%eadnotat; ]> 2SAYMA Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association of the Religious Society of Friends An Inventory of Its Records at the Friends Historical Library Inventory Prepared by FHL Staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2002 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by PO'D9/2002 Finding aid written in ENG An Inventory of the Records of SAYMA Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2001 Descriptive Summary Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Records1951-ongoing RG2/SA Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association of the Religious Society of Friends 10 linear ft. For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Records of the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association and sixteen of its constituent members. Includes minutes, membership records, newsletters, committee records, and miscellaneous. BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association opened 1970/05/02 as an outgrowth of Southern Appalachian Association of Friends, itself formally organized 1959/05/17 at its fourth annual gathering. It joined Friends General Conference in 1977.

(Thomas C. Hill, Monthly Meetings in North America, 1998)

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Records of Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association include the following:

Deposit, 1994-present

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[put name of meeting and call number here]. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

For early correspondence of Friends groups in the Southern Appalachian region, see: RG4/004 American Friends Fellowship Council. Records, 1933-1954.

INDEX TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Atlanta Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Atlanta, Ga.) Berea Friends Meeting (Berea, Ky.) Birmingham Friends Meeting (Birmingham, Ala.) Boone Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Boone, N.C.) Boone Worship Group (Society of Friends : Boone, N.C.) Brevard Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Brevard, N.C.) Celo Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Burnsville, N.C.) Charleston Friends Meeting (Charleston, W.V.) Chattanooga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Chattanooga, Tenn.) Columbia Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Columbia, S.C.) Crossville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Crossville, Tenn.) Foxfire Friends Meeting of the Holston Valley (Abingdon, Va.) Huntsville Area Friends Meeting (Huntsville, Al.) Memphis Friends Meeting (Memphis, Tenn.) Nashville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Nashville, Tenn.) Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association of the Religious Society of Friends Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting (Black Mountain, N.C.) Tri Cities Friends Meeting (Society of Friends : Bristol, Tenn.) West Knoxville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Knoxville, Tenn.) Atlanta Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Atlanta, Ga.) Berea Friends Meeting (Berea, Ky.) Birmingham Friends Meeting (Birmingham, Ala.) Boone Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Boone, N.C.) Boone Worship Group (Society of Friends : Boone, N.C.) Brevard Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Brevard, N.C.) Celo Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Burnsville, N.C.) Charleston Friends Meeting (Charleston, W.V.) Chattanooga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Chattanooga, Tenn.) Columbia Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Columbia, S.C.) Crossville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Crossville, Tenn.) Foxfire Friends Meeting of the Holston Valley (Abingdon, Va.) Huntsville Area Friends Meeting (Huntsville, Ala.) Memphis Friends Meeting (Memphis, Tenn.) Nashville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Nashville, Tenn.) Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association of the Religious Society of Friends Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting (Black Mountain, N.C.) Tri Cities Friends Meeting (Bristol, Tenn.) West Knoxville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Knoxville, Tenn.) Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting (Black Mountain, N.C.) Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting (Black Mountain, N.C.) Society of Friends -- Alabama Society of Friends -- Georgia Society of Friends -- Kentucky Society of Friends -- North Carolina Society of Friends -- Tennessee Society of Friends -- West Virginia Atlanta Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Atlanta Ga.). Records, 1943-ongoing RG2/SA/A1

Previously known as Atlanta Friends Group. In correspondence with the American Friends Fellowship Council from 1943. Established as a monthly meeting in 9/1951.

