Lawrence Peery was a Friend from Thorntown, Ind. This collection consists of a typescript essay, "Youth Looks at Oslo," on his experiences at the 1947 World Conference of Christian Youth in Oslo, Norway, in 1947.

Elwood Chappell Perisho (1862-1935), was an 1887 graduate of Earlham College, a geologist, and a long-time member of the faculties of the University and State College of South Dakota and Guilford College. The collection consists of letters to him, largely from family and Earlham classmates. Gift of Ruth Day Purchis, 1992.

Arthur E. Pinkham (1862-1932) and Anna Foulke Pinkham (1865-1940) were students at Earlham College in the 1880s and Quakers who lived in several small Indiana towns, including Westfield, Thorntown, Anderson, and Frankfort. The collection consists of a few family letters, Anna's autograph album from Earlham, clippings, and an album of photographs of their son Walter while serving in World War I. Gift, 1998.

This small collection consists of a copy of Proceedings of Centennial Anniversary, Miami Monthly Meeting, Waynesville, Ohio, 1803-1903, with a family tree inscribed by Sheldon Shrieves (born 1899) of Wilmington, Ohio.

Parvin Wright Bond (1880-1966) was a long-time Quaker pastor and a student at Earlham College from 1907 to 1909. Cornelia (Collins) Bond (1897-1998) was his second wife and was active in Indiana Quaker affairs. The collection consists of a notebook from his pastorate in the West Elkton, Ohio, Friends Meeting from 1947 to 1952 and a notebook and corresondence of Corenelia Bond concerning Whitewater Quarterly Meeting. Transferred from Richmond First Friends, 1996.

Charles Donald Winslow (1898- ), was a native of Carthage, Ind., attended Earlham College 1916-1917. He then became part of the Friends Reconstruction Unit working in France under the American Friends Service Committee. The letters describe his experiences there. Gift of Mildred Henley Calvert, 1993.

Elijah Coate (1812-1886) was a native of Miami County, Ohio, who died in Richmond, Ind. The collection consists of an autobiography, apparently written near the end of his life, and a sermon preached at Economy, Ind., in 1863. Coate, born a Quaker, later became a Wesleyan Methodist minister. The autobiography includes considerable material on Coate's opposition to slavery. Copy of original in Wayne County Historical Society, acquired 1998.

Abarilla Cowgill (1840-1914) was a minister and pastor in Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite/Damascus). This collection consists of miscellaneous clippings she collected, including an obituary of her husband Eli Cowgill (1822-1894). Photocopies. Gift of Norman Carter, 1998.

This collection consists of newspaper clippings, genealogical material, and a few letters of members of the Heffley and Morris families of Wayne and Henry counties, Ind., from roughly 1800 to 1940. Photocopies, gift of Thomas D. Hamm, 1988.

A few letters and flyers, along with a record of the family of Francis and Elizabeth (Martin) Wilkins of Athens County, Ohio, relating to the writing and publication of John Levering's Levering Family History and Genealogy (1897). Found in copy of the book purchased in 1998.