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J. Edson Ulery Collection. SC 101.

J. Edson Ulery was a minister and traveling revivalist of the Church of the Brethren. This diary, January 1915, concerns a revival held at Buck Creek Church in Henry County, Ind. Photocopy from Buck Creek Church of the Brethren, 1992.

Uniform Discipline Collection. SC 141.

Final printed draft, with handwritten corrections by James Wood (1839-1925) of the Uniform Discipline adopted by the Five Years Meeting of Friends at its foundation in 1902. Also included is a letter from Wood to Allen D. Hole (1866-1940) concerning the document dated August 5, 1919. Transferred from Richmond First Friends, 1990.

Union Turnpike Company Minute Book, 1860-1870. SC 218.

The Union Turnpike Company was a private corporation formed in Rchmond, Indiana, formed in 1860 to construct a road connecting the west side of Richmond with the Newport Pike. The minute book records business of the board of directors at semi-annual meetings.

United Society of Friends Women Records. 1867-. FRG 7.

The United Society of Friends Women (USFW) traces its origins to a missionary society organized in Mooresville, IN, in 1881. This led to the formation of a national organization in 1890, which has since undergone several name changes. This collection includes minutes, publications, memorabilia, photographs, and correspondence of individual members and missionaries in Cuba, East Africa, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Palestine.

Updegraff Family Papers. SC 133.

This collection consists of papers of the Updegraff family of Mount Pleasant, Ohio. The Updegraffs were prominent members of Ohio Yearly Meeting (Gurneyite). The collection consists of deeds made to Nathan Updegraff (1758-1827), a member of the Ohio constitutional convention of 1802 and one of the first Friends to settle at Mt. Pleasant, and letters of his grandson, David B. Updegraff (1830-1894), a well-known minister and evangelist. Probably acquired by Harlow Lindley.