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Earlham College

 Organization

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Doan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-168
Abstract

The Martha Doan Papers consist of a small group of letters written to her as well as account books of her father Abel Doan (1843-1913); snaphsots of an Earlham College geology expedition in the 1920s; and a minute book of the Westfield, Indiana, Junto or Lyceum, a literary and debating society, 1868-1872.

Dates: 1868-1910; Other: Majority of material found in 1882-1900; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2012

Murray S. Kenworthy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-14
Scope and Contents

This collection of material gathered by his son Leonard S. Kenworthy (1912-1990) documents his life and varied activities. It represents his work at various schools and Meetings in New York, Indiana, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., as well as his time with the American Friends Service Committee.

Dates: 1871-1986; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987

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

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

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

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