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Letter, 1714, John Bates, Scimino, Virginia, to Ruth Chandler Record of births of Lydia and Ann, daughters of Joseph and Ann Pierce, 1756, 1769 London Yearly Meeting Women's Epistle to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1794 London Yearly Meeting General Epistle (printed) , 1801

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This collection consists of documents, mainly Quaker marriage certificates relating to the Hollingsworth family and its ancestors in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio, collected by Ethel (Kirk) Calvert.

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David Hollingsworth acknowledgement, 1781 George Pearce and Ann Gainor marriage certificate, 1679 Thomas Hollingsworth and Frace Cook, 1692

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Jacob Hollingsworth and Rachel Chandler, 1729 Henry Green and Betty Hollingsworth, 1734 Israel Hollingsworth and Ann Pierce, 1796 Enoch Wickersham and Margaret Stout, 1808 Asaph Hollingsworth and Ann Wickersham, 1827 Seth Smith and Ann (Wickersham) Hollingsworth, 1860

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of historical materials collected by Barbara Wildman Perkins (1938-2002) on the Wildman family and their large farm, Avalon, near Selma, Clark County, Ohio. A scrapbook contains photographs and captions about the farm as it appeared in 1955, along with a history of the Wildman family. Of particular interest are an 1855 letter from Friends Boarding School (now Earlham College); an 1819 report of the Committee on Indian Concerns of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends; and an...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Marian Henley Goodwell Collection consists of materials relating to the ancestry of Marian Henley Goodwell, a 1938 Earlham College graduate and active genealogist. It focuses largely on her father's family, the Henleys of Carthage, Rush County, Indiana, but also includes significant genealogical material on other Quaker families, especially Steere, Kenworthy, Morrow, and Thomas. It also includes significant local historical material for Carthage, Indiana. Most of this collection...

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The collections consists of genealogy material.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is primarily comprised of documents, pictures, and reference material from Newton K. Wesley's (Uyesugi's) career in the field of orthokeratology (using contact lenses to reshape the curvature of the eye). The collection is arranged by series based on the original order and loosely chronological. Personal papers from Mr. Wesley are located in series one. Items relating to Mr. Wesley's two large organizations--the Wesley-Jessen Corporation and the National Eye Research...

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The Mote Collection consists of diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and works by Mote, as well as research material on Mote gathered by former Earlham College archivist, Opal Thornburg.

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This collection reflects Homer Morris’s career as an academic economist and longtime member of the Earlham College board (1930-51),  and especially the Morris’s work for the American Friends Service Committee. It contains class notes, correspondence, calendar book and publications as well as material pertaining to personal business, social justice issues, and the peace movement. Homer Morris was a member of the teaching faculty (1918-28) in Economics, and an alum (Class of 1911).