Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends Records

ca. 1960-2019
3 boxes (1.25 linear foot)
Call no.: MS 902 L583
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The Quaker Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting began as a worship group in Watertown, Conn., that met under the care of Hartford Monthly Meeting from 1969 to 1974. Set off as a monthly meeting in 1975, the name was changed to Litchfield Hills in 1980. The meeting has been part of Connecticut Valley Quarter since its establishment.



The documentation of the Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting consists of an incomplete run of meeting minutes from 1979-1984, a state of the society report from 1980, and assorted subject files.

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Background on Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends


An image of: Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930.Photo by Alton H. Blackington

Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930.

Photo by Alton H. Blackington

The Quaker Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting began as a worship group that met in Watertown, Conn., from 1969 to 1974 under the care of Hartford Monthly Meeting. Set off as a monthly meeting in 1975, the name was changed to Litchfield Hills in 1980. The meeting has been part of Connecticut Valley Quarter since its establishment.

Scope of collection

The documentation of the Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting consists of an incomplete run of meeting minutes from 1979-1984, a state of the society report from 1980, and assorted subject files.

Inventory

Minutes
1979-1984
Litchfield Hills Monthly: Minutes
1979-1984
11:C2
Correspondence and reports
ca. 1960s-2010s
Litchfield Hills Monthly: Membership list
1990
Box 1
Litchfield Hills Monthly: State of Society report
1980
Box 1
Litchfield Hills Monthly: State of society reports
1989, 1991, 1991
Box 1
Litchfield Hills Monthly: Subject files
1960s-2010s
Box 2-3

Miscellaneous subject files transferred to the Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting after the Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting was discontinued on February 2. 2025. Includes: clippings, budgets, committee minutes, and correspondence.

Administrative information

Access

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016. Accretion gift of Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting, 2025.

Related Material

This collection is part of the New England Yearly Meeting Records.

Processing Information

Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.

Language:

English

Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends Records (MS 902 L583). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

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Subjects

  • Litchfield (Conn.)--Religious life and customs
  • New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
  • Quakers--Connecticut
  • Society of Friends--Connecticut

Contributors

  • Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends [main entry]

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