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John and Jane Walls Mss. SC 160.

John and Jane Walls were fugitive slaves from North Carolina who passed through Indiana and were aided by Ephraim Stout (1798-1867), an anti-slavery Friend of Hamilton County, Ind. The collection consists of newspaper stories about the Walls home near Maidstone, Ontario, and a copy of an 1854 letter from Stout.

Anna Ward Collection. 1859-1938. SC 290.

Anna Ward (1857-1942), daughter of James and Ellen (Barnett) Ward, was a lifelong resident of Richmond, Indiana. This collection consists of a notebook in which she recorded information about family and neighbors, including dozens of dates of death for Richmond residents from the 1850s into the 1930s. Also included are a few household accounts and clippings concerning Richmond physicians. Purchase, 2008.

Hannah A. Warner Collection. SC 135.

Hannah (Allen) Warner, an Orthodox Friend of Philadelphia, was born in 1814 and died there in 1872. This memorial recounts her life and deathbed testimony.

Ithamar Warner Papers. 1816-1837. SC 17.

Letters, 1816-1837, to and by Dr. Ithamar Warner (1782-1835), an early Wayne County physician. Letters come from friends and relatives in Indiana and New York. Typescripts of originals at Wayne County Historical Society. Also included are typescripts of two newspaper articles on Warner.

Warner-Winder-Calvert Papers. 1794-1951. FMS 78.

The Warner-Winder-Calvert Papers consist of account books, diaries, letters, photographs, and other manuscripts of six generations of Quaker families in Ross and Clark counties, Ohio. Of special interest is the account book of John Winder (1736-1819), one of the first Friends to settle in Ohio. Finding aid.

Warder Family Papers. 1835-1850. SC 295.

This small collection consists of letter of the family of Jeremiah Warder (1780-1849), his wife Ann (Aston) Warder (1786-1871), their son Dr. John A. Warder (1811-1883) and his wife Elizabeth Bowne (Haines) Wader (1817-1891), Orthodox Friends who lived in Springfield and Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the letters are from Elizabeth’s parents, Reuben and Jane (Bowne) Haines of Germantown, Pen. Purchase, 2008, 2009.

Abigail Morris Wasson Collection. 1886-1931. SC 26.

Abigail (Morris) Wasson (1835-1911) was an active member of Hopewell and New Castle Friends Meetings in Henry County, Ind. This collection includes her diary, 1886-1892, valuable for its accounts of everyday life and the births, marriages, and deaths of her Quaker and non-Quaker neighbors; genealogical material collected by her nephew, Samuel Heffley Morris (1845-1931) on the Morris and Heffley families; an account of the provisions of her will; and an 1858 removal certificate for her husband, Calvin Wasson (1832-1904). Gift of Ernest Mills, 1990. For extracts from other Abigail Wasson diaries, 1862-1909, now lost, see Oliver M. Morris, The Morris Family Tree (1940).

Lydia Bond Wasson Collection. SC 54.

Consists of diary and autobiographical notes of Lydia (Bond) Wasson (1800-1853), a Hicksite Friend of Wayne and Laporte counties, Ind., with comments on family, travels in the ministry, and the Hicksite separation. Also contains a diary of a visit in 1867 to relatives and friends in Wayne and Henry counties, Ind. by her daughter, Charlotte Wasson Cocks. Typescript; photocopies. Also some Willard Heiss correspondence with a descendant and concerning Quakers in Laporte County, Ind. Transferred from FMS 33.

Wayne County, Indiana, Agricultural and Horticultural Society Minute Book. 1858-1899. FRG 33.

The Wayne County Agricultural and Horticultural Society was organized a the Richmond Horticultural Society in 1858 to encourage improved, scientific methods of farming and rural life. The minute books include names of members, business proceedings, and essays and addresses presented at meetings. Purchase 2003. Finding aid.

Wayne County, Indiana, Seminary Fine Account Book.
1819-1831. SC 233.

Ledger with accounts of fines received from Wayne County justices of the peace for offenses such as assault and battery, affray, public profanity, and retailing without a license. Accounts usually include the name of the offender, the offense, the fine, the justice of the peace collecting it, and the date the fine was turned over to the seminary fund. Includes typescript. Purchased from Craig Wiechman, 2003.

Wayne County Turnpike Company Account Books.
1858-1895. SC 230.

The Wayne County Turnpike Company was chartered as a private stock company in 1850 to take ownership of and maintain the National Road through Wayne County, Ind. The main account book lists expenses and dividends paid, 1858-1895. Two smaller books show toll receipts and expenditures. Purchased from Craig Wiechman, 2003.

Wayne County Woman's Christian Temperance Union Records. 1892-1906. FRG 12.

The Wayne County WCTU was an umbrella group of local affiliates of the national WCTU. This collection consists of membership books for 1892-1893 and minutes for 1897-1906. Acquired 1990.

Waynesville Friends Home Photograph Collection.
1850-1910. FMS 73.

This collection consists of about 150 photographs and images formerly kept in photograph albums at the Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio. Most of the identified photographs are of members of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite), with some Friends from the east and a few historic Quaker figures. Finding aid.

