%eadnotat; ]> darbypm RECORDS OF DARBY PREPARATIVE MEETING (HICKSITE) 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 DARBY PREPARATIVE MEETING (HICKSITE) 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 1801-1898 Darby Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1898) 0.25 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 was established at Darby in 1682 by Chester Monthly Meeting. In 1684, the meeting became part of Darby Monthly Meeting.; a preparative meeting was established in 1701. In 1831, Darby Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) removed to Lansdowne; it was transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting in 1849, and to Lansdowne Monthly Meeting in 1904. The name of this meeting was changed to Lansdowne Preparative Meeting in 1924, and was finally discontinued in 1953. Darby Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1898.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: pre-Separation Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1801-1808 and 1827-1891, and minutes of the joint sessions of men and women Hicksite friends, 1891-1898.

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 Darby Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1701-1827) Subjects: Darby Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1701-1827) Darby Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1898) Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware 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:

Joint Meeting

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 1891-1898 1 v. H SW RG2/Ph/D32

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1801-1808 1 v. Pre SW RG2/Ph/D32

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film Minutes1827-1891 4 v. HSW RG2/Ph/D32

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW: No Film HV: No Film