Marian Henley Goodwell Collection

Collection

Identifier: FMS-91

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Marian Henley Goodwell Collection consists of materials relating to the ancestry of Marian Henley Goodwell, a 1938 Earlham College graduate and active genealogist. It focuses largely on her father's family, the Henleys of Carthage, Rush County, Indiana, but also includes significant genealogical material on other Quaker families, especially Steere, Kenworthy, Morrow, and Thomas. It also includes significant local historical material for Carthage, Indiana. Most of this collection consists of her genealogical research material on descendants of Patrick Henley (died ca. 1691), a Quaker who lived on Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. It includes abstracts of Quaker meeting records and family bibles, copies of documents such as wills and deeds, and numerous newspaper clippings. Mrs. Goodwell's goal was to write a book on her direct Henley ancestry. She completed only the first five generations, a copy of which will be found in FPG VI. Mrs. Goodwell's maternal grandfather was Truman Cooper Kenworthy (1863-1952), who was a prominent Quaker minister in Iowa and Indiana. The collection includes material relating to his career.

Dates

1690-2000

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open without restriction.

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

Marian Henley was born in Hartford City, Indiana, in 1916, the daughter of Robert Morrow and Mary (Kenworthy) Henley, the latter an Earlham graduate in the class of 1913. Marian Henley graduated from Earlham in 1938 and received a B.S. in library science from Columbia University in 1941. She married Robert Goodwell, a Richmond Indiana, businessman. Marian Henley Goodwell was the first woman elected to the Richmond school board, and was active in other civic affairs. She died in Richmond January 24, 1994.

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Extent

6.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

Bulk of the collection came as a gift from Kenneth Goodwell in 1996; the remainder was a gift of the Goodwell children in 2001.

Accruals and Additions

Future additions are possible.

Related Materials

FMS 104; SC 214

Separated Materials

Records of Carthage Monthly Meeting of Friends, placed in the Indiana Yearly Meeting Archives; records of the Carthage WCTU and Good Templars, now FRG 32; account books of Allen W. Newsom of Carthage, now FMS 104; and Jessup-Coffin Family Papers, now SC 214.