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Charles F. and Rhoda M. Coffin Collection
Collection
Identifier: FMS-1
Abstract
Correspondence, genealogy, autobiographical material, speeches, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the lives of Charles F. and Rhoda M. (Johnson) Coffin, 1831-1917. Charles and Rhoda were Orthodox Quaker ministers with international reputations in prison reform. Charles was a banker in Richmond, Indiana, and the clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends from 1857 to 1884.
Dates:
1831-1919; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1917
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
Harlow Lindley Collection
Collection
Identifier: FMS-4
Scope and Contents
The Harlow Lindley Collection, although relatively small, is rich in material related to Quaker history and the history of Wayne County, Indiana, especially its educational history.The collection consists of historical materials collected by Lindley and of Lindley’s correspondence with such prominent nineteenth- and twentieth-century Friends as Charles F. Coffin, Joel Bean, Allen Jay, Timothy Nicholson, and Barnabas C. Hobbs.
The materials in the collection reflect Lindley’s interest in United...
Dates:
1788-1957
Josiah Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: FMS-24
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, account books, and business papers of Josiah Parker, a leading Quaker, farmer, and miller of the Richsquare community of Northampton County, North Carolina. It is rich in materials on Quaker life in North Carolina, the Quaker migration from North Carolina to Ohio and Indiana, the antislavery activities of North Carolina Friends, and the work of Friends in helping free people of color move from North Carolina and Virginia to Indiana.
The Josiah Parker...
Dates:
1787-1836; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1991
Wilmer Cooper Papers
Collection
Identifier: FMS-162
Scope and Contents
The collection contains writings by Wilmer Cooper, papers of various Quaker organizations of which Cooper was active, Earlham School of Religion materials, personal correspondence, and some miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1958-2009; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1998
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- Friends World Committee for Consultation 1
- Indiana Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1821-1828) 1
- Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1975) 1
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- Earlham College 4
- Coffin, Charles F. (Charles Fisher), 1823-1916 2
- Lindley, Harlow, b. 1874 2
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
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