Quaker Records

Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association. Regional group of Friends in 1956, organized 1959 as Southern Appalachian Association of Friends (SAAF). Became a yearly Meeting, SAYMA, in 1970.
Includes meetings in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Minutes
1960-2018

Ministry & Counsel
SAYF Steering & Nurturing committee minutes (2012-2019)

Additional Papers
Newsletter Southern Appalachian Friend (various, 1996-1998, 11/2000-1/2017), Young Friends minutes and epistles/worship journals (2001-4/2022), committees and papers (1964-1997)

Minutes
Select minutes and newsletters, 12/1967, 1972-1976, 1982-1996, 1998-1999, 6/2000, 8/2004, 10/2004

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Membership directories (1979, ca, 1985-1995); Drafts and correspondence for SAYMA Faith and Practice

State
NC

Minutes
6/1985-5/1987, 1992-1999 (in newsletters)

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Driectories (1984, 1986); Listening Project (ca. 1993-1996); State of Meeting Reports (1982-1988); Newsletter (6/1985-5/1987, 1992-1999).

State
GA

Minutes
12/1993-4/1994, 6/1994, 9/1994-10/1994, 2/1995 -3/1995

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
NULL

State
GA

Minutes
6/1985, 8/1985, 11/1985, 1/1986, 3/1986-7/1986, 10/1986-5/1987, 10/1992, 9/1994-4/1995, 2/2000-5/2002

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Calenders (8/1985-1/1986, 3/1986-7/1987); Newsletters (11/1992, 10/1994-5/1995); Newsletter Supplement (10/1994)

Minutes
NULL

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
NULL

State
KY

Minutes
7/1985-1998 (with gaps), 1999-2002, newsletters with minutes 2003-2010
Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Select newsletters (1992-2010)

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Subordinates
Royal Worship Group

State
AL

Minutes
11/1992-1/1993, 5/1993, 2/2000-7/2006 (with gaps), 11/2008-3/2014

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
Membership list, 2010

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
State of the Meeting Report (5/1994); Royal Worship Group State of the Meeting report (6/1994).

Description
Worship group 1985 under Celo MM. MM in late 1992. Laid down by SAYMA June 2018.

State
NC

Minutes
10/1992-12/1995 (with gaps)

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
Active members and attenders list in 1/1994 minutes

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
NULL

State
NC

Minutes
Prep. mtg. 9/1986, 1/1987-6/1987, MM 9/1993-12/1999 (with gaps), 2/2000-7/2006 (bimonthly), 11/2006-9/2008, 11/2008-9/2009, 1/2010-3/2014

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Newsletters 11/2008-9/2009

State
NC

Minutes
6/1949-4/1957, 5/1963-7/1969, 5/1970-12/2002, 3/2003, 6/2003-11/2004, 2005-2009, 3/2010-6/2018

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
Deaths, transfers, terminations (ca. 1960s-1990s); membership list (4/1984)

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Newsletters with minutes (9/1985-5/1987)

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Withdrew from SAYMA Jan. 2023.

State
WV

Minutes
8/1985-10/1986, 12/1992-6/1995, 3/1996-12/1997, 1998-2022

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Newsletters with minutes 11/1986-6/1987

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

State
TN

Minutes
Newsletters with minutes, 9-1985-5/1987 (with gaps), 4/1994-6/1995 (with gaps), 1/1996, 10/1996-6/2004

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Newsletter, "The Friendly Voice" (10/1985-6/2004)

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Initial YM
SAYMA

No minutes or records at Guilford College.

Initial YM
SAYMA

No minutes or records at Guilford College.

State
SC

Minutes
12/1984-4/1985, 5/1986, 1-3/1987, 8/1989, 10/1989-6/1990, 8/1990-10/1990, 12/1990-6/1991, 8/1991-10/1992; newsletters with minutes 1992-2022

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
Newsletters 7/1985-7/1993 (with gaps), 9/1993-present; Directory 9/2003.

Notes
Newsletters did not begin carrying full or official minutes of the monthly meeting until Feb. 1990 issue. Spotty coverage (typically "notes") before this. Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Initial YM
SAYMA

State
TN

No minutes or records at Guilford College.