Margaret Dorland Webb Collection. 1929. SC 278.

Margaret (Dorland) Webb (1882-1967) was a native of Ontario, Canada, and the wife of John R. Webb, the pastor of East Main Street Friends Meeting in Richmond, Ind., 1917-1919, and an official of the Five Years Meeting of Friends. The collection consists of the transcript of a hearing on Margaret Webb’s application for U.S. citizenship, rejected because of her adherence to the Quaker Peace Testimony.

Emily Weeks Collection. SC 151.

Emily Weeks was a Hicksite Friend of Mechanicsburg, Henry County, Ind. The collection consists of material relating to Spiceland Academy, a Friends School in Henry County that she attended, and to Clarkson Davis (1833-1883) and his wife, Hannah Ellen (Brown) Davis (1841-1898), teachers at Spiceland. It includes photographs, academy programs, letters to and from Clarkson and Hannah Davis, and clippings. Gift of Mrs. M.L. Crisler, 1993.

Turner Welch Daybook. 1860-1891. SC 274.

Turner Welch (1790-1875) was a Quaker farmer and businessman at Farmer’s Institute, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. This daybook include typical farm accounts of goods bought and sold and work hired and traded with neighbors. Since accounts continue after Welch’s death, it was apparently used by another family member. Purchase, 2007.

Western Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative) Papers. 1831-1978. FRG 39.

Western Yearly Meeting of Conservative Friends was formed in 1877 by Friends who withdrew from the larger Western Yearly Meeting because of their disapproval of the introduction of revival methods. This collection relates largely to the Sugar Grove Meetinghouse near Plainfield, Indiana, and its burial ground, the yearly meeting educational fund, and the laying down of the yearly meeting in 1961. Gift of William Maxwell.

Alonzo L. Wheeler Reminiscences. SC 29.

"Some Incidents in the Course of My Life More Especially Occurances of Civil War Days." Typescript, ca.1935. Experiences of a Quaker, Unionist family in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Esther Griffin White Papers. 1880-1954. FMS 9.

Esther Griffin White (1867-1954) was a Richmond, Ind. artist, author, editor, feminist, and political activist. Her papers include correspondence, copies of writings, files of her Little Paper, and clippings reflecting her varied interests and career. Finding aid.

Ethel Publow White Collection. SC 62.

Earlham class of 1911; consists of classbook from Spiceland Academy, 1909-1910.

Gamaliel White Autograph Book. 1860-1866. SC 303.

Gamaliel White (1846-1920) was an Orthodox Friend who was born near Spiceland, Indiana, and lived in Michigan, Oklahoma, and Kansas. This autograph book dates from his youth in Henry County, Indian, perhaps while he was a student in the Spiceland Academy. Purchase, 2009.

John T. White Family Papers. 1780-1960. FMS 72.

The John T. White Family Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, business and legal papers, genealogical material, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and other writings of six generations of a prominent Quaker family in North Carolina and Indiana. Of special interest are papers documenting the relations of North Carolina Friends with former slaves. Finding aid.

Mordecai M. and Francis T. White Papers. 1731-1907. FMS 10.

Mordecai Morris White (1830-1913) and Francis Toms White (1833-1907) were students in Friends boarding schools who went on to successful careers as bankers and brokers in Cincinnati and New York. The White Papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, photographs, and genealogical materials. Of special interest are photographs and letters of slaves liberated by the Whites in North Carolina. See also FMS 72, the John T. White Family Papers.

White's Institute Papers. 1852-. FRG 29.

White's Institute, now White's Residential and Family Services, was founded in 1852 as a manual labor school for poor children under the care of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends. After a period as an Indiana boarding school, since 1897 it has focused on orphans and wards of courts. This collection consists of financial records and minutes (incomplete), business papers, correspondence, and historical materials.

Janet Whitney Papers. SC 31.

Janet Payne Whitney (1894-1974) was an English Quaker author. These notes, made during a visit to the US in 1960, include material on Quaker history, impressions of West River and Richmond First Friends meetings, and an account of growing evangelicalism within the Five Years Meeting. Gift of Helen Hole, 1967.

John Greenleaf Whittier Collection. SC 140.

Miscellaneous material relating to the Quaker poet, apparently collected by Augustine Jones (1834-1925) of Providence, Rhode Island. Included are clippings, reminiscences, and copies of correspondence between Jones and Whittier, ca. 1868-1892. Gift of Caroline Jones Woodman.

William S. Wilder Papers. 1836-1843. SC 275.

William S. Wilder (1808-1870) was a farmer born in Vermont who lived in western New York and in Geauga County, Ohio. This collection consists of six letters written to him by his father Abel Wilder (1783-1869), his brother Barnabas Wilder (1816-1895) of Fayette County, Indiana, and his father-in-law Calvin Adams of Verona, New York. Purchase 2007.

Edward G. Wilson Papers. 1926-1992. FMS 81.

