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.

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 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.