%eadnotat; ]> eveshpm* RECORDS OF EVESHAM PREPARATIVE MEETING AND EVESHAM MEETING (MOUNT LAUREL, NJ) 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 EVESHAM PREPARATIVE MEETING AND EVESHAM MEETING (MOUNT LAUREL, NJ)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 1760-1790. Evesham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Mount Laurel, N.J.) 5 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

Evesham Preparative Meeting was established in 1740. In 1760, it became part of Evesham Monthly Meeting. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Evesham Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1884, and its members were transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting (NJ) and Medford Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).

The Orthodox Preparative Meeting was transferred to Moorestown Monthly Meeting in 1956; it was discontinued in 1970.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Pre-Separation and Hicksite meeting records include: Minutes of the men's meeting, 1828-1884; and minutes of the women's meeting, 1801-1884. Also included are two account books of the women's meeting, 1830-1868 and 1868-1884. Orthodox and United meeting records include: burials, 1816-1940; minutes of the men's meeting, 1762-1970; minutes of the women’s meeting, 1828-1908; account books, 1838-1970; school trustees minutes and accounts, 1795-1970; miscellaneous papers, 1943-1960 and n.d.; deeds and other property records, 1903-1970; papers relating to the Hicksite Separation, [1828-1829].

 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.

 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/Later Meeting Names Evesham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1884 : Mount Laurel, N.J.) -- Archives. Evesham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1956 : Mount Laurel, N.J.) -- Archives. Subjects: Evesham Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1884 : Mount Laurel, N.J.) -- Archives. Evesham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Mount Laurel, N.J.) -- Archives. Evesham Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1970 : Mount Laurel, N.J.) -- Archives. Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Burlington County. Burlington County (N.J.) -- Genealogy. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

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 (Mount Laurel, NJ) 1816-1940 1 vol. (14 p.) Pre/O HV 1250/M2.32

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No Film 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.

 Minutes1762-1836 2 v.Pre/OSW RG2/Ph/E91

Minute books of the men's meeting as follows: 1762-1804; 1804-1836. Includes pre-Separation minutes, 1762-1827. Volume 1762-1804 includes a list of members compiled 1803 10mo 23 for the purpose of starting a subscription for the boarding school at Westtown

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No Film No Film Minutes1828-1884 2 v. HSW RG2/Ph/E9

Minutes books of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1828-1853 & 1854-1884. Cover label on vol. (1828-1853) dated 1841.

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MR-Ph 164 (1854-1884) No Film Minutes 1837-1970 1 vol. O/U HV 1250/M2.22

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No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes1801-1884 2 v.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/E9

Minute books of the women's meeting, 1801-1847 and 1847-1884. Includes pre-Separation women's minutes, 1801-1827.

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MR-Ph 164 (1847-1884) No Film Minutes 1828-1834 1 vol. (30 p.) O HV 1250/M2.24

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No Film No Film Minutes 1834-1838 1 vol. (26 p.) O HV 1250/M2.24.1

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No Film No Film Minutes 1838-1875 1 vol. O HV 1250/M2.25

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No Film No Film Minutes 1875-1908 1 vol. O HV 1250/M2.26

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No Film No Film Financial Records Account Book 1838-1873 1 vol. (16 p.) O HV 1250/M3.1

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No Film No Film Account Book 1847-1970 1 vol. (239 p.) O/U HV 1250/M2.23

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No Film No Film Account books1830-1884 2 v. HSW RG2/Ph/E9

Account books of the women's meeting, 1830-1868; 1868-1884.

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No Film No Film Property Records Property records1903-1970 5 itemsO/USW RG2/Ph/E91

Deeds of trust, 1903 and 1909; map of Evesham Mount, 1907; lot delineation for burial ground, 1966; survey and plan of Evesham Preparative Meeting's properties, 1970.

Lot delineation for burial ground (1966) and survey plan of properties (1970) removed to OVERSIZE case.

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No Film No Film Committees School Trustees Account Book 1838-1936 1 vol. O HV 1250/M2.30

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No Film No Film Minutes 1795-1840 1 vol. Pre/O HV 1250/M2.32

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No Film No Film Account Book 1936-1970 1 vol. O/U HV 1250/M2.31

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous papers1843-1960 and n.d. 15 items (in folder)O/USW RG2/Ph/E91

Folder contains the following : membership lists, 1885, 1934 and n.d.; list of books belonging to Evesham Monthly Meeting and Evesham Preparative Meeting transferred to Friends Historical Library [copy] 1929; Property records of Evesham Preparative Meeting (1717-1802) compiled Apr. 1, 1935; minutes relating to trusteeship of meeting's property, 1935; report, notes and clippings concerning the 200th anniversary celebration, 1960; lists of books belonging to the meeting, 1850 and n.d.; subscription list, 1843.

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No Film No Film Papers relating to the Hicksite Separation[1828-1829] 2 items (in folder)OSW RG2/Ph/E91

Document detailing events of the Separation in Evesham Preparative Meeting, [1828]; draft of report of a Committee appointed to render an account of the property taken by the Separatists, ca. 1829.

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