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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
David Huddleston Papers
Collection
Identifier: FMS-3
Scope and Contents
The David Huddleston Papers document the daily life and religious faith of a conservative Orthodox Friend in Wayne County, Indiana. They illuminate a period when most Midwestern Friends underwent significant changes in their ways of life and worship.
The Huddleston Papers include one folder containing correspondence concerning the acquisition and provenance of the collection, circulars advertising David Huddleston’s nursery, clippings concerning the Huddleston Inn operated by David...
Dates:
1872-1891; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1960
Errol T. Elliott Papers
Collection
Identifier: FMS-17
Scope and Contents
The Elliott Papers consist of correspondence, reminiscences and writings reflecting his career, wartime service, world travels, and his interest in Quaker history.
Dates:
1917-1980
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...
Dates:
1788-1957