Concord Female Charitable Society Records, 1811-2020

Title:

Concord Female Charitable Society Records, 1811-2020

Creator:

Concord Female Charitable Society

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

1996.048

Object ID:

1996.048

Date:

1811-2020

Physical Description:

12 boxes and 6 oversized volumes ; 4.63 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Concord Female Charitable Society Records collection contains constitutions, annual reports and meeting minutes, membership lists, and financial records for the organization. These records cover the period from 1811-2020. Among the records are a Sunday School Music book dated 1830, Sunday school tracts, temperance and anti-tobacco flyers, discourses delivered by Henry Elijah Parker in 1858 and by Reverend Nathaniel Bouton in 1862 (on the 50th anniversary of the Concord Female Charitable Society), and an article by Henry McFarland from the 1900 edition of the Constitution. The collection has been built from various donations. Restrictions on recent records are described in the finding aid. The collection is divided into four series: early loose records; printed constitutions; annual reports and minutes; and administrative records, which includes materials related to membership lists and dues paid, and treasurer’s and tax records.

Subjects:

Business records , Charities , Church , Meetings , Sunday school music , Temperance , Tobacco , Women , Women--Societies and clubs

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Bouton, Nathaniel, Rev., 1799-1878 , McFarland, Henry , Parker, Henry Elijah, 1821-1896

Organizations:

Concord Female Charitable Society
North Church (Concord, N.H.)

Credit Line:

Gift of the Concord Female Charitable Society.
Gift of Mary Stearns.
Gift of the Kimball-Jenkins estate.
Gift of the Grace Foster estate.
Gift of Eleanor Provencher.

Restrictions:

Some recent records are restricted.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS24876_Concord_ Female_Charitable_ Society_Records_1996.048.pdf