Minutes, 1951-ongoing Minutes and Other Entries January - September, 1951. 1 Minutes, 1951-1953. 1 Minutes, 1956-1959. 1 Minutes, 1960-1965 1 Minutes, 1966-1970 1 Minutes, 1971-1976 1 Minutes, 1977-1981 1 Minutes, 1978-1985 1 Minutes, 1982-1988 2 Minutes, 1989-1992 2 Minutes, 1993 2 Minutes, 1994 2 Minutes, 1995 2 Minutes, 1996 2 Minutes, 1997 2 Minutes, 1998 2 Minutes, 1999 2 Business Meeting Minutes 2000-2003 18 Business Meeting Minutes 2004-2005 18 Business Meeting Minutes 2006-2008 19 Miscellaneous Papers, Newsletter, 1960-1973 3 Newsletter, 1985 3 Newsletter, 1986-1987 3 Newsletter, 1992 3 Newsletter, 1993 3 Newsletter, 1994-1995 3 Newsletter, 1996-1997 3 Newsletter, 1998-1999 3 Newsletter, 2000- 3 Newsletters 2001-2002 19 Newsletters 2003-2004 19 Newsletters 2005-2006 19 Newsletters 2007-2008 19 Correspondence, 1950-1954 12 Correspondence, 1955-1959 12 Correspondence 1959, Jan.-Jun 12 Correspondence 1959, July-Dec 12 Correspondence 1960-1967 12 Correspondence 1968-1969 12 Correspondence 1970-1971 13 Correspondence 1972-1978 13 Correspondence 1981-1992 13 Correspondence 1990s 13 Clerk’s Correspondence 2004, 2005-2007 19 Publicity 1947-1951 4 Publicity 1951-1994.1 4 Publicity 1995-1 4 Statement of Faith and Practice 1951 15 State of the Meeting Reports 1959-1992 15 State of the Meeting Reports 1995-1999 15 State of the Meeting Reports 1993-1994 19 State of the Meeting Reports 2000-2008 19 Documents, "About Our Members," 1958 15 Documents, "Our Members and Friends," 1963 15 Documents, "ASFC Survey of Atlanta Quakers," 1967 15 Survey mid-1980s 15 Document, "The Staughton Lynd Case," 1967 15 Documents, "Proposed Four Lane," n.d 15 Documents, "Vine City," n.d 15 Documents, "Ferguson Appreciation Dinner," 1982 15 Document, "Some Celebration in the AFM," 1982-1993 15 Travelling Minutes 1998 15 Speech by Elizabeth W. Hendricks 1990 15 Atlanta Listening Project 1990s? 15 Ferguson Cabin Legal Papers 1954-1991& n.d. 16 Incorporation Papers, By-laws 1958 16 Tax Status Papers 1959-1988 16 New Meeting House Papers and Correspondence 1989-1990 16 Meeting of Corporation Officers 1989-1992 16 Land Purchase from MARTA 1990 16 Property Tax Exemption 1991 16 Insurance Papers 1992 16 Purchase Papers 1994 16 Calendars 1960-1972 17 Calendars (includes announcements and news) 1973-1978 17 Calendars (includes announcements and news) 1979-1983 17 Calendars (includes announcements and news) 1984-1987 17 Calendars (includes minutes) 1988 17 Calendars (includes announcements) 1989 17 Calendars (includes newsletter) 1990-1991 17 Weekly Bulletins 1973 17 Announcements of Activities 1970s 17 Historical Material, Excerpts from Diary of G. Hayes 1943-1945 18 Historical Material, Transcripts of Reminiscences 1975, 1981, 1985, 1988 18 Historical Material, Interviews with Bender, Treadwell, and Hendricks 1993 18 Historical Material, Letter, A.H. Berry to E.W. Hendricks 1994 18 As Way Opened, a history of Atlanta Friends Meeting 1943-1997 18 Cabin Committee Minutes 1980's & 1990's 4 Cabin Committee Minutes 1990-1995 19 Caring Committee Minutes and correspondence 1980's-1992 4 Minutes 1994 4 Care and Counsel Committee Minutes and Purpose 1997-1999. 4 Care and Counsel Committee Minutes 1999-2008 19 Finance Finance Committee Minutes 2006-2008 20 Financials 2000 20 Financials 2001 20 Financials 2002 20 Financials 2003 20 Financials 2004 20 Financials 2005 20 Financials 2006 20 Budgets, Reports 1989-1990 4 Committee for Furnishing the Meeting House Minutes and Correspondence 1960-1961 4 House and Grounds Committee Report 1976. 4 Atlanta Friends National Legislation Committee Minutes and Correspondence 1974-1990. 