%eadnotat; ]> exetemm RECORDS OF EXETER MONTHLY MEETING (1955- : DOUGLASSVILLE, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF EXETER MONTHLY MEETING (1955- : DOUGLASSVILLE, PA) Exeter Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1955- : Douglassville, Pa.) Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Exeter Monthly Meeting Records 1956-2002 Exeter Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1955- : Douglassville, Pa.) 1 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

Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting established Oley Monthly Meeting in 1737. In 1742, its name was changed to "Exeter". Two monthly meetings emerged in 1829 after the Hicksite Separation. Exeter Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1899. Exeter Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) removed all its sessions to Reading around 1878. In 1950, this meeting became a united meeting by affiliation with the Hicksite and Orthodox Philadelphia Quarterly Meetings, and its name was changed to Reading-Exeter United Monthly Meeting of Friends. In 1955, the meeting's name was changed to Reading Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

The second Exeter Monthly Meeting was was established by Caln Quarterly Meeting in 1955 out of Old Exeter Particular Meeting. This is currently an active monthly meeting.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Exeter Monthly Meeting, 1956-2002. Includes: Minutes, 1956-2002.

 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.

Records of the earlier Exeter Monthly Meeting may be found with the records of Reading Monthly Meeting.

 SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

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Subjects: Exeter Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1955- : Douglassville, Pa.) -- Archives. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Berks County. Berks 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.

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:

Business Meeting

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. 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.

 Minutes 1956-2002 6 folders U SW RG2/Ph/E95

Minutes of the United Exeter Monthly Meeting since 1956. Included are: 1956-1975 (with gaps for end of 1955), Nov. 1959, Oct. 1965-Feb. 1966; 1979; 1980-1988; 1989-1991; 1992-1995; 1996-4mo 2002.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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