Joseph C. Ratliff (1827-1909) was a Hicksite Quaker businessman of Richmond, Indiana, at one time the president of the board of trustees of Purdue University. These two diaries provide a detailed account of his life in 1896 and 1897.

This collection relates to the family of Jeremiah Griffin (1832-1900), a Quaker schoolteacher of Spiceland, Indiana, and his wife Ann (Kenworthy) Griffin (1828-1896), whose daughter Emma Griffin (1869-1946) married Luther O. Draper (1867-1938). Included is correspondence, genealogical material like marriage certificates and wills, and teaching contracts from the 1840s and 1850s. Photocopies of materials loaned by Joann McCormack, 2002.