Germantown Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Germantown Monthly meeting, 1900-2002, include: vital records, 1900-2002; men’s minutes, 1906-1978; women’s minutes, 1906-1918; ministers’ and elders’ minutes, 1907-1954; financial records, 1907-1968; property records, 1945-1970s; assistance committee contributions, 1957-1962; Germantown Friends School Committee minutes, 1899-1997; library committee account books, 1945-1965; overseers’ minutes, 1907-1976; religious education committee notebooks; sewing group garment work record, 1931-1962; miscellaneous papers, 1914-1989.
Dates
- Creation: 1906-2006
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
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.
Biographical / Historical
Germantown Monthly Meeting was established in 1905 by Abington Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) out of Germantown Preparative Meeting of Frankford Monthly Meeting. In 1955, this meeting was transferred to Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting.
This is currently an active monthly meeting.
Extent
12 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Germantown Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Germantown Friends School (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Title
- Germantown Monthly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
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