Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records

1914-2007
1 vol., 4 boxes (1.75 linear foot)
Call no.: MS 902 V3778
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Serving as a Quaker quarterly meeting for central Maine, Vassalboro Quarterly was set off from Falmouth Quarter in 1813. Over the years, it has coordinated nearly two dozen monthly meetings extending as far north and east as Cobscook. Farmington Quarter was set off from it in 1841, but returned in 1952.



The records for Vassalboro Quarterly are substantially incomplete, but document the Quaker meeting from the 1970s through 2000s. Among other records are a highly incomplete set of minutes (and "records," which are the materials distributed during meetings); a more complete, but still partial run of newsletters; and the records of Ministry and Counsel from the mid-1990s through mid-2000s.

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Background on Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting


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

Serving as a Quaker quarterly meeting for central Maine, Vassalboro Quarterly was set off from Falmouth Quarter in 1813. Over the years, it has coordinated nearly two dozen monthly meetings extending as far north and east as Cobscook. Farmington Quarter was set off from it in 1841, but returned in 1952. It currently oversees worship groups at Islesboro, Megunticook (in Rockport, summer only), Schoodic (in Winter Harbor), and Swans Island (summer only)

Monthly Meetings within Vassalboro Quarter
  • Acadia Monthly (1978- )
  • Belfast Monthly (1987- )
  • Camden Monthly (1964-1972): became Midcoast Monthly
  • China Monthly (1825- )
  • Cobscook Monthly (1978- )
  • East Vassalboro Monthly (1990-1992): became Vassalboro Monthly
  • Eggemoggin Reach Monthly (1986- )
  • Farmington Monthly (1991- )
  • Harlem Monthly (1813-1825): became China Monthly
  • Leeds Monthly (1813-1841)
  • Maple Grove Monthly (1890-1963)
  • Midcoast Monthly (1972- )
  • Narramissic Valley Monthly (1979- )
  • North Fairfield Monthly (1952- )
  • Oak Grove Monthly (1922-1987)
  • Orono Monthly (1973- )
  • Pondtown Monthly (1983- )
  • Saint Albans Monthly (1840-1841)
  • Sidney Monthly (1813-1841)
  • Unity Monthly (1837-1838)
  • Vassalboro Monthly (1813- ): called East Vassalboro Monthly (1989-1992)
  • Winthrop Monthly (1952- )

Scope of collection

The records for Vassalboro Quarterly are substantially incomplete, but document the Quaker meeting from the 1970s through 2000s. Among other records are a highly incomplete set of minutes (and "records," which are the materials distributed during meetings); a more complete, but still partial run of newsletters; and the records of Ministry and Counsel from the mid-1990s through mid-2000s.

Inventory

Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends): Minutes
1971-2004
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1971 Sept.-1974
Box 3: 1
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1975-1978
Box 3: 1
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1976
Box 1: 1
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1979-1981
Box 3: 3
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1982-1984
Box 3: 4
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1985-1987
Box 3: 5
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1988
Box 3: 6
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1989
Box 3: 7
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1989
Box 1: 2
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1990
Box 3: 8
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1991
Box 3: 9
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1992
Box 3: 10
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1993
Box 3: 11
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1990-1993
Box 1: 3
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1994
Box 4: 1
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes [includes some correspondence, memos, etc.]
1995
Box 4: 2
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1998
Box 1: 4
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
2000-2004
Box 1: 5
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
2006
Box 1: 6
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Records
1995
Box 1: 17
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Records
1996
Box 1: 18
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Records
1997-1998
Box 1: 19
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Records
2003-2004
Box 1: 20
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: State of the Society reports [incomplete]
1971-1994
Box 1: 21
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends): Ministry and Worship
1993-2007
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Ministry and Counsel (rough notes)
1993-1995
Box 1: 12
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Ministry and Counsel
1995-2000
Box 1: 13
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Ministry and Counsel
2002-2003
Box 1: 14
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Ministry and Counsel
2004-2005
Box 1: 15
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Ministry and Counsel
2006-2007
Box 1: 16
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Intergenerational Religious Education
1989-1994
Box 1: 9
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends): Financial records
1925-1987
Vassalboro Quarterly: Treasurer
1925-1987
Bound vol.
09:E2
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Financial
1983-1986
Box 1: 8
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends): Newsletters
1972-2005
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
1972-1976
Box 2: 1
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
1977-1985
Box 2: 2
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
1986-1987
Box 2: 3
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
1989-1992
Box 2: 4
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
1993-1994
Box 2: 5
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
1997
Box 2: 6
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Newsletters
2004-2005
Box 2: 7
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends): Other records
1914-2005
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Correspondence
1990-2003
Box 1: 7
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Friends China Missionary Memorial
2004
Box 4: 3
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Membership statistics
1954-1962
Box 1: 10
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Memorials
1985-1987
Box 1: 11
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Records of the Society of Friends at Vassalboro, Maine [photocopied from the New England Genealogical and Historical Records]
1914-1915
Box 4: 4
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Vassalboro Friends Meeting Quaker Burial Ground [inventory]
2005
Box 4: 5

Administrative information

Access

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.

Related Material

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

Current contact for the meeting

Website

Processing Information

Processed by Nora D. Charles, Feb. 2020.

Language:

English

Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records (MS 902 V3778). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

Search terms

Subjects

  • Maine--Religious life and customs
  • New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
  • Quakers--Maine
  • Society of Friends--Maine

Contributors

  • Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) [main entry]

Genres and formats

  • Minutes (Administrative records)
  • Newsletters

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