Founded in coastal Camden, Maine, the Midcoast Friends Meeting began as an independent worship group in 1962 and was set off as Camden Monthly Meeting in 1964. After the meeting moved to Damariscotta, it changed name in 1972 to Midcoast Friends Meeting.
The records of Midcoast Monthly Meeting (formerly Camden Monthly) are comprised of a nearly unbroken run of minutes from 1964to 2009, lacking only 2002.
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
Founded in coastal Camden, Maine, the Midcoast Friends Meeting began as an independent worship group in 1962 and was set off as Camden Monthly Meeting in 1964. After the meeting moved to Damariscotta, it changed name in 1972 to Midcoast Friends Meeting.
As part of Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting from its inception, Midcoast has cared for worship grounds in Camden (1972-1978, Megunticook since 1985), Damariscotta (1969-1977), Orland (1972-1979), and at the prison in Thomaston (1996-present). Orland was set off as Narramissic Valley Monthly Meeting in 1979.
Scope of collection
The records of Midcoast Monthly Meeting (formerly Camden Monthly) are comprised of a nearly unbroken run of minutes from 1964to 2009, lacking only 2002.
Inventory
Minutes
1964-2009
Midcoast Monthly
1964-1971
Box 1: 1 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1972-1977
Box 1: 2 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1978-1980
Box 1: 3 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1981-1984
Box 1: 4 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1985-1987
Box 1: 5 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1988-1990
Box 1: 6 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1991-1993
Box 1: 7 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1994
Box 1: 8 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1995-1996
Box 1: 9 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1997
Box 1: 10 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1998
Box 1: 11 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
1999
Box 1: 12 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
2000
Box 2: 1 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
2001
Box 2: 2 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
2003
Box 2: 3 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
2004-2006
Box 2: 4 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
2007-2008
Box 2: 5 (11:C4)
Midcoast Monthly
2009
Box 2: 6 (11:C4)
Camden-Mid-Coast Monthly: Minutes
1974-1983
Bound vol.
09:A3
Administrative information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.
