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Earlham College

 Organization

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Philip D. Shore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EC-24.38 (XXIV)
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, and photographs relating to Philip D. Shore, Earlham class of 1954 and associate librarian, 1959-1996.

Dates: 1932-2013; Other: Majority of material found in 1952-1998; Other: Date acquired: 01/14/2013

Robert N. Huff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-77
Scope and Contents

This collection of personal papers reflects his work for the college and activities in the community, especially his role in the restoration and opening to the public of the Levi Coffin House in Fountain City. The Robert N. Huff Papers consists of letters written by Robert N. Huff to his wife, Elizabeth (Bell) Huff, while he was traveling on college business as well as material concerning the Levi Coffin House in Fountain City.

Dates: 1931-1984; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1993

Special Programs and Projects: August Wilderness and Preterm

 Collection
Identifier: EC-19.16 (XIX)
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records on the Earlham Wilderness program from the 1970s through the late 1990s. Much of the material is administrative including student forms, records, and accounts of medical problems and emergencies during August Wilderness or other programs. There is also information on the planning of the trips and hiring of instructors.

Dates: 1968-

Stanton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-155
Abstract

Correspondence, essays, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, publications, and ephemera of the family of John F. Stanton (1841-1925) and his wife Emily (Hadley) Stanton (1843-1910) of Indiana and Ohio.

Dates: 1848-1960; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2010

Sumner A. Mills Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-83
Scope and Contents The Sumner A. Mills Papers is a small but important collection of materials relating to a leading Indiana Friend of the twentieth century. It is especially useful for the reconstruction work of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in France in 1918-1919. The Mills Collection includes two diaries of Sumner Mills, one at Earlham College for 1917-1918, the other, much more detailed, of his work in France in 1918-1919. Also included is a large album of photographs taken in France, and...
Dates: 1917-1930; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/1998

Thomas E. and Esther B. Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-21
Scope and Contents

The Thomas E. and Esther B. Jones Collection consists of personal papers of Thomas E. Jones, the president of Fisk University from 1926 to 1946 and Earlham College from 1946 to 1958, and his wife Esther (Balderston) Jones, a missionary teacher in Japan.  It contains significant material on Quaker work in Japan, race relations, Earlham College, and Quaker affairs in the twentieth century.

Dates: 1911-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1992

W. Hugh Headlee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-28
Scope and Contents

The William Hugh Headlee Papers are a modest collection of the Earlham-related papers of a prominent alumnus of Earlham College, Class of 1929. They reflect mainly his alumni and fund-raising activities for the college.

Dates: 1929-1988

Warder Clyde Allee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-61
Scope and Contents

This collection focuses on Allee's activities as a Quaker and his connections with Earlham College, from which received an honorary doctorate in 1940. This collection consists of photocopies made in 1982.

Dates: 1928-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1956

Warner-Winder-Calvert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-78
Scope and Contents The Warner-Winder-Calvert Papers consist of account books, diaries, letters, photographs, and other manuscripts of six generations of Quaker families in Ross and Clark counties, Ohio. The most significant materials reflect farm life in the Midwest in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The earliest document in the collection is the account book of John Winder (1736-1819), a Friend born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who married Margaret Briggs (1740-1812). In 1795 he led a party...
Dates: 1794-1951; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1994

Wilmer Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-162
Scope and Contents

The collection contains writings by Wilmer Cooper, papers of various Quaker organizations of which Cooper was active, Earlham School of Religion materials, personal correspondence, and some miscellaneous material.

Dates: 1958-2009; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1998