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Franklin and Walter Folger Journal
Benjamin Franklin Folger (1806-1879) and his son Walter Folger (1846-1918) were millers in Rush County, Indiana. This small ledger consists of Franklin Folger's mill accounts from the 1870s and a few diary entries made by Walter Folger between 1899 and 1904. Gift of Dalton Folger, 2001.
Franklin Literary Junto
The Franklin Literary Junto was a literary society connected with the Friends monthly meeting school at Bloomingdale, Ind. This volume contains its constitution, minutes 1844-1846, and some essays and poetry, including a poem by Addison Coffin.
Fred E. Smith Collection
This collection, although small, contains invaluable material documenting the history of pastoral Friends, especially in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
Frederick and Laura Davis Beeson Family Collection
Frederick Loten Beeson (1877-1949) and wife Laura Davis Beeson (1978-1965) were members of prominent Quaker families in Dalton Township, Wayne County, Ind. This collection, consisting of newspaper clippings, obituaries, correspondence, a Beeson genealogy, and reminiscences of Laura Davis Beeson, relates to Beeson and Davis family members and life in the Dalton and Hagerstown area. Gift of Mary Wright Dennis, 1992.
Frederick Hoover Collection
Frederick Hoover (1783-1868), a native of Randolph County, North Carolina, was a member of one of the first Quaker families to settle near Richmond, Ind. The collection consists of a series of recollections, written about 1850, dealing with the Hicksite Separation among Friends, the abolitionist movement and its effect on Quakers, fugitive slaves, and theological questions. Typescript. Gift of Virginia Hess, 1998.
Freedmen's Record for the Relief of Freedmen
Publisher: Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. Later Title: American Friend and Freedmen's Record
Friends Africa Industrial Mission Collection
The Friends Africa Industrial Mission was established by Gurneyite Friends in the US in 1901 for missionary work in Africa. It supported the Friends Mission ar Kaimosi in what is now Kenya. These minutes cover Sept. 20, 1901, to April 27, 1911, when control of the Kaimosi mission was turned over to the American Friends Board of Missions. Photocopy of the original record book at Malone College; gift of John Oliver, 1991.