Genealogical data relating to the family of Samuel Hoare and wife Louisa Gurney, married 1806, English Friends. Purchase, 2009.

Allen D. Hole Jr. (1909-1966) was professor of modern languages at Earlham. This collection consists of letters of his family while he was studying at Haverford College.

Consists of an autobiography of Arthur E. Orvis (born 188) and genealogical material on the Orvis family in New England and New York. Purchase, 2008.

Rachel Park (1782-1860) was a resident of Richmond, Indiana, from 1824 until her death. This collection consists of photography, a copy of an obituary from a Richmond newspaper, and memorandum about the disposition of her property among her family after her death. Purchase, 2008.

The Parker Family Collection consists of a Bible record for the family of Anthony Parker, born 1775, and his wife Pheba (Stout) Parker. A grandson, William Parker, born in 1828, married Rebecca Ashby in Randolph County, Indiana, in 1848. Also included are a few Parker family photographs. Purchase, 2008.

John Peele Parker (1823-1896) and his wife Miriam Jane (Hill) Parker (1831-1906) were Orthodox Friends who lived in Richmond and Rush County, Indiana. This collection consists of reminiscent family letters written mainly in 1923 as well as genealogy of an 1850 letter to Miriam Jane Hill from her sister Mary Ann Hill. Gift of Louis and Mary Ruth (Brown) Jones, 2002.

This small collection consists of a beautifully inscribed, handwritten copy of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s “Book of Discipline,” dated 1761. The creator, Hannah Roberts, has not been definitively identified. She may be the Hannah Roberts, born 6th Mo. 29, 1742, the daughter of Lewis and Hannah Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Purchase, 2008.

Cynthia Sampson is a scholar of international affairs and peacemaking. This small collection consists of correspondence and research materials on Quaker conciliation work during the Nigerian Civil War.

Joseph T. Shearman (1834-1894) was a native of New Bedford, Mass., who operated a packing business in Cincinnati. This collection consists of letters to his mother, Hepsa (Howland) Shearman (1806-1892), of Burlington, N.J., concerning family matters, business, and investments. Purchase, 2008, 2009.

Anna Ward (1857-1942), daughter of James and Ellen (Barnett) Ward, was a lifelong resident of Richmond, Indiana. This collection consists of a notebook in which she recorded information about family and neighbors, including dozens of dates of death for Richmond residents from the 1850s into the 1930s. Also included are a few household accounts and clippings concerning Richmond physicians. Purchase, 2008.