%eadnotat; ]> haverpm RECORDS OF HAVERFORD PREPARATIVE MEETING AND HAVERFORD MEETING (HAVERFORD, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF HAVERFORD PREPARATIVE MEETING AND HAVERFORD MEETING (HAVERFORD, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1783-1950 Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1950) and Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1904-1907) 1 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

A meeting for worship at Haverford was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 1684; it became part of Haverford [Radnor] Monthly Meeting in 1684. A preparative meeting was established in 1701.

The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1827. The meeting for worship merged with Radnor meeting in 1835. In 1865, Haverford Meeting was transferred to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District. In 1904, the meeting became part of Haverford Monthly Meeting. A second Haverford Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was established in 1904 under Haverford Monthly Meeting. The functions of this preparative meeting were absorbed by the monthly meeting in 1907.

The Hicksite preparative meeting was established as Haverford Monthly Meeting in 1950 at the dissolution of Radnor Monthly Meeting. In 1951, the name of this meeting was changed to "Old Haverford."

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Haverford Preparative Meeting, 1741-1950, include: membership lists, 1783-1796, 1809-1827 and 1826 (with Radnor Monthly Meeting Births and Deaths [copy], 1685-1924); Orthodox membership, 1783-1863; membership list, 1931 (with Minutes, 1918-1935); Hicksite men’s meeting minutes, 1839-1948 and 1948-1950 (with Old Haverford Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1950-1955); women's meeting minutes, 1805-1807 (with Radnor Monthly Meeting women's minutes, 1812-1835); Hicksite women’s meeting minutes, 1872-1879; Orthodox women’s meeting minutes, 1905-1907; account book, 1801-1852 includes subscriptions, 1801-1855; deeds and related papers, 1693-1868; memorial for John Bevan, 1927.

 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 Name Haverford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends 1701-1827) Subjects Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite 1827-1950) Haverford Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends 1701-1827) Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1904-1907)Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County. Delaware County (Pa.) -- Genealogy. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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.

 Births and deaths1685-1924 1 v.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/H37

Volume contains the following: membership lists, 1783, 1809, 1826 (beginning at front and interspersed); births [copy], 1685-1827 & deaths [copy], 1684-1924.

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No Film No Film Births 1732-1879 1 vol. (19 p.) Pre/O HV 1250/T4.21.1

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No Film No Film Births and deaths1828-1919 1 v.HSW RG2/Ph/H37

Volume contains: Births, 1829-1913; Deaths, 1828-1919. Removed from Radnor Monthly meeting records.

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MR-Ph239 No Film Burials (Haverford, PA) 1838-1895 1 vol. O HV 1250/T3.22

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MR-Ph434 No Film Deaths 1741-1882 1 vol. (19 p.) Pre/O HV 1250/T4.21.1

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No Film No Film Membership 1783-1863 1 vol. (19 p.) Pre/O HV 1250/T4.21.1

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No Film 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 1839-1948 4 v. H SW RG2/Ph/H37

Minutes of the Hicksite preparative meeting, 1839-1874, 1874-1918, 1918- 1935, 1935-1948. Volume for 1874-1918 includes membership lists, 1903-1916; volume for 1918-1935 includes membership lists, 1931. Minutes for 1948-1950 with: Old Haverford Monthly Meeting minutes, 1950- 1955.

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No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes1872-1879 1 v.HSW RG2/Ph/H37

. Minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1872 1mo 4-1879 12mo 4.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1905-1907 1 booklet (11 p.) O HV 1250/Q1.10.1

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No Film No Film Financial Records Account book 1801-1852 1 v. + 6 items (laid in) Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/H37

Includes subscriptions, 1801-1855.

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No Film No Film Property Records Deeds and other property papers 1693-1868 11 items (in 1 oversize folder) Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/H37++

Property deeds of Haverford Preparative Meeting, 1693, 1710, 1711, 1735, 1785, 1816 (recorded 1820), 1824 (recorded 1825), 1867 and 1868. Also included are property surveys, ca. 1816; statement concerning Haverford Preparative Meeting property; deeds of 1824 and 1867 recorded on opposite sides of one sheet.

Deeds housed in chart case.

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No Film No Film Deed: Jackson Lyons et al 1857 3mo 30 3 items in folder H SW RG2/Ph/H37++

To the Trustees of the Haverford Preparative Meeting. Folder also contains: Deeds - abstract, 1684-1825 and memorandum from deed of Jackson Lyons et al to Haverford Preparative Meeting of Friends, 1857.

Deed housed in chart case.

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Memorial for John Bevan 1927 6mo 11 1 item (in folder) H SW RG2/Ph/H37

Minute commemorating the establishment of Haverford Friends Meeting by John Bevan and his associates in 1693. Signed by descendants of John Bevan, members of the Society of Friends and guests.

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