/Ph/C462

History and index to burial stones at the Cecil Burial Ground, prepared by its Trustees for the Chester River Monthly Meeting. Chester River assumed the title of the Cecil Burial Ground after 1986, and the study was undertaken in part to locate future burial sites for members of Chester River Monthly Meeting. Also includes (6) photographs of the burial ground and a blueprint.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Newsletter1977-78 & 1998- 28 cm.USW RG2/Ph/C462

Description based on: Vol. 1 (September 1977); title from caption.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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