%eadnotat; ]> concopm RECORDS OF CONCORD PREPARATIVE MEETING AND CONCORD MEETING (CONCORDVILLE, 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 CONCORD PREPARATIVE MEETING AND CONCORD MEETING (CONCORDVILLE, PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1736-1914 Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) and Concord Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) and Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox). 3.75 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

Concord Preparative Meeting was established in 1700. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the meeting divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued after 1909. The Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1914 and its business assumed by Concord Monthly Meeting.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1813-1819; a pre-Separation subscription book, 1810-1813. Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions of men and women Friends, 1850-1914; minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1850-1877; Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1807-1827; minutes of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1827-1834; school fund account book, 1786-1827; poor fund account book, 1791-1826.

 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 Names Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) Concord Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) Subjects: Concord Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County. Delaware 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:

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 1850-1914 2 v. ; 27 cm. or smaller H SW RG2/Ph/C63

Minute books as follows: 1850-1892; 1893-1914. Joint sessions with women began ca. 1877.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1813-1819 1 v. ; 20 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/C67

Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1813 2mo 24-1819 5mo 26.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Minutes 1850-1877 2 v. ; 21 cm. or smaller H SW RG2/Ph/C63

Minute books as follows: 1850-1860; 1861-1877.

Joint sessions with men began ca. 1877.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Financial Records Account Book 1880-1909 1 booklet O HV 1250/M1.17

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Subscription book 1810-1813 1 v. in folder ; 28 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/C67

Book begun on 12mo 19, 1810; latest entry dated 4mo 1813.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film