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The Friends Collection welcomes visitors and researchers with an interest in the history of Earlham, Richmond and east-central Indiana, and the faith and history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Anyone is free to use the collection, regardless of affiliation with Earlham.

The Friends Collection actively collects materials in the following areas:

1. Records and other materials relating to Indiana Yearly Meeting and Western Yearly Meeting (Orthodox or Friends United Meeting) and Northern Yearly Meeting.
2. Records and other materials relating to Friends United Meeting (formerly the Five Years Meeting of Friends).
3. Materials relating to the history of Earlham College and the Earlham School of Religion.
4. Materials relating to the history of Richmond, Indiana, and adjacent areas.
5. Materials relating to the life and history of Quakers in the Midwest.
6. Quaker genealogical material, published and unpublished.
7. Quaker publications of all kinds, including books, pamphlets, periodicals, and yearly meeting minutes.

For further information about holdings or potential gifts, contact Thomas Hamm, College Archivist and Curator of the Friends Collection, Professor of History: (765) 983-1511.