Box 2

Letter from "Fred" updating Kelly on his transfer from Barrow to Blackpool; Letters to Lael describing war conditions (air raids, uncertain news, food rations), his position on the war, the Christian character of his work, P.O.W. conditions, language study; love letters to Lael; Letters to Mother, sister, Mrs. Macy, speaking of faith, his work, conditions in London, atrocities of war.

Letters to Lael, sister, mother, discussing air raids, trips to Wales, feeling isolated, Christmas, work with the YMCA; Christmas card from Kelly and Lael to Kelly's sister; telegram to Mrs. Linton announcing Kelly is enroute home from C.V. Hibbard 12/17/1917; letters after this date discuss packing to return home, sea voyage onboard the R.M.S Baltic.

Letters written at Hartford to Lael, mother, sister, family: difficulties around Conscientious Objectors in England contributed to his coming home; being back at Seminary, reply 3/18/1918 to President J. Edwin Jay of Wilmington College re: job offer--later accepts this job; travels around New York visiting Friends; worries about Influenza

Letters to father, mother, family, about beginning of the new term at Seminary, planning wedding, sermons, graduation from Seminary (5/28/1919); wedding (5/29/1919); beginning of Kelly's work at Wilmington College; Letters Lael to her sister Miriam about worries and loneliness, Tom being in a car crash, her parents' health.

Letters to Lael discussing travel to Wilmington, Lael needing to be with her family because bad health of her parents; setting up their new house; seeing his family; his work at Wilmington College; finances; student progress in his courses; contemplating resignation; Lael trouble with family; growth of socialism; letter of resignation from Wilmington College.

Letters to family regarding move to Hartford; pursuing his Ph.D.; accepting a pastorship at Wilson; Lael's mother's health declining; Lael's mother's passing 12/18/1921; Letters by Lael and Tom to family regarding summer trip there, Christmas 1922

Letters to Mother, sister, family, discussing talks over a new radio, work at Seminary and with Wilson Church.

Postcard from Philadelphia--stayed at Haverford with Rufus Jones--1/10/1924; Correspondence between Kelly, Rufus Jones, and President David M. Edwards of Earlham College regarding Kelly's placement there as Chair of Philosophy to begin fall 1925 and Clyde Milner's placement in the interim; letters from Kelly and Lael to family; The Kellys will be with American Friends Service Committee in Germany in 1924; Kelly's resignation from Wilson Church; letters written on sea voyage to Europe

Letters from Kelly and Lael to family, "Bob"; President Edwards of Earlham College, Rufus Jones, Lael's sister Miriam, regarding arrival in Germany; work of Friends--English, German, and American--there; economic conditions; formation of International Committee; World's Peace Congress; travels through Germany with American Friends Service Committee; holidays