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Eli and Mahalah Jay Collection. 1837-1916. FMS 13.

Eli Jay (1826-1911) and Mahalah (Pearson) Jay (1827-1916) were prominent Richmond, Ind. Friends and teachers in several Quaker schools, including Earlham College. This large collection contains significant material, including correspondence, diaries, and essays reflecting their activities and interests, especially education, Quaker history and genealogy, and Quaker foreign missions. Finding aid.

Charles M. Jenkins Papers. 1856-1910. FMS 65.

Charles M. Jenkins (1854-1929) was a Richmond, Ind., jeweler, optometrist and prominent Orthodox Friend. The Jenkins Papers consist of miscellaneous writings, photographs, diaries, and commonplace books, many of the Dickinson family of Richmond. Finding aid.

Jessop-Coffin-Hussey Collection. SC 214.

Material in the small collection falls into two groups. About half pertains to the family of Thomas Jessop (1715-1783), a Quaker who died in Guilford Co., N.C. It includes "Testimony" of his grandmother, Mary Jessop, concerning her husband Timothy Jessop who died in Yorkshire, England, in 1695; Thomas Jessop's 1760 certificate of marriage to Hannah Bishop in Carteret Co., N.C., and letters among his children. The Coffin-Hussey portion of the collection comprises letters and documents concerning the family of Aaron Coffin (1760-1846) and his wife Sarah Hussey and their son George Fox Coffin (1814-1901), a Quaker of Shelby Co., Ind., who married Lydia Jessop (1816-1884), a descendant of Thomas Jessop. It includes letters, legal and business receipts, an essay on antislavery politics, and genealogical information on the Jessop family. Transferred from FMS 91, 2002.

Jessup-Carson-Littler Family Papers. 1831-1972. FMS 35.

This small collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, notebooks, autograph books, and genealogical material of Quaker families in Howard and Marion counties, Ind. Of special interest is a detailed notebook kept by Esther Littler while attending the Friends World Conference in Oxford, England in 1952. Finding aid.

Gulielma Hunnicutt Jessup Papers. SC 152.

Gulielma (Hunnicutt) Jessup (1854-1928) was an Orthodox Friend, teacher, and farm wife, and an 1880 Earlham graduate. The collection consists of an essay, "The Old Homestead," written ca. 1925, about the home of her parents, John T. and Jane (Charles) Hunnicutt, in Wayne County, Ind. Gift of Mary (Jessup) Smith, 1973.

Henry Underwood Johnson Letters. 1935-1937. SC 57.

Henry Underwood Johnson (1850-1939), att. 1867-1869, was a Richmond attorney, state legislator, and member of the US House of Representatives 1891-1899. These letters, written almost daily, are to his brother Robert U. Johnson (1853-1937), New York City literateur and editor of the Century magazine. They contain family and local news as well as Henry U. Johnson's political and social views. Gift of Meredith Johnson, 1942.

Herschel Johnson Collection. SC 159.

Herschel Johnson (1884- ) was a fundamentalist Quaker preacher and writer of Muncie, Ind. Born near Winchester, Ind., he was a member of Central Yearly Meeting. The collection consists of an autobiography and two sermons, "The Wrath of God" and "The Holy Ghost." Transferred from FMS 33.

Ira C. Johnson Collection. SC 177.

Ira C. Johnson (1849-1940) was a prominent Orthodox Friends minister, pastor, and the superintendent of Indiana Yearly Meeting. This collection consists of a memoir composed by his daughter, Edith Johnson Winslow, an obituary, and a photograph. Gift of Joyce Overman Bowman, 1994.

John H. Johnson Collection. SC 5.

Historical materials relating to the South Eighth Street Friends Meeting in Richmond, Ind., almost entirely reminiscences of Benjamin Johnson (1833-1927), father of John H. Johnson. Included are a list of pastors, a list of charter members, a history of the Prayer Meeting formed in 1860, and a history of the formation of the meeting. Transferred from vault at Richmond First Friends, 1990.

Sarah Hubbard Hadley Johnson Collection. SC 176.

Sarah Woollen (Hubbard) Hadley Johnson was a Quaker born near Monrovia, Ind., in 1883, who died there in 1953. This collection consists of a ledger entitled "My Folk," with notes on her ancestors--the Hadley, Hubbard, Hunt, and Henley families.

Augustine Jones Collection. SC 98.

Augustine Jones (1834-1925) was a prominent Orthodox Friend and for many years headmaster of the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island. About 1960 his daughter, Caroline Jones Woodman, donated a number of historical artifacts, documents, and newspapers to Earlham, most of which have been cataloged separately. This collection consists of a copy of the will of Daniel Webster, a copy of a 1783 Thanksgiving Proclamation by John Hancock, and the program for a concert in Lynn, Massachusetts, 1874.

Claburn S. Jones Family Collection. 1674-1993. FMS 106.

Claburn S. Jones (1860-1941) was an 1884 Earlham College graduate and railroad official in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. This large collection consists mainly of scrapbooks documenting his life, that of his wife Margaret (Kenworthy) Jones (1864-1929), a native of Richmond, Indiana, and their children and relatives. Also included are photographs, letters, and genealogical material, mainly relating to Margaret Jones's Evans and Kenworthy relatives, who were prominent Quakers in Ohio and Indiana, and considerable genealogical research material. Gift of Richard N. Jones and Edie Batton, 1995. Finding aid.

Joseph Jones Collection. SC 103.

Joseph Jones (1813-1889) was an elder in the Chicago Monthly Meeting of Friends. The collection consists of a memorial of Chicago Monthly Meeting.

Louis and Mary-Ruth Jones Collection. 1774-2000. FMS 97.

Louis and Mary-Ruth (Brown) Jones are Earlham alumni of the class of 1930. This large collection includes papers and photographs of the Jones and Mather families in Ohio and Iowa and the Brrown and Parker families in Indiana. Of particular interest are diaries and letters of Louis Jones's parents, Sylvester (1845-1949) and Mae (Mather) Jones (1871-1961), early Quaker missionaries in Cuba. The collection also includes extensive genealogical material. Gift of Louis and Mary-Ruth Jones, 2000.

Morgan Jones Family Papers. 1818-1861. SC 36.

Morgan Jones (ca. 1770-1825) was a Quaker farmer of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who moved to Wayne County, Ind. about 1821. This collection consists of family and business correspondence, legal documents, and newspaper clippings. Photocopied from originals in possession on Marcia Gaar Lemon of Richmond, 1989.

Sylvester Jones Diary. 1941. SC 30.

Sylvester Jones (1875-1949) was a Quaker pastor, missionary in Cuba, and businessman in Chicago, long active in the affairs of the Five Years Meeting. This diary, kept March 12-October 17, 1941, concerns his work as director of Civilian Public Service (CPS), work under the American Friends Service Committee for the central region of the US. Also included are numerous clippings concerning the CPS and the establishment of work camps for conscientious objectors.

Thomas E. and Esther Jones Papers. 1900-1973. FMS 21.

Thomas E. Jones (1888-1973) was president of Fisk University, 1926-1946, and of Earlham College, 1946-1958. This collection consists of personal papers of Jones and his wife Esther (Balderston) Jones (1891-1967), including extensive correspondence, material relating to their work as missionaries in Japan, and drafts of Thomas E. Jones's autobiography.

Wilfred V. Jones Collection. 1927-1937. FMS 32.

Wilfred V. Jones (1903- ) was a 1928 graduate of Earlham College. The collection consists of a scrapbook about Jones's year at the Imperial University in Tokyo in 1926-1927 as a goodwill ambassador, a diary of travels in Spain in 1937, and miscellaneous writings and clippings.