%eadnotat; ]> goshemm RECORDS OF GOSHEN MONTHLY MEETING (GOSHENVILLE, 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 GOSHEN MONTHLY MEETING (GOSHENVILLE, 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 1705-[ongoing] Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1956- ) 25 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

Goshen Monthly Meeting was established in 12mo 1721/2 by Chester [Concord] Quarterly Meeting out of Chester Monthly Meeting (Pa.). Its first business sessions opened in 1722. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. In 1939, the three preparative meetings constituting Goshen Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), Goshen, Newtown and Willistown were established as monthly meetings. The original Hicksite meeting held its last business sessions in 1940. In 1956, the second Goshen Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) merged with Goshen Monthly Meeting at Malvern, the former Orthodox meeting, to form the present-day Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Goshen Monthly Meeting, 1705-1999, include: acknowledgements, 1762-1774; births and deaths, 1705-1896; disownments and removals, 1721-1930; marriage certificates, 1722-1938; membership, 1828-1958; Hicksite men’s minutes, 1722-1962; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1828-1956; Hicksite women’s minutes, 1827-1889; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1722-1911; United minutes, 1985-1999; Hicksite ministers & elders minutes, 1827-1938; Orthodox ministers & elders minutes, 1892-1924; financial records, 1900-1939; Goshen First Day School minutes, 1878-1880; Hicksite library circulation records, 1866-1876; Malvern First Day School minutes, 1908-1918; School Committee records, 1828-1879; Willistown First Day School minutes, 1882-1923.

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Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

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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.

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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: Goshen Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1722-1827)Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1940) Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1939-1956) Goshen Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1956) Subjects: Goshen Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1722-1827) -- Archives.Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1940) -- Archives. Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1939-1956) -- Archives. Goshen Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1956) -- Archives.Goshen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1956-) -- 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.

 Acknowledgements 1805 1 vol. Pre HV 1250/O6.4

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No Film No Film Births and burials1705-1806 1 v. (83, 9 p.) + IndexPreSW Box 54

Register of births and burials of the pre-Separation meeting, 1705-1806. Contains: births (1705-1805) and burials (1719-1806). Burials entered in back of volume in opposite direction of births. Includes index (for births only).

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MR-Ph197 No Film Births and deaths1820-1896 1 v. (56 p. used)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/G6

Register of births & deaths of the Hicksite meeting, 1820-1896. Contains births, 1820-1895, & deaths, 1821-1896.

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MR-Ph 198 No Film Burials1847-1937 1 item (12 sheets in folder)HSW RG2

Graveyard inscriptions from Goshen Hicksite Friends Cemetery.

Carbon copy of transcript.

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No Film No Film Deaths1821-1849 1 v. (162 p.)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/G6

Record of deaths of Goshen Monthly Meeting, 1821-1849. Volume also contains draft copy of minutes, 1917-1924.

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MR-Ph 198 No Film Disownments 1798-1804 1 vol. Pre HV 1250/O6.4

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No Film No Film Marriage records1787-1928 1 v. (360 p., [8] l.)Pre/OSW Box 55

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates. Includes index.

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MR-Ph 197/203 Film 107 Marriage Certificates 1722-1787 1 v. (317, 150 p.) + Index (16 sheets in folder) Pre SW Box 54

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates (1722-1787). Volume also contains : Removals received (1721-1757).

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MR-Ph 197 Film 107 Marriage records 1827-1938 2v.HSW Box 53

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates, 1827-1904 & 1904-1938.

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MR-Ph 198 No Film Record of membership1827-1948 1 v. (301 p.) HSW RG2/Ph/G6

Membership register of Goshen Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1827-1948. Contains information on births, deaths, marriages, removals for the original Hicksite monthly meeting (1827-1940) and for the Hicksite monthly meeting established in 1939 out of Goshen Preparative Meeting. Spine title.

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MR-Ph 198 No Film Membership1828-1897 1 v. (62 p. used)HSW RG2/Ph/G6

Membership record of Goshen Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). Includes 1828 membership lists of Goshen, Newtown, Willistown and Whiteland Preparative Meetings (with some births and deaths, 1806-1854) ; Births (1824-1849) ; revisions to Goshen, Newtown and Willistown Preparative Meetings' membership lists (1896 & 1897).

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MR-Ph 198 No Film Membership 1841-1857 1 vol. O HV 1250/P1.2

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No Film No Film Membership 1875-1958 1 vol. O/U HV 1250/O6.19

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MR-Ph 160 Film 132A Register1733-1884 1 v. (121, 21, [24] p.)Pre/OSW Box 54

Register contains : Births (1733-1881) and deaths (1759-1884). Includes indexes.

