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Ethel Kirk Calvert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-117

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of documents, mainly Quaker marriage certificates relating to the Hollingsworth family and its ancestors in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio, collected by Ethel (Kirk) Calvert.

Dates

  • 1713-1860
  • Other: Date acquired: 10/19/2004

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

Ethel (Kirk) Calvert (1860-1941) was an 1885 Earlham College graduate and a member of the Earlham College of Trustees from 1907 to 1912. Born at Eagletown, Indiana, she was a daughter of Dr. Charles and Rachel (Hollingsworth) Kirk, who were Quaker teachers and missionaries in the Indian Territory in the 1880s (FMS 93). She married Reece G. Calvert and spent most of her life in the Green Plain Quaker community near South Charleston, Ohio.

Note written by

Extent

1.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Method of Acquisition

Donation, Anne Parrot of Davis, California.

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Repository Details

Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository

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