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Doan Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-16
Scope and Contents

The Doan Family Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and reminiscent material of the family of Abel and Phebe (Lindley) Doan of Westfield, Indiana. It is rich in material relating to Earlham College and to Quaker life and activities in the first half of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1900-1960; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1986
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

Esther Griffin White Papers

 Collection — Box: 8
Identifier: FMS-9
Scope and Contents

Esther Griffin White's papers include correspondence, copies of writing, files pertaining to the Little Paper, and clippings reflecting her varied interests and career.

Dates: 1867-1954
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

Fred E. Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-37
Scope and Contents

This collection, although small, contains invaluable material documenting the history of pastoral Friends, especially in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

Dates: 1906-1959; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

Huff-Nixon Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-15
Scope and Contents The Huff-Nixon family papers consist of correspondence, legal and business papers, reminiscences, clippings, and genealogical materials of five generations of Quaker families in North Carolina and Indiana. Most of the material concerns the families of Samuel Nixon (1781-1865), his son-in-law Daniel Huff (1816-1899), and his son Dr. Oliver Nixon Huff (1852-1937) of Fountain City, Indiana, and Oliver Nixon Huff's wife, Sophia (Bogue) Huff (1866-1931). The oldest material in the Nixon-Huff...
Dates: 1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

John T. White Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-72
Scope and Contents The John T. White Family Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, business and legal papers, genealogical material, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and other writings of six generations of a prominent Quaker family in Perquimans and Pasquotank counties in North Carolina and in Henry County, Indiana. The papers document the daily activities of Quakers in business, education, and family life. They also illustrate the relations of North Carolina Quakers with African Americans...
Dates: 1780-1960
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

Lewis and Hannah Smith Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-182
Scope and Contents The collection contains family materials dating from the 1850s to the 2000s. There is correspondance between members of the Smith family from the late 1800s, as well as many letters detailing Seth W. Smith's search for information about his family in the 1990s. One notable set of letters are the "Civil War Letters" written by a Union soldier and member of the family.  In addition, there are documents about the sale of the Smith farm, records of weddings, and Lewis H. Smith's Earlham College...
Dates: Other: 1820-2009
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

Mabel Leigh Hunt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-40
Scope and Contents

This collection consists largely of clippings and reminiscent material on Quaker life, especially in Indiana, that Hunt used in her writings. The collection also contains a few pre-1860 Quaker letters from Morgan and  Hamilton counties in Indiana.

Dates: 1844-1978
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

Robinson-Henley Papers

 Collection — Box: 2
Identifier: FMS-39
Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, business papers, genealogical material, and photographs relating to Richmond and Carthage.

Dates: 1827-1986
Found in: Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives

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