%eadnotat; ]> greenstpm* RECORDS OF GREEN STREET PREPARATIVE MEETING AND GREEN STREET MEETING (4th AND GREEN STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, 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 GREEN STREET PREPARATIVE MEETING AND GREEN STREET MEETING (4th AND GREEN STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, 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 1814-1914 Green Street Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends). 2 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

A meeting for worship and preparative meeting were established at Green Street in 1814 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting under Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District. This meeting was for members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District who lived north of Callowhill Street. The meetings became part of Green Street Monthly Meeting in 1816. At the time of the Hicksite separation in 1827, the preparative meeting remained with Hicksite Friends. Green Street Preparative Meeting was discontinued in 1914.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Green Street Preparative Meeting, 1814-1914, as follows: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint sessions, 1814-1846, 1850-1858,1875-1914; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1814-1827 and 1828-1902; Hicksite treasurer's book, 1849-1912; Hicksite school committee minutes, 1865-1877, 1884-1892, 1892-1904.

 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: Green Street Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) -- Archives. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Philadelphia (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

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 1814-1914 4 v. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/G71

Minute books as follows: 1814-1836; 1836-1846; 1850-1858; 1875-1914.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1814-1902 10 v. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/G71

Minute books as follows: 1814-1827; 1828-1831; 1831-1835; 1835-1839; 1839- 1841; 1842-1844; 1844-1848; 1848-1855; 1855-1894; 1894-1902.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Financial Records Treasurer's account book 1849-1912 1 v. H SW RG2/Ph/G71

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Committees School CommitteeMinutes1865-1904 3 v. ; 26 cm. or smaller. HSW RG2/Ph/G71

Minute books as follows: 1865-1877; 1884-1892; 1892-1904.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film