%eadnotat; ]> columpm RECORDS OF COLUMBIA MONTHLY MEETING (COLUMBIA, 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 2003 RECORDS OF COLUMBIA MONTHLY MEETING (COLUMBIA, 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 1812-1829. Columbia Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1829) 1 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 known as Hempfield was organized in this area in 1728, but it had no official affiliation with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting until 1799, when an indulged meeting at Hempfield came under care of Lampeter Preparative Meeting and Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. In 1810, the name of the meeting was changed to Columbia and a preparative meeting was established in 1812. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1829, and its members were transferred to Lampeter Preparative Meeting. The meeting for worship was discontinued in 1834, and an indulged meeting at Columbia was established for a few months in 1835. The Hicksite preparative meeting was considered to be discontinued by 1830; its members were attached to Lampeter Preparative Meeting. Columbia Meeting was discontinued in about 1887.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: minutes of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1819-29; Orthodox women's minutes, 1812-29; pre-Separation and Hicksite vital records, 1814-1827.

 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:

Earlier Meeting Name Columbia Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1812-1827) Subjects: Columbia Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1828)Columbia Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1812-1827)Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County.Lancaster 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 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

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.

 Burials (Columbia, Pa.) [orders]1815-1834 61 items (in folder)Pre/HSW Box 28

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph122 No Film 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.

 Minutes1819-1829 1 v. (in folder)Pre/OSW Box 28

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1819-1827 and minutes of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1827-1829. Also included are: Queries, rough copies of minutes, etc., 1819-1829.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph122 No Film Women's Meeting Minutes1812-1823 1 v.PreSW Box 28

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph122 No Film Minutes 1823-1829 1 v.Pre/OSW Box 28

Minutes of the Orthodox women's meeting and of its predecessor, 1823-1829.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph122 No Film Committees Burying-ground CommitteeMinutes1814-1817 1 v. PreSW Box 28

Chiefly orders for interments, 1814-1817. Also included are: births, 1816; burials, 1814-1837.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph122 No Film