Showing Collections: 1721 - 1730 of 1758
William Rees Papers
Travel diary, 1854, and other papers of William Rees (1805-1858), an Orthodox Friend of Boone County, Indiana.
William Robinson Collection
William Robinson (1816-1902) was a Conservative Friends minister of Jericho Meeting, Randolph County, Ind. The collection consists of his account book, ca. 1873-1880, with comments on the separation of Conservative Friends at Jericho and vital records of the Friends there; an 1858 agreement to avoid destructive serenading parties; and an undated order to Conservative Friends to give up use of the Jericho Meeting house. Removed from FMS 33.
William Rotch Collection
William Rotch (1734-1828) was a prominent Quaker merchant and shipowner of Nantucket. The collection consists of notes on his life made by Augustine Jones (1834-1925). Gift of Caroline Jones Woodman.
William Russell Papers
This collection consists of four manuscript volumes of poetry written while he was a student at Earlham from 1862-1866, a commonplace book ca 1862, and a typescript of poems written 1867-1879.
William S. Wilder Papers
William S. Wilder (1808-1870) was a farmer born in Vermont who lived in western New York and in Geauga County, Ohio. This collection consists of six letters written to him by his father Abel Wilder (1783-1869), his brother Barnabas Wilder (1816-1895) of Fayette County, Indiana, and his father-in-law Calvin Adams of Verona, New York. Purchase 2007.
William Taber Papers
The William P. Taber papers document the life and activities of one of the most influential Quaker writers and ministers of the second half of the twentieth century.They are especially useful for the Conservative Friends tradition and unprogrammed Quakerism and its development.
William Townsend Family Papers
Photocopies, transferred from FMS 33 of papers of William Townsend (ca. 1780-1855), a Quaker of Perquimans and Northampton counties, North Carolina, and Hendricks County, Ind. Includes letters from relatives in North Carolina and Iowa, and the will of William Townsend. Also includes one letter to Rebecca Parker of Plainfield, Ind.
William W. Thomas Papers
Letters received received by William W. Thomas (1801-1880) of Fayette County, Indiana, from relatives and friends in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio.
William W. Thornburgh "Scrap Book"
Title page reads "The Scrap Book of William W. Thornburgh Bought in Waynesville Ohio 25th of the 8th Month 1836." It contains a letter of Joseph John Gurney to Spiceland Monthly Meeting, 1837; Thomas Evans, Philadelphia, to Moses H. Beede, 4th Mo. 29, 1837, on slavery; threnodies on the deaths of William's wives Sarah Thornburgh, 1841, and Susan Thornburgh, 1849; and miscellaneous laid in scraps of poetry
Williams Austin Macy Collection
William Austin Macy (born 1862) was a resident of Westchester County, New York. This collection consists of material that he gathered on his Quaker ancestry and that of his wife, Marion (Wright) Macy. Included is a lengthy transcription of a Bible record of the Quaker Wright and Dunbar families of New York. Purchase, 2009.