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Addison C. Harris papers

Collection — Folder: S0596

Identifier: S0596

Scope and Contents The collection contains three items ranging from 1880 to 1894, including a manuscript of Addison C. Harris’ account of the Quakers in the community where he was raised. He talks about their prosperity and his experiences attending the Quaker Meeting House and the Quaker school. He proceeds to discuss the founding and early history of the Quaker Church as well as Quaker beliefs. Also included are a pamphlet titled “Indiana” that also includes a map of the state and a memorandum brief submitted...

Dates: 1880-1894

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Benjamin S. Parker papers

Collection

Identifier: L123

Scope and Contents This collection contains Benjamin S. Parker’s correspondence and writings, including correspondence E. B. Heiney and publishers about Poets and Poetry of Indiana; correspondence regarding Parker’s poetry, his newspaper work, and requests for advice on writing. Also included is correspondence regarding Republican Party politics, James Whitcomb Riley, and family matters. The collections also contains Parker’s writings including the subjects of the National Road,...

Dates: 1844-1923

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Carpenter family collection

Collection

Identifier: L501

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, telegrams, receipts, family photographs and newspaper clippings from Walter N. and Lizzie D. Carpenter in Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana as well as Miami, Dade County, Florida ranging from 1887 to the 1980s.

Also included are U.S. Department of Health publications regarding the control of infectious diseases and the role of women during World War I.

Dates: 1887-1980s

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Charles F. Coffin collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S3467

Scope and Contents This collection contains four sets of typewritten transcriptions of Charles F. Coffin's notes and letters regarding his observations of prisons, reformatories, and "Asylums for the Insane" in Europe. The first section of each set consist of seven letters he wrote to Indiana Governor Albert G. Porter in the summer of 1883 regarding his visits to institutions in France, England, Ireland, and Scotland and two letters sent to the editor of the Christian...

Dates: 1871-1872, 1883

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Charles H. Test letters

Collection — Folder: S1296

Identifier: S1296

Scope and Contents This collection comprises photocopies of letters to Charles H. Test in Indiana ranging from 1840 to 1843, regarding his political career and abolitionism.

Dates: 1840-1843

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Clio Club collection

Collection

Identifier: L471

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of the Clio Club from its first meeting in 1878 until 1937. These records give information of member attendance and details about the meeting’s programming. The second part of the collection are the programs for the Clio Club meetings from 1888-1935. These give information on when and where the club will meet, as well as who will be presenting what topics at the meeting.

Dates: 1878-1937

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

"Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends" book and bonnet

Collection

Identifier: L228

Scope and Contents This collection includes a book, Quaker bonnet and printed information from members of the Society of Friends in New York City, New York and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1810 to 1831 regarding meetings and policies.

Dates: circa 1810-1831

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

"Drusilla Wilson: A Friend of Temperance" thesis

Collection — Folder: S2178

Identifier: S2178

Scope and Contents This collection includes one thesis from Susan Metzner Kraft in Wichita State University from 1979 regarding Drusilla Wilson.

Dates: 1979

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Edmund Albertson collection

Collection — Folder: S011

Identifier: S0011

Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter (photocopy) from Edmund Albertson to his sister-in-law, Mary Morris of Mount Pleasant, Ohio. In this letter, Albertson discusses his children and family, the weather, a meeting of the Canton Library and the progress of a student who had gone onto college.

Dates: 1841

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Ellis Lawrence personal narrative

Collection — Folder: S0811

Identifier: S0811

Scope and Contents This collection contains a handwritten account by Ellis Lawrence, dated September 13, 1862, describing his experiences during the "Siege of Cincinnati" in the Civil War. Due to his Quaker faith, Lawrence refused to participate in any military activity for the defense of the city. His account describes the beliefs of the Quakers and his arrest, detainment and treatment by the guards during his short confinement during September 10-13, 1862.

Dates: 1862/09/13

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

INDIANA
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Addison C. Harris papers

Benjamin S. Parker papers

Carpenter family collection

Charles F. Coffin collection

Charles H. Test letters

Clio Club collection

"Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends" book and bonnet

"Drusilla Wilson: A Friend of Temperance" thesis

Edmund Albertson collection

Ellis Lawrence personal narrative

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