William Butler (1767/1770-1851) was an Orthodox Friend who was a native to Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He moved with his family to Ohio in 1806 and to Wayne County, Ind. in 1822. The collection consists of three land grants for land near Dublin in Wayne County in 1823. Gift of Mrs. B.L. Butler, 1932.

This volume was originally used as a minute book by the women of Fairfield Quarterly Meeting in Western Yearly Meeting. Later, someone converted it to use as a scrapbook, with clippings mainly of poetry and moral essays. Gift of Wilma Reeve Wildman.

Benjamin H. Grave (1880-1949) was a 1903 Earlham College graduate and longtime professor of zoology at DePauw University. The collection consists of unpublished essays on science and religion. Gift of Bartram Cadbury, 1997.

Lillian E. Hayes (1880- ) was a Quaker minister from Dunreith, Ind., who was one of the leading figures of the early Young Friends Movement in the US. The diary records her trip to the Quaker study center at Woodbrooke, England, in 1913-1914.

William Hobbs (1780-1854) was a native of North Carolina and a leading elder and minister in Indiana Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). The collection consists of a typescript of a manuscript by Hobbs concerning the Hicksite Separation in Blue River Monthly Meeting in Washington County, Ind., 1827-1828. Copy of original in Indiana State Library. Acquired 1997.

Agnes Calvert Hole, Earlham class of 1933, was a Friend of Madison, Wisconsin, and the wife of Francis Doan Hole, also Earlham class of 1933. The Hole Collection consists of letters to her father, Cecil K. Calvert, Earlham class of 1908, from his grandparents and other relatives who were Quaker missionaries in Oklahoma, 1884-1895, and correspondence regarding family papers and artifacts. Gift of Francis D. Hole, 1990.

Henry Hoover (1788-1868) was one of the first Quaker settlers near Richmond, Ind. The collection consists of two different typescripts of his autobiography, "Sketches and Incidents, Embracing a Period of Fifty Years." Gift of Eugene and Ruth Williams, 1994.

Samuel Lamb (1835-1908) was a native of Randolph County, North Carolina, who spent most of his life in Wayne, Henry, and Delaware counties, Ind. The collection consists of typescripts of ten letters, 1857-1860, from Samuel Lamb and his grandparents, Thomas and Massy (Adamson) Lamb, to Delilah and Frances Vickrey of Jamestown, North Carolina, with comments on crops, schools, relatives, and life in Indiana. Gift of Mary L. Reynolds, 1998.

James Ladd (ca. 1740-1806) was a Quaker minister of Henrico Monthly Meeting residing in Charles City County, Virginia. The collection consists of diaries, 1776-1798, of his travels as a minister among Friends in Virginia and Pennsylvania, with reflections on slavery and Quaker affairs. Typescript; gift of Margaret Hawkins, 1997.

Kenneth R. Pickering (1911-1979) was a longtime Quaker pastor in the Five Years Meeting and superintendent of Indiana Yearly Meeting (FUM). This small collection includes a photograph, biographical material, miscellaneous writings, and clippings relating to his pastorates. Gift of Ruthanna Pickering, 1992.