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MR-Ph 197 No Film Removals issued1797-1901 1 v. (301) Pre/HSW Box 55

Meeting's record of certificates of removal issued on behalf of members moving within the limits of other meetings.

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MR-Ph 202 No Film Removals Issued 1828-1930 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.20

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MR-Ph 197/203 Film 107 Removals received 1878-1903 1 v. (6, [2] p.) + 4 itemsHSW Box 56

Meeting's record of certificates received for persons transferring their membership, 1878-1903. Pertinent items laid in.

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MR-Ph 202 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.

 Minutes 1722-1778 3 v. PreSW Box 53

Minute books of the pre-Separation men's meeting as follows: 2mo 6 1722-6mo 17 1747; 7mo 4 1747-12mo 10 1762; 1mo 7 1763-6mo 5 1778. Volume 1763-1778 includes: acknowledgements (1762-1772) and disownments (1767-1777).

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198 (1722-47, 1747-62) 199 (1763-78) No Film Minutes-Rough 1722-1748, 1748-1765, 1766-1788, 1788-1807 4 v. + 5 folders Pre SW Box 53

Rough or clerk's copies of minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting as follows: 1722-1748, 1748-1765, 1766-1788, 1788-1807. Also includes indexes of each volume and a preservation photocopy of pp.46-70 of vol. 1788-1807. Each volume is accompanied by a separate index.

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684 (1722-48, 1748-65, 1766-88) 200 (1788-1807) Film 29 and Film 30 Minutes [Copy] 1722-1755 1 vol. Pre HV 1250/O6.1

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No Film No Film Minutes [Copy] 1755-1773 1 vol. Pre HV 1250/O6.2

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No Film No Film Minutes [Copy] 1773-1798 1 vol. Pre HV 1250/O6.3

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No Film No Film Minutes [Copy] 1798-1824 1 vol. Pre HV 1250/O6.4

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No Film No Film Minutes [rough]1819-1825 1 v. (185 p.) ; 25 cm. PreSW vol. 1: Box 55, vol. 2: RG2/Ph/G6

Rough copies of pre-Separation men's minutes as follows: 8mo 24 1819-11mo 30 1825. Also includes typescript index.

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MR-Ph200 Film 29 and Film 30 Minutes-Rough 1825-1828 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.11.1

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1827-1938 4 v. H SW Box 54/55

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MR-Ph199 No Film Minutes (Clerks' copies) 1827-1924 7 v. H SW Box 54/55

Rough or Clerks' copies of minutes as follows: 1827-33, 1833-39, 1839-45, 1845-58, 1858-64, 1872-1917 (gap 1889-1914), & 1917-24.

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No Film No Film Minutes [Copy] 1824-1841 1 vol. Pre/O HV 1250/O6.5

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No Film No Film Minutes 1828-1829 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.12

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1829-1831 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.13

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1832-1834 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.14

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1834-1838 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.6

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1838-1849 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.7

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes [Copy] 1842-1877 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.7.1

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No Film No Film Minutes 1849-1859 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.8

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1860-1870 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.9

Indexed

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MR-Ph200 Film 30 Minutes 1877-1927 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.10

Indexed

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MR-Ph201 Film 31 Minutes 1927-1956 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.11

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MR-Ph201 Film 31 Minutes 1939-1962 2 v. H/U SW RG2/Ph/G6

Volumes contain the following: minutes of 11 & 12 mos 1939, 1 mo 1940 of the original Hicksite meeting (1827-1840); minutes of the original Hicksite meeting (est. 1939), 1952-1956 (including joint sessions with Orthodox meeting); minutes of the united Goshen Monthly Meeting (est. 1956), 1956-1962

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No Film No Film Minutes 1985-1999 2 v. U SW RG2/Ph/G6

Minutes as follows: 1985-89 & 1990-99.

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No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1722-1803 2 v. PreSW Box 53

Minute books as follows: 2mo 6 1722-8mo 6 1762; 9mo 10 1762-2mo 11 1803.

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MR-Ph196 Film 106 Minutes 1803-1830 1 v. (378 p.) + Index Pre/O SW Box 53

Minute book belonging to the Orthodox women's meeting, 3mo11 1803-9mo2 1830. Contains pre-Separation women's minutes (1803-1827) and Orthodox women's minutes (1827-1830).

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MR-Ph196 Film 106 Minutes 1830-1867 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.16

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MR-Ph203 Film 107 Minutes 1867-1911 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.17

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MR-Ph203 Film 107 Minutes [rough]1795-1798 1 v. ([60] p.) ; 21 cmPreSW RG2/Ph/G6

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MR-Ph202 No Film Minutes 1827-1889 2 v. ; 35 cm or smallerHSW Box 56

Minute books of the Hicksite meeting of women Friends as follows: 10mo3 1827-4mo20 1870; 5mo25 1870-10mo23 1889.