4 Nominating Committee Nominations Lists and Minutes 1985-1997. 4 Officers and Committees Minutes, Reports 1952-1994 4 Oversight Committee Miscellaneous 1990s. 4 Oversight/Administration Committee Minutes 1997-2000 20 Oversight/Administration Committee Minutes 2001-2003 20 Administration Committee Minutes 2004-2008 20 School Exploration Committee Friends School of Atlanta 1990 4 Social Concerns Committee Miscellaneous 1974 4 Miscellaneous 1975-1989 4 Social Concerns Committee Minutes 1993-1997 20 Social Concerns Committee Minutes 1998-2004 20 Trustees Minutes 1958-1967 5 Minutes 1968-1972 5 Annual Reports 1961-1967 5 Proposal for Atlanta Friends Center 1958, 1960 5 Reports on Atlanta Friends Center 1969-1971 5 Ministry and Counsel Committee Minutes Book 1975-1977 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1981 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1982 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1983 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1984 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1985 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1986 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1987 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1988 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1989 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1990 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1991 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1992 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1993 6 Minutes and Correspondence 199 6 Minutes and Correspondence 1995 7 Minutes and Correspondence 1996 7 Minutes and Corresondence 1997 7 Minutes and Correspondence 1998 7 Minutes and Correspondence 1999 7 Ministry and Worship Committee Minutes 2000-2001 21 Ministry and Worship Committee Minutes 2002-2003 21 Ministry and Worship Committee Minutes 2004-2005 21 Ministry and Worship Committee Minutes 2006-2007 21 Earlham Vital Meetings Study, 2001 21 Miscellaneous 1990s 7 Annual Reports 1989, 1990, 1992 7 Death, Memorial Services 1982-1986 7 Marriage, including "Guidelines of," 1976, 1984, 1988, 1993 7 Divorce 1983, 1985 7 Abortion Queries 1980s 7 Orientation Booklet 1980s and 1990s 7 Worship Guidelines 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993, n.d. 7 Membership Guidelines 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1994 7 Miscellaneous Papers,Comments from Members and Attenders Mid 1970s 7 New Meetinghouse Committee New Meetinghouse Workbook 1987-1991 8 Architectural Program for the New Meetinghouse Sept. 17, 1989 8 Architectural Correspondence 1989-1991 8 New Meetinghouse Contractor Correspondence 1990-1991 8 Contractor Negotiations 1990-1991 8 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1989-1991 8 Invoices 1990-1991 8 Finances 1987-1991 8 Chronologies 1989-1991 9 Codes 1987-1990 9 Community 1990-1991 9 Contracts 1987-1990 9 New Meetinghouse Dedication 1990-1991 9 New Meetinghouse Fund 1990-1991 9 Furnishings 1991 9 Landscaping 1991 9 Photos 1989 9 Plans and Drawings 1987-1990 9 Reports 1988-1992 9 New Meetinghouse Sign 1991 9 Southface Review 1990 9 Membership Biographical Information Sheets 1950-1951 10 A-L 1972-1991 10 M-Z 1972-1991 10 Directories 1955-1978 10 Directories 1979-1993 10 Directory 1995 10 Directories 1996-1999 10 Lists 1991-1994 10 Lists n.d. 10 List of Officers 1951-1994 10 Lists of Members Joining Atlanta Friends Meeting 1950s-1990s 10 Letters Requesting Membership 1951-1979 11 Letters Requesting Membership 1980-1994 11 Letters of Transfer and Removal 1955-1991 11 Berea Friends Meeting (Berea, Ky.). Records, 1978-ongoing RG2/SA/B3