Edward G. Wilson (1908-1992) was a 1930 Earlham College graduate and a long-time executive of the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency in New York City. He was also a long-time member of the Earlham Board of Trustees, serving several terms as its presidents. These papers relate to Wilson's connection with Earlham. Papers relating to other aspects of his career are at Duke University. Finding aid.

Henry Wilson Papers. FMS 47.

Henry Wilson (1791-1863) was an Orthodox Quaker physician of Washington County, Ind. The Wilson Papers consist of an autobiography and essays on religious subjects.

Jacob and Miriam Guyer Wilson Collection. SC 90.

Marriage certificate of Jacob Wilson (d. 1811) and Miriam Guyer (1775-1873) at Suttons Creek Monthly Meeting, Perquimans County, North Carolina, 1795. Probably a copy of the original.

Walter H. Wilson Papers. 1920-1950. FMS 18.

Walter H. Wilson ( -1966) was a Quaker pastor in Oregon, Kansas, and Nebraska, and superintendent of Nebraska Yearly Meeting, 1929-1933. The Wilson Papers consist of sermon outlines and notes, usually undated.

William R. Wilson Collection. SC 127.

William Robinson Wilson (1844-1940) was a Quaker farmer, teacher, and businessman of Henry County, Ind. Born in Perquimans County, North Carolina, he came to Wayne County, Ind. with his widowed mother in 1854 and, with the exception of a short period in Kansas in the 1860s, spent the rest of his life there and in Henry County. The collection consists of a photocopy of an autobiography written about 1928, concentrating on his life before 1890.

Charles Donald Winslow Letters. SC 193.

Charles Donald Winslow (1898- ), was a native of Carthage, Ind., attended Earlham College 1916-1917. He then became part of the Friends Reconstruction Unit working in France under the American Friends Service
Committee. The letters describe his experiences there. Gift of Mildred Henley Calvert, 1993.

Winslow Family Genealogical Collection. FMS 119.

This collection consists of two extensive typescript genealogies. One, compiled by Ellen Leiper Woolford Jones, is "Randolph Winslow, M.D., His Ancestry, Life, and Letters," 1952. The other is "A Brief Sketch of the Winslow Family," compiled by Randolph Winslow and Nathan Winslow, prior to 1928. Included is extensive material on the Quaker Winslow family in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Purchase, 2003.

Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia History. SC 168.

The Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia (originally the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania) was founded in 1850 by Dr. Joseph Longshore. This unpublished history, n.d., was the work of Joseph Longshore's brother, Thomas E. Longshore. Typescript; gift of George T. Weber of Robinson, Illinois, 1981.

Issac P. Woodard Collection. FMS 27.

Issac P. Woodard (1825-1906) was an Orthodox Friend and resident of Richmond, Ind. The Woodard Collection consists of a lengthy, handwritten Biblical exposition.

Luke Woodard Papers, 1850-1925. FMS 109.

Luke Woodard (1832-1925) was a Gurneyite Friend and leader of the "Great Revival" of the 1870s and 1880s as well as one of the first Quaker pastors. This collection includes diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, correspondence, and clippings reflecting his career as well as genealogical material on the Woodard, Outland, and Townsend families. Purchase, 2003. Finding aid.

Walter C. Woodward Papers. 1917-1927. FMS 11.

Walter C. Woodward (1878-1942) was a member of the Earlham College faculty from 1910-1915, a trustee of the college from 1917-1942, and the longtime editor of the American Friend. The collection consists of correspondence on Quaker affairs, especially relating to the Five Years Meeting. It apparently is a fragment of Woodward's papers, most of which are still in the hands of family.

Daniel Worth Collection. 1836-1970. SC 224.

Rev. Daniel Worth (1795-1862) was a Quaker turned Wesleyan Methodist minister who became a national celebrity when he was jailed in North Carolina in December 1859 on charges of inciting disaffection among slaves. This collection includes an 1860 letter by Worth, biographical material, and material concerning the Fountain City, Indiana, Wesleyan Church, of which he was a founder. Purchase from John Nixon Collection, 2002.

Cordelia Bogue Wright Reminiscences, 1917- . SC 213.

Cordelia Bogue Wright (born 1917) is a Quaker artist, homemaker, and farmer of Spiceland, Indiana. These reminiscences descibe life in the Quaker community of Spiceland in the twentieth century. Gift of Cordelia Bogue Wright, 2000.

Nathan Wesley Wright Collection. 1879-1885. FMS 70.

Nathan Wesley Wright (1854-1899) was a Quaker lawyer and farmer of Randolph County, Ind. and McKenzie, Tennessee. The Wright Collection consists of diaries for the years 1879-1885.

Carpenter-Wright Family Papers. 1834-1934. FMS 51.

This collection consists of correspondence, diaries, and other papers of the families of Walter T. Carpenter (1811-1910), his wife Susan (Mabie) Carpenter (1811-1908), their daughter Caroline (Carpenter) Wright, her husband Henry C. Wright, and his parents, Parvin and Ellen (Stroud) Wright, Orthodox Friends of Ohio and Indiana. It is especially valuable for material related to Earlham College before 1900. Finding aid.