Quaker meeting records collection
Collection
Identifier: L467
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises record books created by Webster Parry with information gathered from various Society of Friends monthly meetings, in Indiana and Miami, Ohio. ranging from 1880 to 1928. The information includes births, marriages, and deaths, beginning in 1708 and continuing through 1928.
Dates
- 1880-1928
Creator
- Parry, Webster (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Webster Parry (1848-1936) from Richmond, Indiana, compiled these records from monthly meetings held by Quakers. Parry was a Quaker businessman and accountant, who was also a genealogist of Quaker families.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Webster Parry on 1928/04/16.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitized materials (Box 1, Folder 6) from the collection are available online in the FamilySearch Digital Archives at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372515?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2004/09/07 by Elizabeth M. Wilkinson. Finding aid created 2015/12/17 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield. EAD finding aid revised 2024/03/15 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Parry, Webster (Person)
- Title
- Quaker meeting records collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
