Letters, July-December 1914

(ca. 118 items: letters) Letters addressed to Edward M. Wistar. correspondents include: F.A. Abbott; W.F. Bradway; Samuel M. Brosius; Clark and Elma T. Brown; T. Wistar Brown; Pliny Fry; John H. Furnas; Howard B. Grace; A.J. Hadley; S.M. Hadley; George N. Hartley; Austin Hatcher; Abigail C. Haworth; Charles C. Haworth; William P. Haworth; George D. Hilyard; Allen D. Hole; Rayner W. Kelsey; Rachel Kirk; Charles S. Macfarland; John L. Mayo; Lucy Logan; Lina B. Lunt; Thomas C. Moffett; Margaret L. Moody; Arthur C. Parker; Morton C. Pearson; H.C. Phillips; J. Farland Randolph; John M. Ratcliff; Walter B. Ratcliff; Cato Sells; Jonathan M. Steere; Anna Doan Stephens; Elwood Tatum; Elizabeth Test; Harvey L. Wallace; Miles White; Daniel and Hattie Williams; Carolena M. Wood; Charles Wooten

Topics discussed include: in general, news of the various missions and the people running them, especially in the letters of William P. Haworth and his successor, Clark Brown; Charles C. Haworth not interested in replacing his father as Superintendent; news of mission at Hominy from Daniel A. Williams; financial situation of the Assoc. Exec. Com., lack of adequate funding, whether to close the mission to the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je); finding replacements for William P. and Abigail C. Haworth as Superintendents; news of [Seneca] mission from Harvey Wallace; discussion of Clark Brown as successor to William Haworth, and thoughts pro and con in regard to him; news of mission to the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Norman, Okla. from Austin Hatcher, he feels he should resign as sees little progress in the three years he has been there; Walter Ratcliff wants to work at mission to the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je); financial contribution to Committee from T. Wistar Brown; list of missionary boards working with Native Americans; news of mission to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe from John L. Mayo, writes that some Native Americans are giving up use of peyote; Clark Brown appointed as Superintendent to succeed Haworth; news of mission to the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je) from Charles Wooten, writes that the Native Americans like them but not the Friends doctrine, Native Americans following Robert Small and Church of God people; John L. Mayo and a Baptist minister engaged in a water baptism (see letters of Haworth, 9.18.1914 and Mayo, 9.25.1914); Native American dances (Haworth, 9.18.1914); letters from the Home Missions Council; Native American legislation re: Ogden Land Company and Native American reservations in New York; resignation of John L. and S.N. Mayo from work at mission to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe; Baptist minister, Mr. Crane, visits Shawnee [at Hillside?], possible conflict; George N. Hartley visiting the various missions and reports to Wistar his findings; Lina B. Lunt has tuberculosis (at mission to the Kickapoo Tribe); religious exhibit at Panama-Pacific Exposition (in letters from Five Years Meeting); text of a speech [?] of Wistar's (incomplete, apparently given at a conference in June of 1914, typed version of same in box 8, folder of misc. reports) also letters addressed to: George N. Hartley, from: Clark Brown re: new well, cistern (2 letters); John L. Mayo re: conflict with Baptist preacher and Native Americans; Fred L. Ryon re: inquiring about the position of Superintendent; George H. Moore re: Clark Brown Clarkson and Emma Brown, from: Ivey and Hannah Clark re: wants permission to visit sick relatives; E.M. Wistar re: position of Superintendent Cato Sells, from: Gabe E. Parker re: Parker's opinion of Sells Jonathan M. Steere, from: David M. Edwards re: recommendation of Clark Brown William P. and A.C. Haworth, from: Charles Wooten re: Wootens' work with the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je); Clark Brown re: Superintendent position; Jessie Ratcliff re: Ratcliffs' want to take up work at mission to the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je)