%eadnotat; ]> nywesqm RECORDS OF NEW YORK-WESTBURY QUARTERLY MEETING An Inventory of Its Records at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff 2007 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Finding aid encoded by FHL Staff 2007 Finding aid written in English Summary Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1957-1976) New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting Records 1759-1975. 5 linear ft. RG2/NY/N476These records are entirely in English For current information on the location of records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue Records of New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting, 1759-1973. Includes men's, joint, and women's minutes, 1783-1973. Ministers and Elders' minutes 1759-1956; committee minutes 1892-1959; and miscellaneous 1921-79. History of the Meeting

A meeting was established at Westbury before 1671. In 1676 it became a quarterly meeting under New England Yearly Meeting. It became part of New York Yearly Meeting on that body's establishment in 1746. In 1828, the Hicksite branch continued as Westbury Quarterly Meeting; the Orthodox branch changed its name to New York Quarterly Meeting in 1884. The two branches reunified, effective 1957, as New York-Westbury Quarter. In 1974 New York Monthly Meeting became New York Quarterly Meeting; in 1976 the remaining meetings of the former New York-Westbury Quarterly became Long Island Quarterly Meeting. Religious Society of Friends; in 1976 the remaining meetings of the former New York-Westbury Quarterly became Long Island Quarterly Meeting, which body continues to the present day.

Scope and Content of the Records

Records of New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting, 1759-1973. Includes men's, joint, and women's minutes, 1783-1973. Ministers and Elders' minutes 1759-1956; committee minutes 1892-1959; and miscellaneous 1921-79.

Organization of the Records

Divided into Series: Minutes: 1.1 1795-1817, 1.2 1818-48 (H), 1.3 1848-93 (H), 1.4 1894-1912 (H), 1.5 1912-21 (H), 1.6 1941-53 (H), 1.7 1954-56 (H), 1.8 1858-91 (O), 1.9 1891-1917 (O), 1.10 1917-56 (O), 1.11 1957-61, 1.12 1961-65, 1.13 1966-73, 1.14 rough 1973-75, 1.15 1828-58 (O), 1.16 1921-32 (H), 1.17 1933-40 (H), 1.18 index 1894-1912 (H), 1.19 index 1912-21 (H); Women's minutes: 2.1 1783-93, 2.2 1793-1814, 2.3 1814-49 (H), 2.4 1850-1901 (H), 2.5 draft 1895-1901 (H), 2.6 1828-65 (O), 2.7 1865-85 (O); Ministers and Elders: 3.1 1759-68 & 1828-1901 (O), 3.2 1787-1804, 3.3 1805-1828, 3.4 1828-54 (H), 3.5 1854-1901 (H), 3.6 1902-07 (H), 3.7 1907-35 (H), 3.8 1936-56 (H), 3.9 1891-1915 (O), 3.10 1916-45 (O), 3.11 1946-56 (O); Philanthropic Labor Committee (H): 4.1 1893-96, 4.2 1896-1913, 4.3 1913-1916, 4.4 treasurer's book 1928-36; Women's Foreign Missionary Society (O): 5.1 1892-1902, 5.2 1902-10, 5.3 1910-17, 5.4 1926-59; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Newsletters 1924-70, 6.3 Advancement Committee 1921-22 (H), 6.4 Cemetery Committee book of plots, A-G (O)

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Custodial History:

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit, 1997.

Other Notes

Volume 1759-68 includes New York Yearly Meeting minutes, 1760-64.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Early Meeting Names: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955). Westbury Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1828-1955). New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Westbury Quarterly Meeting (1828-1884). New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). New York Quarterly Meeting of Friends (1884-1955). New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Westbury Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1955-1957). New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Westbury Quarterly Meeting (ca. 1671-1828). New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Ministers and Elders. Topics: Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York. Subjects: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). New York Quarterly Meeting of Friends (1884-1955) New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. New York-Westbury Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1957-1976) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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Vital Records Prospect Park Cemetery Register 1988 1 box Orthodox RG2/NY/N476 6.3

Register with maps of Hicksite west side of Prospect Park Cemetery. Box includes three volumes. Volume 1: sections A, B, C; volume 2: sections D, E (duplicate book); volume 3: sections F, G. Also included, photocopies of each volume in three folders.