Western Quarterly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Western Quarterly Meeting, 1758-2019, include: minutes, 1758-2019 (2013-2019 minutes are digital); pre-Separation and Hicksite women's minutes, 1758-1900; Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1763-1985; financial records; and miscellaneous papers; Orthodox records of the William Jackson bequest for the education of children of West Grove Preparative and Western Quarterly Meetings, 1835-1929 (including minutes of the Trustees, 1836-1900, accounts, 1849-71, 1871-94, & 1894-1928, and other bills, receipts, and miscellaneous correspondence).
The collection also includes more recent records related to the London Britain burial ground, as the London Britain Meetinghouse and its cemetary are owned by Western Quarterly Meeting.
Dates
- Creation: 1758 - 2023
Creator
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Copyright and Rights Information
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.
Biographical / Historical
Western Quarterly Meeting was established in 1758 by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting out of a division of Chester Quarterly Meeting. Many of the monthly meetings in this quarter were transferred to Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
In 1955, Western Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) merged with Western Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite).
Extent
15 Linear Feet
0.2 Gigabytes
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Western Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Western Quarterly Meeting. WIlliam Jackson Fund (Organization)
- Title
- Western Quarterly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
