Willard Heiss Collection
Collection
Identifier: FMS-33
Scope and Contents
The Heiss Collection consists of extensive files on Quaker history and genealogy, as well as correspondence, photos, personal artifacts, and documents reflecting the lives of Quakers, especially in the Midwest and South. Photos include family, as well as landscapes. Correpsondence ranges from book companies, to family, to genealogical.
Dates
- 1700-1986
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials may be protected by copyright. Permission to reproduce and to publish for commercial purposes must be requested from the Archivist.
Biographical or Historical Information
Willard C. Heiss (1921-1988) was the Indianapolis city archivist, and a well-known Quaker genealogist, collector, and publisher of Quaker materials. Heiss documented the Quaker genealogy of Indiana in his collection "Abstracts of the Society of Friends in Indiana."
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Extent
82 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
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Repository Details
Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository