Elihu Swain (1795-1839), a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, was an Orthodox Friend of Union County, Ind. His diaries for 1826-1827 and 1836-1837 describe farming, clearing land, and other aspects of Indiana life in the period. Purchase, 2005.

Jonathan Swain (1798-1872) was a Quaker, abolitionist, and Spiritualist in Union County, Ind. This collection consists of an autobiography, with considerable reminiscence of his childhood in Guilford County, North Carolina; his pioneer life in Indiana; his reflections on religious doctrine; and his interests in antislavery and Spiritualism. Typescript, donation, 2004.

Ledger with accounts of fines received from Wayne County justices of the peace for offenses such as assault and battery, affray, public profanity, and retailing without a license. Accounts usually include the name of the offender, the offense, the fine, the justice of the peace collecting it, and the date the fine was turned over to the seminary fund. Includes typescript. Purchased from Craig Wiechman, 2003.

The Ohio Yearly Meeting Collection consists of manuscripts relating to Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative) and its predecessor bodies. Included is a manuscript account of the 1873 yearly meeting session, probably written by a Philadelphia Friend.

Alice (Peckham) Rathbone (1780-1845) was a recorded minister in New England Yearly Meeting of Friends who lived at Smithfield, Rhode Island, and Berwick, Maine. This collection consists of two travel diaries: an 1816 visit to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Ohio yearly meetings; and an 1820 visit to New York and Philadelphia yearly meetings. Also included is genealogical material on these families, including charts filed separately. Gift, 2004.

Barton T. Reynolds (1837-1928) was a farmer who also operated a threshing machine in Wayne County, Ind. This account book is largely concerned with income and expenses of the threshing business of Reynolds and Wickersham, but it also includes some personal accounts. Purchase from Craig Wiechman, 2003.

This collection consists mainly of a genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Bond (1753-1812) and his wife Elizabeth (Beals) Bond (1755-1848), Quakers of Surry County, North Carolina, compiled by a granddaughter, Rhoda (Bond) Mendenhall (1824-1916) of Wayne County, Ind. Also included is genealogical material and photographs of the family of James and Rebecca (Campbell) Mendenhall of Vermilion County, Illinois. Gift of Grace Bowen, 2005.

Sara E. Hadley (1918-1995), a Kansas Friend, was a teacher in the Friends School at Ramallah, Palestine, in 1946-1947. These letters to her family include unusually detailed accounts of life in Palestine in the last days of the British Mandate. Hadley comments on Quaker affairs, local customs, politics, and terrorism.

Joseph Foulke, Jr. (1827-1906) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher and physician who spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area but died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most of these letters date from 1845 to 1848 and concern Quaker schools. Several are from Joesph Foulke Jr.'s brother Thomas Foulke (1817-1888) of New York City, the father of William Dudley Foulke (1850-1935), the Richmond, Ind., editor and author. Purchase from Southern Cross Books, 2003.

Records of the family of Samuel Leeds (1783-1855) of Burlington County, New Jersey, with miscellaneous manuscripts and pamphlets found in a family Bible. Gift of Marjorie Ewbank, 2004.