Acton Monthly Meeting of Friends Records
Acton Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends began in 1956 as a worship group under care of Cambridge Monthly. By 1965, Acton was set off as a monthly meeting of its own, part of Salem Quarterly.
The records of Acton Monthly Meeting include a nearly complete set of minutes from its days as a worship group through its formal establishment as a monthly meeting to the present, along with less complete material on membership and finances. The minutes are somewhat sporadic in the early years, but have been regularly maintained since 1965.
Background on Acton Monthly Meeting
Acton Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends began in 1956 as a worship group under care of Cambridge Monthly. By 1965, Acton was set off as a monthly meeting of its own, part of Salem Quarterly.
Currently, the meeting gathers in Friends’ homes and meets occasionally for business in the Acton area. They meet in conjunction with the Nashoba Worship Group.
Scope of collection
The records of Acton Monthly Meeting include a nearly complete set of minutes from its days as a worship group through its formal establishment as a monthly meeting to the present, along with less complete material on membership and finances. The minutes are somewhat sporadic in the early years, but have been regularly maintained since 1965.
Inventory
Sporadic run: 1954 Dec.-1955 Jan.; 1955 Dec.; 1963 July-1965 Dec.
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
Acton Monthly Meeting information (accessed Nov. 2018).
Processing Information
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.
Language:
English
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: Acton Monthly Meeting of Friends Records (MS 902 a286). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- Acton (Mass.)–History
- Quakers–Massachusetts
- Society of Friends–Massachusetts
Names
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Genre terms
- Minutes (Administrative records)
- Newsletters