In 1957, a group of Quakers in Rindge, New Hampshire, established an independent worship group affiliated with the Connecticut Valley Quarter which became the Monadnock Quaker Meeting in the following year. From 1957 to 2011, members of the meeting supported the Meeting School in Rindge, a co-educational boarding school run on Quaker principles.
The records of Monadnock Quaker meeting offer a perspective on the growth of the Society of Friends in southern New Hampshire over more than half a century. As kept by the meeting clerks, the records for the early 1980s include a jumble of newsletters, notes, drafts, and minutes of meetings which appear to be nearly complete.
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
In 1957, a group of Quakers in Rindge, New Hampshire, established an independent worship group affiliated with the Connecticut Valley Quarter which became the Monadnock Quaker Meeting in the following year. From 1957 to 2011, members of the meeting supported the Meeting School in Rindge, a co-educational boarding school run on Quaker principles.
Care of Monadnock Meeting was transferred from Connecticut Valley to Northwest Quarter in 1973. The meeting has in turn supported worship groups in Keene (1978-1980), Nelson (1987-?), and Wilton, N.H. (1987, now Souhegan Preparative Meeting). The meeting currently meets in Jaffrey, N.H.
Scope of collection
The records of Monadnock Quaker meeting offer a perspective on the growth of the Society of Friends in southern New Hampshire over more than half a century. As kept by the meeting clerks, the records for the early 1980s include a jumble of newsletters, notes, drafts, and minutes of meetings which appear to be nearly complete. The collection also includes a couple of issues of the newsletter from the Meeting School.
Inventory
Minutes
1957-2012
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Minutes
1957 Aug. 18-1978 July 16
Bound vol.
09:B3
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Minutes
1978 Aug.-1988
Box 1: 1
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Minutes
1989-1995
Box 1: 2
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Minutes
1996-2001
Box 1: 3
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Minutes
2002-2004 Apr.
Box 1: 4
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Minutes
2004-2012
Box 3: 1
Correspondence and reports
1989-1998
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: rough notes on 1998
1998
Box 1: 5
Closed until 2028
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: traveling minutes for Virginia Towle to visit Kenya
1989 July
Box 3: 7
Meeting School newsletter
1961-1991
Box 3: 9
Meeting School newsletter
1987-1988
Box 3: 8
Newsletters and publications
1983-2010
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Newsletters, minutes, and miscellaneous (sporadic)
1983-1984
Box 2: 1
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Newsletters, minutes, and miscellaneous
1985-1987
Box 2: 2
Monadnock Quaker Meeting: Newsletters, minutes, and miscellaneous
