Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Records
1914-2007
1 vol., 4 boxes (1.75 linear foot)
Call no.: MS 902 V3778
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.
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
Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting: Records of the Society of Friends
at Vassalboro, Maine [photocopied from the New England Genealogical and
Historical Records]
Cite as: Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (Society of
Friends) Records (MS 902 V3778). Special Collections and University Archives,
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Subjects
Maine--Religious life and
customs
New England Yearly Meeting of
Friends
Quakers--Maine
Society of Friends--Maine
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