%eadnotat; ]> fallomm RECORDS OF FALLOWFIELD MONTHLY MEETING (ERCILDOUN, 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 FALLOWFIELD MONTHLY MEETING (ERCILDOUN, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1740-[ongoing] Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends. 3 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

Fallowfield Monthly Meeting was established in 1811 by Western Quarterly Meeting out of London Grove Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting was discontinued in 1838, and its members were transferred to London Grove Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Fallowfield Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was the forerunner of the current Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: pre-Separation and Hicksite mnutes, 1811-1980; pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox and United vital records since 1740, including births and deaths, burial chart, marriage records, membership lists, removals; pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1811-1893; minutes of Hicksite Ministers and Elders, 1829-1916 and of Worship and Ministry, 1919-1959 ; Hicksite Ercildoun First Day School minutes; 1893-1935; Hicksite financial records, 1903-1961; miscellaneous papers, 1813-1817.

 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 Meeting Names Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955 : Ercildoun, Pa.) Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1838 : Doe Run, Pa.) Subjects: Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends -- Archives. Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955 : Ercildoun, Pa.) -- Archives. Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1838 : Doe Run, Pa.) -- Archives. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County. Chester 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:

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.

 Births and deaths1740-1934 1 v. (129 p.) ; 19x33 cm. Pre/HSW Box 44

Register of births and deaths, 1740-1934. Includes Deaths, 1794-1921 recorded in back of book in opposite direction to Births and Deaths on pages numbered 107-129.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph172 No Film Births 1761-1839 1 vol. Pre/O HV 1250/M4.21

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph172 No Film Births [abstract]1761-1839 1 item (4 sheets in folder)Pre/O SW RG2/Ph/F3

Folder also contains Deaths [abstract], 1813-1838 and names of Separatists [Hicksite children], 1830 1mo12. Carbon copy of transcript with: Deaths [abstract], 1813-1838 -- Names of Separatists [Hicksite children], 1830 1mo12.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph 172 No Film Burials (Fallowfield, Pa.)1818-1928 1 item (8 sheets in folder)Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/F3

Burial charts recorded in pencil on loose paper.

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No Film No Film Burials (Ercildoun, PA)-Chart 1889 1 item O HV 990 B-R

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No Film No Film Deaths 1813-1838 1 vol. Pre/O HV 1250/M4.21

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No Film No Film Marriage records1811-1981 1 v. (197, [18]p.) ; 33 cm. Pre/H/USW RG2/Ph/F3

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates, 1811-1981. Contains pre- Separation, Hicksite and United meeting certificates.

Filmed only to 1944.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph 172 No Film Marriage Certificates 1830-1831 1 folder O HV 1250/M4.20

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MR-Ph170 No Film Membership 1827-1884 1 vol. O HV 1250/M4.21

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No Film No Film Removals issued1811-1865 1 v. (181 p.) ; 25 cm. Pre/HSW Box 46

Meeting's copies of certificates of removal issued to members moving within the compass of other meetings, 1811-1865.

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No Film No Film Removals issued1811-1915 1 v. (41 p. used) ; 40 cm. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/F3

Meeting's copies of certificates of removal issued for members moving within the boundaries of other meetings, 1811-1915. Volume also includes: Removals received [abstract], 1867-1901 (p. 1-4); Removals issued [abstract], 1865-1914 (p. 36-41) ; preparative meetings membership lists, no date.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph 172 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.

 Minutes1811-1998 8 v.Pre/H/USW Box 44.

Minutes of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting since 1811. Included are: minutes of the pre-Separation meeting, 1811-1827; minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1827-1955 (joint sessions in which men and women met together for business begin in 1893); minutes of the United meeting, 1955-1980, 1993-1998. Volumes 1835-1884, 1885-1906, 1907-1938, 1839-1952, and 1953-1980 contain membership lists, and volume 1953-1980 contains newsletter, 1853-1965.

Gaps. Only includes volumes: 1811-34, 1835-84, 1885-1906, 1907-38, 1939-52, 1953-65, 1965-80, and 1993-98.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph 172 (1811-1834, 1835-1884,1907-1938) Film 53 (1827-1838) Minutes 1827-1838 1 vol. O HV 1250/M4.18

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MR-Ph 184 Film 53 Women’s Meeting

Minutes1811-1893 2 v. ; 34 cm.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/F3

Minute books of the Women's Meeting, 1811 4mo8-1853 12mo10 and 1854 1mo7- 1893 1mo7. Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 2mo 1893.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1827-1838 1 vol. O HV 1250/M4.19

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MR-Ph 184 Film 53 Worship & Ministry and its predecessors

Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

 Minutes 1852-1916 2v. ; 25 cm. or smaller H SW RG2/Ph/F3

Minutes of the Hicksite Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1852-1907 and 1908 -1916. Volume for 1908-1916 also contains the following: minutes of Ministry and Counsel, 1919-1930 and 1934-1942; minutes of the joint committee of Overseers and Ministry and Council, 1943-1954; minutes of the committee of Overseers and Worship and Ministry, 1955-1959.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Financial Records

Deed for 1874 4mo 22 may be found with the records of Western Quarterly Meeting.

 Treasurer's accounts 1903-1939 1 v. ([45 p.]) ; 19 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/F3

Account book, 1903-1939. Includes accounts of Western Quarterly Meeting's First Day School Union, 1902-1919.

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No Film No Film Treasurer's accounts 1940-1950 1 v. (22 p.) ; 16 cm. RG2/Ph/F3 H SW

Accounts to close of 1949; audited and approved 1/1950.

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No Film No Film Treasurer's accounts 1942-1961 1 v. (p. 54-291); 36 cm H SW RG2/Ph/F3

Account book of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting and its Hicksite predecessor, 1942-1961. Volume also contains graveyard fund accounts, 1925-1961 and Fallowfield Preparative Meeting fund accounts, 1925-1942.

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No Film No Film Committees Ercildoun First Day School

Minutes 1893-1935 7 v. ; 30 cm. or smaller H SW RG2/Ph/F3

Minute books of the Ercildoun First Day School: 1893-1895, 1895-1904, 1905- 1909, 1909-1913, 1913-1919, 1919-1929, 1929-1935.

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous papers1813-1817 8 items (in folder)PreSW RG2/Ph/F3

Receipt, disownment, committee reports, and removals of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, 1813-1817.

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No Film No Film 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting1996 1 folder.USW RG2/Ph/F3

Report on the 200th anniversary of the founding of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, 1996.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Newsletter1953-1965 USW RG2/Ph/F3

Description based on: Summer 1947 issue; title from caption.

Earlier newsletters, 1939-52, may be found in the minutes, 1943-1952.

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No Film No Film