%eadnotat; ]> fallspm RECORDS OF FALLS PREPARATIVE MEETING AND FALLS MEETING (FALLSINGTON, 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 FALLS PREPARATIVE MEETING AND FALLS MEETING (FALLSINGTON, 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 Summary Records 1765-1890 Falls Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1890) and Falls Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1907) 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

A meeting for worship for Friends in the Falls area was established around 1680. In 1683, the meeting became part of Falls Monthly Meeting. Falls Preparative Meeting was established around 1720. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, two preparative meetings were formed. The Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1890. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1907

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Falls Preparative Meeting, 1680-1890, as follows: pre-Separation men's minutes, 1765-1827; Hicksite men's minutes, 1827-1890; Orthodox women's minutes, 1873-1880; pre-Separation and Hicksite account books.

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/Later Meeting Names Falls Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) Subjects: Falls Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1890) -- Archives Falls Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1907) -- Archives Falls Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) -- Archives Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County Bucks County (Pa.) -- 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:

Men's Meeting and Joint

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.

Minutes 1765-1821 13 v. in case (1.5 linear ft.) Pre SW RG2/Ph/F37

Minute books of the pre-Separation men's meeting as follows: 1765-1767, 1767-1771, 1771-1777, 1777-1779, 1779-1782, 1782-1786, 1786-1790, 1790-1798, 1798-1801, 1801-1805, 1805-1808, 1808-1815, 1815-1821