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Manuscript Collections: S

Mary Catherine Sample Collection. 1873-1990. FMS 98.

The Sample Collection consists of clippings and ephemera relating to the Templin, Jones, Moore, and Whitely families of Milton and Wayne County, Indiana. Gift of Mary Catherine Sample, 2000.

Gustav Samuelson Collection. FMS 43.

Gustav Samuelson is a Friend residing in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Samuelson Collection consists of typescript writings, ca. 1985-1990, on economics and the environment.

Sesame Circle Collection. 1972-1976. FRG 30.

The Sesame Circle was a women's organization made up largely of members of the Richsquare Friends Meeting in Henry County, Indiana. This collection included minutes, membership records, financial records, correspondence, and clippings.

Alice Shaffer Papers. 1918-1996. FMS 88.

Alice Shaffer (1905-1997) was a Quaker social worker and humanitarian whose life was largely devoted to improving conditions for children around the world. The Shaffer Papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and other materials documenting Shaffer's work in the US, Germany, and Latin America with the American Friends Service Committee, UNICEF, and private charitable groups. Bequest of Alice Shaffer, 1999. Finding aid.

Sheldon Shrieves Collection. SC 189.

This small collection consists of a copy of Proceedings of Centennial Anniversary, Miami Monthly Meeting, Waynesville, Ohio, 1803-1903, with a family tree inscribed by Sheldon Shrieves (born 1899) of Wilmington, Ohio.

Shute Family Letters. SC 50.

Six letters written 1840-1862 to Charles Shute (1804-1861), a Hicksite Friend of Richmond, Wayne County, Ind. Correspondents include Moses Kelly, Samuel Shute and Edward Shaw. Photostats of original letters found in 1947. Transferred from FMS in 1933.

Norbert Silbiger Collection. FMS 71.

Norbert Silbiger (1895-1979) was a Vienna-born journalist and the founder of the Richmond Civic Theater. An officer in the Austrian army during World War I, between the world wars he became a leading Viennese journalist and anti-fascist. Sent to a concentration camp by the Nazis in 1938, he was freed through the help of English Quakers and through them came to the US, finally coming to the refugee hostel at Quaker Hill. From 1942 to 1962 he was director of the Richmond Civic Theater. The collection includes an early c.v., clippings, photographs, programs, biographical material, and letters of congratulation on his receipt of an honorary degree from Earlham College in 1968. Gift of Jean (Hamm) Balestrieri, 1992, and Richard Smith, 1993. Addition of photographs by Jean (Hamm) Balestrieri, 1994.

Elwood C. Siler. SC 123.

Elwood C. Siler (1831-1896) was a prominent Gurneyite Quaker minister and revivalist of Parke County, Ind. The collection consists of photocopies of his marriage certificate, 1852, to Martha Morris, entries from the Siler family Bible, and a dim photograph.

Fred E. Smith Collection. 1915-1950. FMS 37.

Fred E. Smith (1872-1953) was a well-known Quaker pastor in the Five Years Meeting, largely in Indiana Yearly Meeting. The Smith Collection consists of a scrapbook with photos of Indiana Quaker meetinghouses ca. 1920 and miscellaneous writing of Fred E. Smith.

Hosea Smith Family Papers. 1801-1920. SC 55.

Hosea Smith (1773-1846), was a Friend living in Perquimans County, North Carolina, disowned in 1810 for selling two slaves. In the same year he brought his family to Pike County, Ind. The papers consist of letters written by Hosea Smith, 1810-1823, to relatives in North Carolina, a family history begun by Hosea in 1844 and continued by descendants until 1920, and miscellaneous accounts. Photocopies transferred from FMS 33.

Joseph P. Smith Memoirs. SC 163.

Joseph P. Smith (1845-1937) was a Quaker farmer of Morgan County, Ohio, and Warren County Iowa. This typescript reminiscence narrates his boyhood in Ohio and life on farms in Missouri and Iowa. Transferred from D. Elton Trueblood Collection, 1995.

Logan W. Smith Collection. 1917-1976. FMS 85.

