Letter from John Simcock to Margaret Fell Fox.

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.

This small collection consists of letter of the family of Jeremiah Warder (1780-1849), his wife Ann (Aston) Warder (1786-1871), their son Dr. John A. Warder (1811-1883) and his wife Elizabeth Bowne (Haines) Wader (1817-1891), Orthodox Friends who lived in Springfield and Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the letters are from Elizabeth’s parents, Reuben and Jane (Bowne) Haines of Germantown, Pen. Purchase, 2008, 2009.

Margaret (Dorland) Webb (1882-1967) was a native of Ontario, Canada, and the wife of John R. Webb, the pastor of East Main Street Friends Meeting in Richmond, Ind., 1917-1919, and an official of the Five Years Meeting of Friends. The collection consists of the transcript of a hearing on Margaret Webb’s application for U.S. citizenship, rejected because of her adherence to the Quaker Peace Testimony.

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.

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.

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.