%eadnotat; ]> goshepm RECORDS OF GOSHEN PREPARATIVE MEETING AND GOSHEN MEETING (GOSHENVILLE, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF GOSHEN PREPARATIVE MEETING AND GOSHEN MEETING (GOSHENVILLE, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1797-1937 Goshen Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1939) 1.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Goshen Preparative Meeting was established ca. 1703. In 1827, after the Hicksite separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Goshen Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1891; its members were transferred to Whiteland Preparative Meeting. Goshen Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as Goshen Monthly Meeting at the dissolution of the original Hicksite monthly meeting. 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 include: pre-Separation minutes, 1807-1814 and subscription list, 1797 12mo29; Minute books of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1827-1937; minute books of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1860-1869, 1877-1889.

 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 Goshen Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : ca. 1703-1827) Subjects: Goshen Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : ca. 1703-1827) -- Archives. Goshen Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1939) -- Archives. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County. Chester County (Pa.) -- Genealogy. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at 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

Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.

 Minutes 1807-1814 1 v. (in protective envelope) ; 23 cm. Pre SW Box 56

Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting 12mo4 1807 to 2mo24 1814.

Volume in very fragile condition : some pages torn, covers wanting.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph 202 No Film Minutes 1827-1937 3 v. + 1 folder (19 items) H SW Box 56

Minute books as follows : 1827-1850 ; 1850-1881 ; 1882-1937. Accompanying folder contains the following : 2 undated membership lists; 1925 minutes not copied in minute book; accounts (1923); other miscellaneous papers.

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began ca. 1889.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph 202 (1827-1850) No Film Women's Meeting

Minutes 1860-1889 2 v. H SW RG2/Ph/G64

Minutes of the Hicksite meeting of women friends as follows : 3mo 14 1860-1 mo 20 1869; 10mo 17 1877-10mo 16 1889.

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began ca. 1889.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Financial Records

Subscription list 1797 12mo 29 1 item (in folder) Pre SW RG2/Ph/G62

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film