Logan W. Smith (1917-1976) was a prominent Quaker pastor and missionary who served pastoral Friends in Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina as well as in Kenya and Jamaica during his career. The collection consists of a variety of documents, photographs, clippings, and writings, nearly all relating to his pastoral work. Gift of Betty Brumbaugh, 1995. Finding aid.

Roxie Stalker Collection. SC 167.

Roxie Stalker (1884- ), a native of Westfield, Ind. and a 1908 Earlham College graduate, was a Quaker missionary in British East Africa (now Kenya) from 1918 to 1923. The collection consists of her diaries and correspondence. Typescript by Thomas J. Roberts, 1996.

Stanley Family Collection. SC 183.

The Stanley Family Collection consists of documents relating to the Stanley family of Wayne County, Ind. It includes the will of Aaron Stanley (1787-1866) and a newspaper account of the will of Zacariah Stanley (1819-1901) of Union County, Ind., including the bequest of a scholarship fund to Earlham College. Gift of Francis Stanley, 1999.

Alexander S. Starbuck Letters. SC 165.

Alexander Selkirk Starbuck (1847-1865) was a native of Randolph County, Ind., who served in the 121st Indiana Regiment, Ninth Cavalry, during the Civil War. The collection consists of five letters written from Mississippi from January to June 1865, including descriptions of army life and responses to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Transferred from FMS 33, 1997.

Nancy Davis Starnes Collection. SC 156.

Nancy (Davis) Starnes (1851-1886) was a native of Hamilton County, Ind., who died in Rose Hill, Kansas. A Quaker, she lost her membership in 1877 when she divorced her husband, Browning L. Starnes. The collection consists of letters to Nancy Starnes and to her daughter Clara (Starnes) Thomas Moore Reel (1871-1957). Gift of Beatrice Thomas, 1994.

Ray Stewart Collection. 1957-1988. SC 3.

Letters and clippings written or collected by Ray E. Stewart (1917- ), of Dublin and Indianapolis, Ind., an active member of Indiana Yearly Meeting. Subjects include doctrinal conflicts in the Society of Friends, Indiana Yearly Meeting, politics, and the Vietnam War.

Louise Allender Stinetorf Collection. 1940-1966. FMS 36.

Louise Allender Stinetorf (1900-1992) was a 1925 Earlham College graduate, missionary, teacher, and well-known author. The Stinetorf Collection consists of scrapbooks reflecting her literary career: correspondence with editors and publishers, fan mail, reviews, and drafts of works. Finding aid.

Jonathan Strattan Papers. 1860-1878. SC 6.

Photocopies of two letters, 1860, 1878, by Walter Edgerton (1806-1879), a Friend of Spiceland, Ind., concerning his activities as an Anti-Slavery Friend and his opposition to innovation among Friends in the 1870s. Copies provided by Anna May Hamilton, Russiaville, Ind., 1991.

Myron Strattan Collection. SC 134.

Myron Strattan (1895-1986) was a minister and leading member of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, residing in Knightstown, Ind. The collection consists of autobiographical and reminiscent writings, mostly relating to the peace testimony of Friends.

Elihu Swain Diary. 1826-1837. SC 237.

Elihu Swain (1795-1839), a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, was an Orthodox Friend of Union County, Ind. His diaries for 1826-1827 and 1836-1837 describe farming, clearing land, and other aspects of Indiana life in the period. Purchase, 2005.

Jonathan Swain Collection. SC 234.

Jonathan Swain (1798-1872) was a Quaker, abolitionist, and Spiritualist in Union County, Ind. This collection consists of an autobiography, with considerable reminiscence of his childhood in Guilford County, North Carolina; his pioneer life in Indiana; his reflections on religious doctrine; and his interests in antislavery and Spiritualism. Typescript, donation, 2004.

Samuel Sweet Collection. SC 79.

Consists of correspondence, all ca. 1903, with Eli Jay re: Buffington and Coffin families.

John H. Sweitzer Papers. SC 211.

John H. Sweitzer (1917-1992) was Manager of Plant and Purchases at Earlham College 1952-1983 and an active Quaker. This small collection consists of material relating to his work as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II and material relating to the controversy over the AFSC World Affairs Institute at Camp Clements in Richmond, Indiana, in 1960. Gift of Jean Sweitzer, 1993.