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Middlebury Friends Meeting

Middlebury Friends Meeting Records

1979-2023
2 boxes 1 linear feet
Call no.: MS 902 M5335

Middlebury, Vermont, was home to a Quaker worship group affiliated with Burlington Monthly Meeting from 1956 to 1962, and again beginning in 1970. This latter group led to formation of a preparative meeting in 1971 and to setting off as a monthly meeting in 1976 under the care of Northwest Quarter. Middlebury Friends Meeting has overseen the preparative meeting in South Starksboro Monthly (1982-1996) and a worship group in Rochester.

The meticulously maintained records of Middlebury Friends Meeting include a comprehensive set of minutes and extensive newsletters for the meeting beginning at the time of its establishment.

Background on Middlebury Friends Meeting

Middlebury, Vermont, was home to a Quaker worship group affiliated with Burlington Monthly Meeting from 1956 to 1962, and again beginning in 1970. This latter group led to formation of a preparative meeting in 1971 and to setting off as a monthly meeting in 1976 under the care of Northwest Quarter. Middlebury Friends Meeting has overseen the preparative meeting in South Starksboro Monthly (1982-1996) and a worship group in Rochester.

Scope of collection

The meticulously maintained records of Middlebury Friends Meeting include a comprehensive set of minutes and extensive newsletters for the meeting beginning at the time of its establishment.

Inventory

Minutes
1970-2002
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1970-1976 June
Box 1: 1
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1976 July-1980
Box 1: 2
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1981-1982
Box 1: 3
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1983-1984
Box 1: 4
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes (no meeting in Aug. 1986)
1985-1986
Box 1: 5
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1987-1988
Box 1: 6
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1989-1990
Box 1: 7
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1991-1992
Box 1: 8
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1993-1995 May
Box 1: 9
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1995 June-1996 June
Box 1: 10
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1996 July-1997 June
Box 1: 11
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
1997 July-1999 June
Box 1: 12
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes (lacking Dec. 2000)
2000
Box 1: 13
Middlebury Monthly: Minutes
2002 Feb.-June
Box 1: 14
Newsletters and publications
1978-2010
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters
1978-1981
Box 2: 1
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters
1984-1985, 1988-1989
Box 2: 2
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters
1995-1997
Box 2: 3
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters
1999-2003
Box 2: 4
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters
2004-2006
Box 2: 5
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters (lacking Sept. and Oct. 2007)
2007-2009
Box 2: 6
Middlebury Monthly: Newsletters
2010
Box 2: 7
Miscellaneous
1991-1995
Middlebury Monthly: Miscellaneous material
1991-1995
Box 1: 15

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

Middlebury Friends Meeting website (accessed Nov. 2018).

Processing Information

Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.

Language:

English

Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: Middlebury Friends Meeting Records (MS 902 M5335). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

Search terms

Subjects

  • Middlebury (Vt.)–Religious life and customs
  • Quakers–Vermont
  • Society of Friends–Vermont

Names

  • New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

Genre terms

  • Minutes (Administrative records)
  • Newsletters

Link to similar SCUA collections

Gift of New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, April 2017

Subjects

Middlebury (Vt.)--Religious life and customsQuakers--VermontSociety of Friends--Vermont

Contributors

New England Yearly Meeting of Friends

Types of material

Minutes (Administrative records)Newsletters