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Ethel Davis Diary. SC 111.

Ethel Davis (1886-1950), daughter of Rufus and Emma (Allen) Davis, was a Friend living in Mooreland, Ind. The diary covers 1939.

Merle L. Davis Papers. 1915-1962. FMS 75.

Merle L. Davis (1893-1973) was a Quaker minister, educator, and missionary in Cuba and Indiana, who from 1936 to 1954 served as administrative secretary of the American Friends Board of Missions of the Five Years Meeting. The collection contains significant correspondence, reports, and other documents for the history of the Five Years Meeting and Friends in Cuba and Kenya. Finding aid.

John L. De Forest Collection, 1949-1999. FMS 101.

John L. De Forest is a Friend living in Stamford, Connecticut. This collection consists of excerpts concerning activities and worship at the Stamford-Greenwich Friends Meeting taken from his diary from 1948-1999. Gift of John L. De Forest.

Dennis Family Papers. 1867-1998. FMS 89.

Correspondence, photographs, writings, and publications of the families of David Worth Dennis (1849-1916), Orthodox Quaker minister of Richmond, Ind., and professor of botany at Earlham College, 1884-1916; of his son, William C. Dennis (1878-1962), president of Earlham College, 1929-1946; and of his son, David W. Dennis (1911-1998), Earlham class of 1933. These materials relate to Earlham and to the Quaker activities of the Dennis family. Gift, 1998. Finding aid.

William Dennis Family Collection. 1840-1990. FMS 26.

This collection, assembled by Mary Wright Dennis of Dublin, Ind., consists of genealogical materials, photographs, correspondence, account books, and other documents on descendants of William Dennis (1769-1847), a Quaker of Randolph County, North Carolina, and Wayne County, Ind., especially his grandson William Dennis (1814-1904) of Wayne County.

Dickinson Family Papers. 1867-1918. SC 185.

The Dickinson Family Papers consist of correspondence and other papers of the family of Henry Dickinson (1812-1908), his wife Ruthanna (Powell) Dickinson (1815-1872), and their daughter Esther (Dickinson) Halstead (1856-1938), Hicksite Friends of Dutchess and Westchester counties, New York. Most of the letters are addressed to Esther Dickinson and concern family and Quaker matters and her courtship by future husband George Halstead. Photocopies. Transferred from FMS 33.

Marjorie Diebel Collection. FMS 92.

Marjorie Diebel was a genealogist of Cincinnati, Ohio. This collection, on family sheets and 3 by 5 cards, consists of information on her Quaker ancestors in New England, the Delaware Valley, Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio. Gift of Marjorie Diebel, 1994.

Doan Family Papers. FMS 16.

This collection consists of correspondence among the six children of Abel Doan (1843-1915) and his wife Phebe (Lindley) Doan (1847-1936) of Westfield, Ind. The collection, not yet completely processed, dates from ca. 1890 to ca. 1960, and reflects the careers of the Doan children and their activities as Quakers.

Asa Douglas Papers. SC 93.

Asa Douglas (1776-1855) was an Orthodox Friend who lived in the vicinity of Rochester, New York. This collection consists of memoranda in diary form, 1818-1819, and a letter to Emmer Bowen, 1822.

John Henry Douglas Collection. SC 94.

John Henry Douglas (1832-1917) was a well-known Quaker minister and revivalist in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, and California. This collection consists of two letters, 1901 and 1913, to Rufus M. Jones. Photocopies of originals at Haverford College.

Elizabeth Drinker Collection. SC 95.

Elizabeth Drinker (1737-1794) was a Philadelphia Friend, recorded a minister in 1776, who died on a visit to England in 1794. This collection consists of a memorial of Gracechurch Street Monthly Meeting.

Dublin, Indiana, Good Templars Lodge Book. 1863-1868. FRG 14.

The Good Templars were and international fraternal and temperance organization, dedicated to elimination of the evils of alcohol through total abstinence. This record book included the names of members and minutes of weekly meetings. Donation, 1992.