Midcoast Friends Meeting Records
Founded in coastal Camden, Maine, the Midcoast Friends Meeting began as an independent worship group in 1962 and was set off as Camden Monthly Meeting in 1964. After the meeting moved to Damariscotta, it changed name in 1972 to Midcoast Friends Meeting.
The records of Midcoast Monthly Meeting (formerly Camden Monthly) are comprised of a nearly unbroken run of minutes from 1964 to 2009, lacking only 2002.
Background on Midcoast Friends Meeting
Founded in coastal Camden, Maine, the Midcoast Friends Meeting began as an independent worship group in 1962 and was set off as Camden Monthly Meeting in 1964. After the meeting moved to Damariscotta, it changed name in 1972 to Midcoast Friends Meeting.
As part of Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting from its inception, Midcoast has cared for worship grounds in Camden (1972-1978, Megunticook since 1985), Damariscotta (1969-1977), Orland (1972-1979), and at the prison in Thomaston (1996-present). Orland was set off as Narramissic Valley Monthly Meeting in 1979.
Scope of collection
The records of Midcoast Monthly Meeting (formerly Camden Monthly) are comprised of a nearly unbroken run of minutes from 1964 to 2020 and newsletters.
Inventory
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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
Midcoast Friends Meeting website (accessed Nov. 2018).
Processing Information
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.
Language:
English
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: Midcoast Friends Meeting Records (MS 902 M533). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- Camden (Me.)–Religious life and customs
- Quakers–Maine
- Society of Friends–Maine
Names
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Genre terms
- Minutes (Administrative records)