Thorndike Family Papers
Collection — Box: 27
Identifier: SC-316
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Charles Osborne, Sarah Thorndike, and Henry Thorndike. Henry Thorndike's letters, written from Bangor Iowa 1872-1878, show the influence of the Holiness Revival movement on Friends.
Dates
- 1847-1878
- Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2011
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions
Biographical or Historical Information
Henry Thorndike (1825-1878), a native of New Hampshire, served as the U.S. agent among the Quapaw in what is now Oklahoma in the 1870s.
Note written by
Extent
6.00 Letters
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters written to and by the Thorndike family, Orthodox Friends of Weare, New Hampshire.
Arrangement Note
Chronological
Source of Acquisition
Nancy Howell, Sacramento, Calif.
Method of Acquisition
Purchase
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Thomas D. Hamm
- Date
- 03/30/2012
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository