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John H. Johnson Collection
Historical materials relating to the South Eighth Street Friends Meeting in Richmond, Ind., almost entirely reminiscences of Benjamin Johnson (1833-1927), father of John H. Johnson. Included are a list of pastors, a list of charter members, a history of the Prayer Meeting formed in 1860, and a history of the formation of the meeting. Transferred from vault at Richmond First Friends, 1990.
John H. Mills Collection
John H. Mills (1843-1923) was a Quaker farmer who spent his life in the vicinity of Mooresville, Ind. The collection consists of his discharge certificate from the 121st Indiana Infantry, 1865. Gift of White Lick Monthly Meeting, 1993.
John H. Sweitzer Papers
John H. Sweitzer (1917-1992) was Manager of Plant and Purchases at Earlham College 1952-1983 and an active Quaker. This small collection consists of material relating to his work as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II and material relating to the controversy over the AFSC World Affairs Institute at Camp Clements in Richmond, Indiana, in 1960. Gift of Jean Sweitzer, 1993.
John Henley Arithmetic Exercise Book
Arithmetic exercises, probably 1820s and 1830s, of John Henley (1815-1899) of Richmond, Indiana, with a few accounts
John Henley Collection
John Henley (1815-1899) was an Orthodox Friend of Wayne County, Indiana. This collection consists of his 1835 autograph book from Whitewater Friends School; the Road District No. 2, New Garden Township, Superintendent's Book for 1848-1849; and a personal account book for 1857; a certificate from his 80th birthday celebration; and abstracts from the records of New Garden Monthly Meeting, 1843-1869, concerning Henley activities. Purchase from Craig Wiechman, 2003.
John Henry Douglas Collection
John Henry Douglas (1832-1917) was a well-known Quaker minister and revivalist in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, and California. This collection consists of two letters, 1901 and 1913, to Rufus M. Jones. Photocopies of originals at Haverford College.
John L. DeForest Collection
In 1998 DeForest created “A Fifty-Year Memoir of a Connecticut Friends Meeting.” Based on his personal diaries, it is a chronicle of events in the life of the Stamford-Greenwich Friends Meeting. De Forest’s “Fifty Year Memoir” is an unusual glimpse at Quaker life in New England for over half a century. It includes accounts of meetings for worship; the building and repair of a meeting house; guest speakers; various kinds of social activism; social gatherings; and committee meetings.
John M. Hussey Family Papers
The John M. Hussey Family Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and genealogical material relating to John M. and Anna (Fall) Hussey, Gurneyite Friends who were important figures in the "Great Revival" movement of the 1870s and 1880s and early Quaker missionary work in Mexico.
John N. Parker Collection
Correspondence and genealogical material of John Newby Parker, relating to the Parker, White, Winslow, Elliott, Morris, and other Quaker families of Perquimans County, North Carolina.