%eadnotat; ]> germamm RECORDS OF GERMANTOWN MONTHLY MEETING (47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia, PA). A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF GERMANTOWN MONTHLY MEETING (47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia, PA). A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1906-[ongoing]. Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) 12 linear ft. 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

Germantown Monthly Meeting was established in 1905 by Abington Quarterly Meeting (O) 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.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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.

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:

Subjects: Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Archives. Germantown Friends School -- Archives. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Philadelphia 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) 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 19th century 1 volume O HV 1250/N4.16.1