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

John Nixon (1883-1983) was one of Indiana's best-known collectors of art, documents, and rare books and pamphlets. He was the owner of a number of the manuscripts, books, and pamphlets in Earlham's Friends Collection. The John Nixon Collection includes mainly manuscripts, ephemera, and research material that relate to Nixon himself and his collecting or which did not have integrity as separate collections.

The collection includes an early c.v., clippings, photographs, programs, biographical material, and letters of congratulation on his receipt of an honorary degree from Earlham College in 1968.