Established in 1970 out of Friends World Committee (FWCC).

Membership,1979 Minutes, 1978-ongoing 1978-1982 1983-1985 1985-1987 1993-1994 1996-1997 1998-1999 2000- Birmingham Friends Meeting (Birmingham, Ala.). Records, 1970's-1985 RG2/SA/B5

Established in 1977, out of Atlanta; meeting for worship, 1972 and preparative meeting from 1973-1977.

Minutes and newsletter (Notes), 1978-1985 1978-1980 1980-1985 Chronology, 1970's Boone Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Boone, N.C.). Records, 1992-1994 RG2/SA/B6

Established 1992

Minutes, 1992-1994 Boone Worship Group (Society of Friends : Boone, N.C.). Records, 1992. RG2/SA/B5 Minutes 1992 Brevard Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Brevard, N.C.). Records, 1986-ongoing RG2/SA/B7

Preparative meeting in 1986 under Asheville; established 1987

Minutes, 1986-ongoing (gaps) 1986-1987 9/1993-12/1993 9/1995-12/1999 2000-3/2004 6/2006-9/2008 11/2008-11/2009

Includes newsletters.

1/2010-11/2010

Includes newsletters.

Celo Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Burnsville, N.C.) RG2/SA/C3

Affiliated with American Friends Fellowship Council, 1949-50; FWCC to 1970.

Membership 1978-1979. Minutes and Newsletter, 1981-1994 1981-1985. 1985-1987. 1/1994, 3/1994-4/1994 Charleston Friends Meeting (Charleston, W.V.) RG2/SA/C4

Affiliated with FWCC 1965-76

Membership List 1981 Minutes and Newsletter, 1962-69/1983-ongoing 1962-1969

Transferred from FWCC Records.

1983-1987 1996-1999 2000- Guest Book 1964-1969 Chattanooga Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Chattanooga, Tenn.) RG2/SA/C5

Established 1977; meeting for worship, 1955, preparative meeting in 1976 under West Knoxville

Membership 1982. Minutes and newsletter (The Friendly Voice), 1978-ongoing (gaps) 1978-1985 1985-1987 1996-1997 1998-1999 Columbia Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Columbia, S.C.) RG2/SA/C6

Established 1976; meeting for worship, 1967, 1975; preparative meeting 1975 under Asheville

Membership, 1979, 1981-1985 Newsletter 1979-1980 Minutes 1981 Minutes and newsletter, 1978-ongoing 1978-1987 1982-1985 1985-1987. 1996-1997. 1998-1999. 2000- Crossville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Crossville, Tenn.) RG2/SA/C7

Meeting for Worship, 1980; Monthly Meeting granted by West Knoxville in 1981

Membership 1985 Minutes, 1983-1987 1983-1985 1985-1987 Foxfire Friends Meeting of the Holston Valley (Abingdon, Va.) RG2/SA/F6

Minutes 1998- Huntsville Area Friends Meeting (Huntsville, Ala.) RG2/SA/H8

Formerly known as Friends Meeting at Serendipity (Harvest, Al.); preparative meeting 1982 under Chattanooga; established 1987

Minutes 1985-1987 Memphis Friends Meeting (Memphis, Tenn.) RG2/SA/M3

Established 1987; preparative meeting in 1978 under Nashville

Minutes 1985-1987 Minutes 12/1993-7/1994 Nashville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Nashville, Tenn.) RG2/SA/N2

Affiliated with AFFC from 1943-47, FWCC from 1962-70

Membership 1979-1982, 1984 Minutes, 1967-ongoing 1967-1972 1978-1981 1982-1985 1985-1987 1996-2000 2001- Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association of the Religious Society of Friends RG2/SAy Membership 1974-1984. 1 Office Files, 1970-1975. Office Files 1970-1972. 1 Office Files 1973-1975. 1 Minutes Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1959-1964. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1965-1969. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1970-1971. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1972-1973. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1974-1975. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1976-1977. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1978-1979. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1980. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1981. 1 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1982. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1983. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1984. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1985. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1986. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1987. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1988. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1989. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1990. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1991. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1992. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1993. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1994. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1995. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1996. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1997. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 1998. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 2000. 2 Minutes (inc. Representative Meeting) 2001-2002. 2 Southern Appalachian Friend, 1959-ongoing Southern Appalachian Friend 1959-1992. SG1 Southern Appalachian Friend 1993- SG1 Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting (Black Mountain, N.C.) RG2/SA/S9 Minutes 9mo 1996-12mo 2010

Missing minutes for 8mo-10mo 2001, 12mo 2001, 3mo 2002.

Membership records 1996-2011. Members & attenders lists 1998-2004, 3mo7 2009, 3mo 2011. Committee/Committee Members lists 1999-2003, 8mo 2009, 1mo 2011. State of Meeting Reports 1996-2004, 2008-2010. History 1997-2003. Truths and Tidbits [newsletter], 1998-2004 Tri Cities Friends Meeting (Bristol, Tenn.) RG2/SA/T7

Established before 1993; meeting for worship in 1978

Report 1978. Minutes (includes minutes of Preparatory Meeting and Worship Group), 10/1993- West Knoxville Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Knoxville, Tenn.) RG2/SA/W3

FWCC unprogrammed meeting in 1954; established in 1959

Membership 1981-1985. Minutes, 1978-ongoing Minutes 1978-1981. Minutes 1981-1983. Minutes 1984-1985. Minutes 1985-1987. Minutes 1996-1999. Minutes 2000-