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Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends

Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends Records

ca. 1960s-2010s
3 boxes 1.25 linear feet
Call no.: MS 902 L583

The Quaker Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting began as a worship group in Watertown, Conn., that met under the care of Hartford Monthly Meeting from 1969 to 1974. Set off as a monthly meeting in 1975, the name was changed to Litchfield Hills in 1980. The meeting has been part of Connecticut Valley Quarter since its establishment.

The documentation of the Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting consists of an incomplete run of meeting minutes from 1979-1984, a state of the society report from 1980, and assorted subject files.

Background on Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends

The Quaker Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting began as a worship group that met in Watertown, Conn., from 1969 to 1974 under the care of Hartford Monthly Meeting. Set off as a monthly meeting in 1975, the name was changed to Litchfield Hills in 1980. The meeting has been part of Connecticut Valley Quarter since its establishment.

Scope of collection

The documentation of the Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting consists of an incomplete run of meeting minutes from 1979-1984, a state of the society report from 1980, and assorted subject files.

Inventory

Minutes
1979-1984
Litchfield Hills Monthly: Minutes
1979-1984
11:C2
Correspondence and reports
1979-11984
Litchfield Hills Monthly: Membership list
1990
11:C2
Litchfield Hills Monthly: State of Society report
1980
11:C2
Litchfield Hills Monthly: State of society reports
1989, 1991, 1991
11:C2

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, October 2018.

Language:

English

Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: Litchfield Hills Monthly Meeting of Friends Records (MS 902 L583). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

Search terms

Subjects

  • Litchfield (Conn.)–Religious life and customs
  • Quakers–Connecticut
  • Society of Friends–Connecticut

Names

  • New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

Link to similar SCUA collections

Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016. Accretion gift of Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting, 2025.

Subjects

Litchfield (Conn.)--Religious life and customsQuakers--ConnecticutSociety of Friends--Connecticut

Contributors

New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

Types of material

Minutes (Administrative records)