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.
