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Final printed draft, with handwritten corrections by James Wood (1839-1925) of the Uniform Discipline adopted by the Five Years Meeting of Friends at its foundation in 1902. Also included is a letter from Wood to Allen D. Hole (1866-1940) concerning the document dated August 5, 1919. Transferred from Richmond First Friends, 1990.

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Emily Weeks was a Hicksite Friend of Mechanicsburg, Henry County, Ind. The collection consists of material relating to Spiceland Academy, a Friends School in Henry County that she attended, and to Clarkson Davis (1833-1883) and his wife, Hannah Ellen (Brown) Davis (1841-1898), teachers at Spiceland. It includes photographs, academy programs, letters to and from Clarkson and Hannah Davis, and clippings. Gift of Mrs. M.L. Crisler, 1993.

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William Dawson Brown (1827-1871) was a clock peddler, born in Ohio, who spent his early life in Henry and Grant counties in Indiana before moving to Illinois and California. The collection consists of a typescript of an autobiography, dealing mostly with his life in Indiana. Although not a Quaker, Brown's mother came from a large Quaker family, and the autobiographical journal has considerable information on Quaker neighbors and relatives.

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Minutes and membership records of the Economy, Ind. Anti-Slavery Society, an organization advocating the immediate abolition of slavery, 1840. Transferred from the Harlow Lindley Collection, 1964.

Scope and Contents Clifford M. Hardin (1915- ), a native of Knightstown, Ind. was the son of J. Alvin Hardin, an Earlham trustee, and Mabel (Macy) Hardin, Earlham class of 1914. This material, deposited by him, consists of manuscripts relating to the history of the Townsend and Test families, ancestors of J.Alvin Hardin. Gift of Clifford M. Hardin, 1993. An addition to the collection consists of material relating to Emma (Test) Hardin (1867-1905), a Quaker farm wife of Henry County, Ind. Included are school...

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Elizabeth Harvey, born 1835 in Clinton County, Ohio, was a student at Friends Boarding School, now Earlham College, in 1854. The collection consists of her autograph album. Gift of Emilou McDorman, 1989.

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Individual Quaker marriage certificates.

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Memorabilia of Lucretia (Coffin) Mott (1793-1880), Quaker minister, feminist, and reformer of Philadelphia. The collection consists of three photographs of Mott, an inscription written in 1878, and a letter written by Mott in 1846.

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Nancy Parker McDowell is the wife of James McDowell, professor of psychology at Earlham from 1951 to 1980. The collection consists of copies of letters written while she was teaching at the Friends School at Ramallah, Palestine, 1939-1940, and poems written for Earlham events from the 1950s to to the 1980s. Gift of Nancy McDowell, 1993.

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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.