%eadnotat; ]> 4013byli An Inventory of the Byberry Library Company Records, 1794-1922 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Byberry Library Company Records, 1794-1922 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2000 Descriptive Summary Records, 1794-1922 RG 4/013 Byberry Library Company 2 boxes; 1 linear foot Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Byberry Library Company was founded in 1794 and incorporated in 1799. Located in the Byberry section of Philadelphia, Pa., the Library was generally under Quaker management. The collection includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Byberry Library was established on December 29, 1794, and incorporated in 1799. It opened with 63 volumes in the house of a member. In 1798, the library was moved to the Byberry Friends School House. When the School House was rebuilt in 1823, the books were temporarily removed, but replaced in the school the following year. Although the stockholders were not exclusively Friends, the Library was generally under Quaker management.

According to a pamphlet prepared for the 150th anniversary of Byberry Meeting House, the Library was still in operation in 1958.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This collection contains the records of the Byberry Library Company, 1794-1922. It includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.

The collection is organized into 5 series. The series are:

Minutes of the Committee of Directors Constitution, By-Laws, Catalogues Circulation Records Financial Records Property Records

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Byberry Monthly Meeting

Date: 5/1991

 Provenance

Deposited by Byberry Monthly Meeting

 Access

The collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Byberry Library Company Records, RG 4/013, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 Processing information

Removed from Byberry Monthly Meeting Records in 1991, catalogued separately and stored in Record Group 4.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Byberry Library Company Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County Quakers -- Charities -- Records Bucks County -- (Pa.) -- Libraries Bucks County (Pa.) -- Quakers -- Charities Charities -- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania -- Quakers DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1 Minutes of the Committee of Directors Minutes 1795-1830 1 Minutes 1795-1802, 1802-15, 1815-23 1

Rough, bound together in one book

 Minutes 1830-1865 1 Minutes 1865-1877 1 Minutes 1877-1888 1

Includes Minutes of the Annual Elections, 1871-1887

 Ser. 2 Constitution, By-Laws, and Catalogue Constitution, By-Laws, and Catalogue 1794 1

Includes Constitution, By-Laws, and signatories but no catalogue: also includes Minutes of the Annual Elections, 1799-1870

 Constitution 1799 OE

Ms. of constitution and incorporation; no catalogue listing or membership

 Constitution 1800 1

Includes added ms. entries, 1806-15 and list of members, 1815

 Constitution 1840 1 Constitution (2) 1870 1 Numerical catalogue of Books n.d. 1 Record of Damages 1798-1804 1 Ser. 3 Circulation Records Charge-out book 1795-1799 1

Indexed

 Charge-out book 1851-1876 2

Indexed

 Ser. 4 Financial Records Treasurer's Accounts 1794-1838 2 Treasurer's Accounts 1838-1875 2

Includes printed list of members and catalogue, 1849

 Treasurer's Book 1875-1916 2

Includes receipts which were inserted into the book

 Bill and Receipts 1903-1922 2

Includes some receipts which may pertain to Byberry PM

 Ser. 5 Property Records Property records1899-19052