State
TN

Minutes
5/1985-5/1987, 1/1993-2/1995 with gaps

Membership Records
1980-2017

Ministry & Oversight
1988-1990

Additional Papers
Papers (1980-1993), Finance (1982-1992), Guest Book (11/1995-3/2012), Central America Project (1993-1999), Community Friends School (1983-1995), Peace Work (1981-1989), Memorials (1991-1998), Marriages (1983-1985), Memorial Committee (End-of-Life Care, ca. 1977-1993), Directory (1972, with minutes)

Description
Tri-Cities preparative meeting through August 1997. Foxfire MM from September 1997.

State
TN

Minutes
Prep. Mtg. 7/1993-3/1994, 5/1994-3/1995, 1/1996, 7/1996-3/1997, 5/1997-8/1997; MM 11/1997- 1/1998-4/1999, 7/1999-3/2000, 5/2000-11/2000, 1-5/2001, 8/2001-10/2002, 3/2004-5/2006, 7/2006-2/2007

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
NULL

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Founded 1991.

State
SC

Initial YM
SAYMA

Other Affiliations
Palmetto Friends Gathering

Minutes
Preparatory meeting, 5/1991-4/1992; MM 5/1992-3/1994, 8/1994, 11-12/1994

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

State
AL

Minutes
4/1985, 8/1985-5/1987

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
NULL

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

State
TN

Minutes
9/1985-6/1986, 8/1986-5/1990, 7/1990, 9-12/1990, 2-3/1991, 5-9/1991, 11/1991-2/1993, 4/1993, 6/1993-12/1994, 3/1995, 8-9/1995, 11/1995-5/1999, 7/1999-3/2000, 5/2000-7/2000, 9/2000-1/2001, 4-6/2001, 8/2001-12/2002, 2003-2005, 2007-2021

Membership Records
none

Ministry & Counsel
none

Additional Papers
Newsletters (11/2002-12/2007)

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Description
Occasional worship since ca. 1926, worship group in 1941. Independent MM 1963.

State
TN

Minutes
6/1985, 9-11/1985, 1, 3-4/1986, 6-10/1986, 1/1987, 4-6/1987, 6-7/1993, 11/1993-8/1994, 12/1994, 2-4/1995, 6-7/1995, 10/1995-4/1996, 6-1996-6/1997, 9-11/1997, 1/1998, 3-4/1998

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
State of the Meeting reports with minutes, directories (1982-1984) filed with minutes

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

State
MS

Minutes
7/2002-2008 (with gaps), 2010-2012 (with gaps)

Women's Minutes
NULL

Membership Records
Membership letters (2002-2005) filed with minutes

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
State of the Meeting reports with minutes

Description
Started as a worship group 1994. MM 1996. Withdrew from SAYMA Jan. 2022.

State
NC

Minutes
9/1996-7/2001, 11/2001, 2/2002, 4/2002-10/2003, 12/2003, 2005-6/2022

Membership Records
Lists and Records (ca. 1998-2006), Lists and directories (2012-2022)

Ministry & Counsel
7/2012-6/2022

Additional Papers
Officers and Committees (1999-2003, 2005); State of the Meeting reports (1996-2005, 2010-2015, 2019); History of Meeting (ca. late 1990s); Newsletter (select, 1998-2004); Committee files (2003, 2005-2006, 7/2012-6/2021); Retreats (2012, 2019-2020); Women's group (2019-2021)

Notes
Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College

Description
Started ca. 1950s.

State
TN

Minutes
6-10/1985, 12/1985-6/1986, 8/1986-5/1987, 2-5/1996, 7/1996, 9/1996, 11/1996, 1-7/1997, 9/1997-2/1998, 5-12/1998, 2/1999-6/1999, 9/1999-8/2000, 12/2000-7/2001, 10/2001, 12/2001-1/2002, 3-6/2002, 11/2002-5/2003, 8-10/2003, 1/,2004, 4/2004, 9-10/2004, 8-12/2011, 2012-2021

Membership Records
NULL

Ministry & Counsel
NULL

Additional Papers
History (ca. 1970); Newsletter (10/2003, 1/2004, 4/2004, 9-10/2004)

Notes
Minutes begin appearing in newsletter, 10/2003. Joint archives with Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.