Box 10

The American Friend was a journal published in Richmond, Ind. from January 1867 to December 1868 by a group of prominent young Gurneyite Quakers. This collection includes minutes of the board of editors, 1866-1868, the cashbook listing agents and subscribers, and some miscellaneous manuscripts.

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.

Two photographs and several newspaper clippings.

Lois S. Vaught was a Friends missionary in China from 1931 to 1944. This collection consists of a copy of a letter to Bea Kimball of Richmond, Ind., 1992, and a reminiscence of mission life in China. Gift of Bea Kimball, 1992.

Elder Daniel Bowman (1809-1894) was a prominent German Baptist minister who lived near Hagerstown, Wayne County, Ind. The collection consists of a typescript of a record of marriages performed by him, 1856-1888. Gift of Mary Wright Dennis, 1992.

Marriage certificate of Jacob Wilson (d. 1811) and Miriam Guyer (1775-1873) at Suttons Creek Monthly Meeting, Perquimans County, North Carolina, 1795. Probably a copy of the original.

Miscellaneous genealogical data relating to descendants of Anthony Chamness (1713-1777) and wife Sarah Cole (born 1718), Quakers of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina. Includes the Chamness Family Newsletter, correspondence of Mary Wright Dennis, obituaries, and a record of the Rocky River Methodist Church Cemetery in Chatham County, North Carolina. Gift of Mary Wright Dennis, 1992.

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.

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.

Asa Douglas (1776-1855) was an Orthodox Friend who lived in the vicinity of Rochester, New York. This collection consists of memoranda in diary form, 1818-1819, and a letter to Emmer Bowen, 1822.