Glens Falls Monthly Meeting Records (including Queensbury)
Scope and Contents
Records of Glens Falls Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, the pre-Separation and Orthodox branches of Queensbury Monthly Meeting, 1800-1970. Includes: Minutes 1800-1970; Vital Records 1790-1952, including births & deaths, 1790-1906, membership, 1854-1952, and marriages & removals, 1806-55; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1892-1970; records of Mission Aid societies, 1920-51; Young Friends Fellowship, 1950-53.
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1970
Creator
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Copyright and Rights Information
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Queensbury Monthly Meeting was established in 1800, set off from Easton Monthly Meeting. It was a part of Easton Quarterly Meeting until Saratoga Quarterly was established in 1815. The Hicksite branch was laid down in 1863, members attached to Saratoga Monthly. The Orthodox branch changed its name to Glens Falls Monthly in 1877. It merged with South Glens Falls Monthly Meeting to form Adirondack Friends Meeting in 1974.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (30 volumes)
Overview
Records of Glens Falls Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, the pre-Separation and Orthodox branches of Queensbury Monthly Meeting, 1800-1970. Includes: Minutes 1800-1970; Vital Records 1790-1952, including births & deaths, 1790-1906, membership, 1854-1952, and marriages & removals, 1806-55; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1892-1970; records of Mission Aid societies, 1920-51; Young Friends Fellowship, 1950-53.
Arrangement
Divided into Series: Minutes (men's & joint): 1.1 1800-1811, 1.2 1811-1818, 1.3 1818-1840, 1.4 1840-1878, 1.5 1897-1912, 1.6 1912-1937, 1.7 1937-1945, 1.8 1945-1950, 1.9 1959-1970; Women's minutes: 2.1 1800-1811, 2.2 1828-1829, 2.3 1829-1844, 2.4 1844-1854, 2.5 1854-1876; Vital records: 3.1 Births and Deaths 1790-1906, 3.2 Membership 1854-1952, 3.3 Marriages and Removals 1806-1855, 3.4 Miscellaneous 1844-1908; Ministry and Counsel: 4.1 Ministers and Elders 1892-1911, 4.2 Pastoral Committee 1905-1914, 4.3 Pastoral Committee 1914-1944, 4.4 Ministry and Counsel 1944-1957, 4.5 Ministry and Counsel 1957-1967, 4.6 Ministry and Counsel 1967-1970; Christian Endeaver Society: 5.1 1904-1909; Mission Aid Societies: 6.1 Women's Foreign Mission Society 1920-1931, 6.2 Women's Missionary Society 1941-1951, 6.3 Ladies Aid Society 1925-1944, 6.4 Home and Foreign Mission Auxilary 1922-1934; Young Friends Fellowship: 7.1 1951-1953, 7.2 Conference 1950-1953; Property: 8.1 Properties and Transcripts 1772-1956; Annual Reports: 9.1 1964-66; Miscellaneous: 10.1 Library record 1860, 10.2 Phil Kiliru Scholarship 1964-65, 10.3 Correspondence 1974, 10.4 Bicentennial 1967.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Custodial History
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, 1997.
Existence and Location of Copies
Marriages, 1806-55, minutes, 1800-78, women's minutes, 1800-1811 & 1828-54 also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY 121, 122, 123, 124.
Subject
- Queensbury Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1877 : Glens Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Queensbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1800-1828 : Glens Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Glens Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Glens Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Queensbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1800-1828 : Glens Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Queensbury Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1877 : Glens Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Glens Falls Monthly Meeting Records (including Queensbury)
- Author
- Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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