Elizabeth H. Jackson (1813-1901) was a Hicksite Friend born in Darby, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Halliday Jackson (1771-1835), a prominent Quaker minister. In 1840 she married Thomas C. Bell, and spent the rest of her life in New York. This collection consists of a copybook she made while a student at Westtown School. Purchase, 2008.

Luther Daniel Leibold (1877-1957) was a farmer who lived near Williamsburg, Wayne County, Indiana. This small collection consists of an account book, probably done as a school exercise in 1894, and the patent papers for an invention in 1922 with related correspondence. Purchase, 2008.

Miriam A. Maxwell was born in Richmond, Indiana, in 1869, the daughter of John M. and Mary Ann (Moore) Maxwell. In 1898, she married William W. Ives, a dry goods merchant in Delphi, Indiana, and Shawnee, Oklahoma. The collection consists of calling cards, invitations, wedding announcements, and two long letters about social life in Richmond. Purchase and gift, 2009.

This small collection consists of leaves of illuminated manuscripts from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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.

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.