Box 23
Contains 13 Results:
Hiram Hadley Collection
Hiram Hadley (1833-1922) was a student at Friends Boarding School in 1851, a teacher in several Indiana Quaker schools, and the founder of what is now the University of New Mexico. This collection consists of a "New Years Address," written while Hadley was teaching at Carthage, Indiana, in 1856. Transferred from FMS 78.
Ean Boyd Heiney Collection
Ean Boyd Heiney (born Enos Boyd Heiney) was born in Huntington County, Indiana, in 1868, and died in McLean, Virginia, in 1950. He was the author of numerous works of poetry, mostly self-published, and co-author, with Benjamin S. Parker, of Poets and Poetry of Indiana (1900). This collection consists of letters written to relatives in Indiana between 1937 and 1949. Donation, 2005.
Hiawatha Band Essay Book
The Hiawatha Band was a short-lived literary society of Hicksite Quaker and other young people in Richmond, Indiana, a continuation of an earlier Vesper Band. This book contains essays that members composed and read at meetings. Authors include Essie Hadley, Will N. Matthews, Ed R. Matthews, Essie J. Lupton, John P. Lancaster, J. L. Thomas, Isaac L. Thomas, John S. Hadley. The first two pages are 1851 accounts for Hoosier Fire Engine Company No. 3. Transfer from Lauramoore Home, 2006.
Home Culture Club Minute Book
The Home Culture Club was a short-lived self-improvement society of young Hicksite Friends in Richmond, Indiana. This minute book includes names of members and descriptions of papers read at meetings. Transfer from Lauramoore Home, 2006.
Herbert Hoover Collection
Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was the first Quaker president of the United States (1929-1933). This small collection consists of material on Hoover's visits to Earlham College in 1922 and 1939 and a 1960 letter on his speech to the Republican National Convention.
Pritchard Family Collection
Contains the marriage record for Jordan Pritchard and Sarah Lindley and the first few pages of the Pritchard family Bible.