The Timothy Nicholson Papers document aspects of the career of one of the most influential Indiana Friends of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Consisting of correspondence, essays, printed materials, and a sound recording, the collection, although relatively small, is a rich resource for American Quaker history, especially for the period 1880-1900. Nicholson's correspondents between 1880 and 1900 included some of the most prominent Quakers in America, and his papers are a rich resource for the tensions that holiness revivalism caused among Orthodox Friends. Of special interest are letters from his brother William Nicholson (1827-1898), the long-time clerk of Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends, and Joel Bean (1825-1914), one of the best-known opponents of the revival.