Weare Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records
1989-2018
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
Call no.: MS 902 W437
Quaker worship in Weare, New Hampshire, began in 1769, and by 1785, it was set off from Seabrook Monthly Meeting as a monthly meeting. Initially a part of Salem Quarter, Weare was transferred to Dover Quarter in 1958.
The records of Weare Monthly Meeting include minutes and newsletters from 2010-2018 (including reports on the ministry in Kenya), and a scattering of earlier state of the society reports. Older records of Weare were still held at the Meeting as of 1997.
Background on Weare Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
Quaker worship in Weare, New Hampshire, began in 1769, and by 1785, it was set off from Seabrook Monthly Meeting as a monthly meeting. Initially a part of Salem Quarter, Weare was transferred to Dover Quarter in 1958. It has served as a parent for a number of worship groups and preparative meetings, including Concord, which was set off as a monthly meeting in 1967.
Constituent meetings, Weare Meeting (as of 1997)
Acworth and Unity Worship Group (1813-1822)
Clinton Grove Worship Group (before 1897-ca.1907)
Concord Worship Group (1805-1940)
Concord Preparative (1953-1967)
Henniker Preparative (1797-ca.1940)
Henniker Worship Group (1976-1982)
North Weare Preparative(1795-ca.1940)
Pittsfield Worship Group (1976-?)
Souhegan Worship Group (1979-1986)
South Weare Preparative (1795-1893)
South Weare Worship Group (1893-ca.1910)
Unity Preparative (1822-1855)
Unity Worship Group (1855-1886)
Annual Preparative (1886-1984)
Annual Worship Group (1984-1990)
Scope of collection
The records of Weare Monthly Meeting include minutes and newsletters from 2010-2018 (including reports on the ministry in Kenya), and a scattering of earlier state of the society reports. Older records of Weare were still held at the Meeting as of 1997.
Inventory
Weare Monthly Meeting
1989-2018
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2010
Box 1: 1
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2011
Box 1: 2
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2012
Box 1: 3
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2013
Box 1: 4
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2014
Box 1: 5
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2015
Box 1: 6
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2016
Box 1: 7
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2017
Box 1: 8
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2018
Box 1: 9
Weare Monthly Meeting: Report on ministry in Kenya
2009
Box 1: 10
Weare Monthly Meeting: State of the Society reports
1989-1994
Box 1: 11
Weare Monthly Meeting: Minutes
2010-2018
Box 1: 12
Administrative information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.
Cite as: Weare Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records (MS 902 W437). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
Henniker (N.H.)--Religious life and customs
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers--New Hampshire
Society of Friends--New Hampshire
Contributors
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