Box 3

Letters from Kelly and Lael to Lael's sister, the family, President Jay of Earlham College, regarding travels around Germany; work with the American Friends Service Committee; tariffs; Kelly giving sermons at local churches; travels throughout Europe; preparations to begin teaching at Earlham in the Fall; preparations to return home; Quaker meetings in England and Germany

Letters to family about happenings at Earlham; 9/30/1927 Report of Farewell Exercises for Wilfred Jones from Earlham College to be an envoy to Japan; letters about faith and Quakerism; letters to President Edwards of Earlham College about enrollment

Letters to Eddie Thompson discussing plans to study at Harvard, learning French, married life, books; studies at Harvard; Letters to and from President Dennis of Earlham re: extended leave of absence 1931-2; thinking about teaching positions outside of Earlham.

Letters to Professor Gillett; Edie Thompson discussing philosophy; coursework at Harvard; teaching work at Wellesly College; preaching work; correspondence with Harvard faculty about Kelly's becoming a Doctoral candidate in Philosophy there.

Letters from Clarence Lewis about potential job prospects for Kelly (in Honolulu); Letters to Professor Gillett and President Dennis of Earlham about working to finish thesis work at Harvard

Letters from Clarence Lewis; Letters to mother, Rufus Jones, Eddie Thompson, Professor Gillett--and some to/from other Harvard faculty--about Kelly's accepting the position in Honolulu; Kelly's bad health; finishing the thesis; deciding whether to take oral exams; moving to Hawaii; publishing his thesis as a book; life in Hawaii

Letters to/from Professor Gillett, Rufus Jones, Merill Root, Eddie Thompson, Mary and Frank, family, discussing Kelly's accepting the offer of a position at Haverford College; children; travels from Hawaii; summary of his thesis; first year at Haverford and teaching philosophy, Indian philosophy

Letters (near-daily) to Lael, children, family about sea voyage to Europe and summer travels there, mostly in England and Germany--discussed German economic conditions and his seeing and working with the American Friends Service Committee there.

Letters to Kelly from various German friends, Merrill Root, Bob Whitehead, from Kelly to family, discussing return from Germany; letters in reply to his lectures; letters to students

Letters from Kelly discussing buying land/house in Maine; to/from Friends regarding German occuppation of France; from Howard Conn, asking Kelly to speak at Lenten Observances in Stamford, Connecticut; Letter Lael to Mary about Tom's death 1/17/1941; letters of condolence from Merill to Lael; memorials and tributes including by Rufus Jones