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Earlham College

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edith Meredith Koontz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-69
Scope and Contents

The Koontz Papers includes correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous documents, and diaries of Koontz and her father, Isaac H. Meredith.

Dates: 1885-1975

Eli and Mahalah Jay Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-13
Scope and Contents

The Eli and Mahalah Jay collection contains material regarding their lives and families from roughly the 1840s to the early 1900s. The major strength of the collection is its correspondence section including Jay family correspondence, Ballard correspondence, and Mahalah Jay's Missionary correspondence. The collection also includes journals, addresses, compositions, and essays that express the Jays opinions on many topics. This is a rich collection for nineteenth century Quakerism.

Dates: 1840-1910

Geraldine Cox Leatherock Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-174
Abstract

The collection consists of material relating to the life of Garaldine Cox Leatherock (1901-1989), Earlham College class of 1923 and and a Friend of Sand Creek-Aazalia Meeting in Batholomew County, Indiana.

Dates: 1880-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1919-1923; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2011

Periodical Publications: Earlham Post and Earlham Word and other Earlham Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: EC-11.6 (XI)
Scope and Contents The Earlham College Newspaper has been active since 1911. The college newspaper was first named the Earlham Press until 1926 when it was renamed the Quaker Quill. The Quill held its name until 1931, being renamed the Earlham Post. The Post, in 1986, would go on to be the Earlham Word, a newspaper that would include a new editor, new style, and a new name. Including articles about Earlham's sport teams, important dates, guest speakers, and the crime beat, the newspaper is deeply involved in...
Dates: 1931-