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 11mo 1889.

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MR-Ph202 No Film Minutes [rough]1827-1917 6 v. ; 22 cm. or smallerHSW vol. 1-4: RG2/Ph/G6, vol. 5&6: Box 54

Rough copies of minutes of the original Hicksite meeting as follows: 1827- 1833; 1833-1839; 1839-1845; 1845-1858; 1858-1864; 1872-1889 & 1914-1917.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1827-1938 4 v. ; 35 cm or smallerHSW Box 55

Minute books of the original Hicksite meeting as follows: 10mo31 1827- 10mo21 1846; 11mo25 1846-10mo24 1894; 11mo21 1894-11mo18 1928; 1mo20 1929- 1mo12 1938.

Joint sessions with women begin on 11mo20 1889.

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No Film No Film Minutes: extract1842 1 item (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/G6

Extract of minutes of Goshen Monthly Meeting, 3mo23-10mo26 1842, concerning the proposed establishment of a new quarterly meeting.

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No Film No Film Minutes [rough]1867-1880 1 v. (ca. 150 p.)HSW Box 56

Rough draft of minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting (1867 4mo24-1880 3mo24).

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MR-Ph202 No Film Minutes [Copy] 1882-1893 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.15

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No Film No Film Minutes [Copy] 1894-1911 1 vol. O HV 1250/O6.18

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No Film No Film Minutes [copy]1929-1940 1 v. (loose-leaf)HSW RG2/Ph/G6

Duplicate minutes from 1mo 1929 to 1mo 1938 and minutes from 2mo 1938 to 4mo 1940 which are missing from the original record book.

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No Film No Film Minutes1939-1956 & 1985-1999 4 v. (loose-leaf) H (O)/USW RG2/Ph/G6

Volume contains the following: minutes of 11 & 12 mos 1939, 1 mo 1940 of the original Hicksite meeting (1827-1840); minutes of the original Hicksite meeting (est. 1939), 1952-1956 (including joint sessions with Orthodox meeting); minutes of the united Goshen Monthly Meeting (est. 1956), 1956- 1962.

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No Film No Film 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.

 Minutes1827-1871 2 v. ; 20 cm. or smallerHSW Box 55

Minute books as follows: 1827-1836; 1836-1871.

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MR-Ph202 No Film Minutes 1892-1905 1 vol. O HV 1250/P1.4

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No Film No Film Minutes 1905-1924 1 vol. O HV 1250/P1.3

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No Film No Film Minutes1898-1938 1 v. ([170] p.) ; 26 cm. HSW Box 55

Minute book of the Ministry and Counsel committee from 11mo25 1918 to 4mo17 1938. Volume also contains minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders from 4mo20 1898 to 1mo23 1918.

Name changed from Ministers and Elders to Ministry and Counsel in 1918.

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MR-Ph202 No Film Financial Records Account book 1900-1939 1 v. ([80] p.) ; 20 cm. HSW RG2/Ph/G6

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous financial papers 1788-1800 and n.d. 8 items (in folder) Pre SW RG2/Ph/G6

Loose financial papers as follows: statement of acct. between Henry Hoopes et. al. and the estate of Hannah Bond (1788-1797); Goshen Prep. Mtg. subscriptions (1795-1797); subscription for repairs to Goshen mtg. hse. (1796-1797); statement of acct. for repairs to Goshen mtg. hse. (1800); accts. rel. to graveyard wall (n.d.).

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Available No Film Committees Goshen First Day School

Minutes 1878-1880 2 v. ; 23 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/G6

Minute books as follows : 1878-1879; 1879-1880.

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No Film No Film Library Circulation record 1866-1876 1 v. ; 20 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/G6

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No Film No Film Malvern First Day School

Minutes 1908-1918 2 v. ; 24 cm. O SW RG2/Ph/G6

Minute books as follows : 1908-1910; 1910-1918.

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No Film No Film School Committee

Minutes [rough] 1828-1862 1 v. (60 p.) ; 20 cm. H SW Box 55

Volume also contains receipt book (1839-1861).

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MR-Ph202 No Film Minutes 1828-1879 1 v. ([70] p.) ; 20 cm. H SW Box 55

Minutes of meetings held at the school house in Sugartown.

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MR-Ph202 No Film Miscellaneous Alterations and additions to Goshen Friends Meeting and School 1977-1978 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/G6

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous papers 1978 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/G6

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No Film No Film