North Fairfield Monthly Meeting of Friends Records
Quaker worship began in Fairfield, Maine, in 1784, under the care of Falmouth Quarterly Meeting, resulting in creation of a preparative meeting in 1803 under aegis of Sidney Monthly. Fairfield Monthly Meeting was set off in 1911, changing its name to North Fairfield in about 1935.
Documentation of North Fairfield Monthly Meeting is quite scant, consisting only of an incomplete set of newsletters and meeting calendars, 1979-1994, and some extracts from meeting minutes, including two referring to acceptance of same sex marriage. The early minutes of the meeting are apparently lost.
Background on North Fairfield Monthly Meeting of Friends
Quaker worship began in Fairfield, Maine, in 1784, under the care of Falmouth Quarterly Meeting, resulting in creation of a preparative meeting in 1803 under aegis of Sidney Monthly. Fairfield Monthly Meeting was set off in 1911, changing its name to North Fairfield in about 1935. It admitted members of Saint Albans Monthly Meeting, when that meeting was laid down in 1928.
North Fairfield Monthly has been part of Vassalboro Quarter since 1952.
Scope of collection
Documentation of North Fairfield Monthly Meeting is quite scant, consisting only of an incomplete set of newsletters and meeting calendars, 1979-1994, and some extracts from meeting minutes, including two referring to acceptance of same sex marriage. The early minutes of the meeting are apparently lost.
Inventory
Includes a letter concerning unity of New England Yearly meeting and same sex marriage, 1987; Minute on the recording of ministers, 1993; Minute approving same sex marriage, 1993
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.
Processing Information
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, November 2018.
Language:
English
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: North Fairfield Monthly Meeting of Friends Records (MS 902 N435). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- North Fairfield (Me.)–Religious life and customs
- Quakers–Maine
- Society of Friends–Maine
Names
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Genre terms
- Newsletters
Link to similar SCUA collections
Background on North Fairfield Monthly Meeting of Friends
Quaker worship began in Fairfield, Maine, in 1784, under the care of Falmouth Quarterly Meeting, resulting in creation of a preparative meeting in 1803 under aegis of Sidney Monthly. Fairfield Monthly Meeting was set off in 1911, changing its name to North Fairfield in about 1935. It admitted members of Saint Albans Monthly Meeting, when that meeting was laid down in 1928.
North Fairfield Monthly has been part of Vassalboro Quarter since 1952.
Scope of collection
Documentation of North Fairfield Monthly Meeting is quite scant, consisting only of an incomplete set of newsletters and meeting calendars, 1979-1994, and some extracts from meeting minutes, including two referring to acceptance of same sex marriage. The early minutes of the meeting are apparently lost.
Inventory
Includes a letter concerning unity of New England Yearly meeting and same sex marriage, 1987; Minute on the recording of ministers, 1993; Minute approving same sex marriage, 1993
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.
Processing Information
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, November 2018.
Language:
English
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: North Fairfield Monthly Meeting of Friends Records (MS 902 N435). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- North Fairfield (Me.)–Religious life and customs
- Quakers–Maine
- Society of Friends–Maine
Names
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Genre terms
- Newsletters