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Eli and Mahalah Jay Collection
Collection
Identifier: FMS-13
Scope and Contents
The Eli and Mahalah Jay collection contains material regarding their lives and families from roughly the 1840s to the early 1900s. The major strength of the collection is its correspondence section including Jay family correspondence, Ballard correspondence, and Mahalah Jay's Missionary correspondence. The collection also includes journals, addresses, compositions, and essays that express the Jays opinions on many topics. This is a rich collection for nineteenth century Quakerism.
Dates:
1840-1910
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
Leonard S. Kenworthy Papers
Collection — Box: 9
Identifier: FMS-76
Scope and Contents
The Leonard S. Kenworthy Papers includes correspondence and drafts of writings reflecting Leonard Kenworthy's career.
Dates:
1928-1991
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