The Achilles Pugh Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, and genealogical material relating to Achilles Pugh (1805-1876), a Quaker printer and reformer of Cincinnati, Ohio and his family. They are significant for Orthodox Friends in the Midwest, anti-slavery, and Quaker work among western Indians in the 1860s. Also included in the collection is material concerning Achilles Pugh's son Achilles Henry Pugh. He was a civil engineer and printer. The collection also contains material on his sister Ester Pugh (1834-1908). She was active in Quaker affairs and served as an Earlham College trustee from 1895 to 1906. Another son, John Davis Pugh, served in the Union army during the Civil War. The collection includes a few of his letters, which are unusually detailed and descriptive.