Box 22B

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6 items. Note: Not all letters are detailed below, but those that are not are often related to general family information, including move to new house in or near Richmond, Indiana, birth of Edward and health. To family. Richmond, Indiana [discusses family Cox and their relatives, the Morrises, Lindleys et al, 1924?; To family [writing a book and visiting with William James and Alfred Elkinton, 1925 October 29

Scope and Contents 10 items, Note: Not all letters are detailed below, but those that are not are often related to general family information; also, setting up physics lab at Earlham and move to Mills College in California; To mother. Richmond, Indiana. encloses piece by Howard Haines Brinton published in The Forerunner in August 1927, 1927 October 2; To family [Palo Alto, Cal.?] [Daniel Test, superintendent of Pennsylvania Hospital, visit; went to Meeting at home of Augustus Murray where Hoovers often attend;...

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5 items, Note: Not all letters are detailed below, but those that are not often relate to general family information; also, arrival of new child, Joan, noted. To family [Earlham continues to have troubles, and needs a new president quickly; notes that Clarence Pickett will be come Executive Secretary of AFSC], 1929 April 22; To family. Mills College, Cal [thinking of his road to learning, first with a list; then a poem to West Chester Friends School which "influenced

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6 items To family. On board S.S. Noordan [Expects to reach Boulogne soon; people on board], 1920 July 5; To family [Richmond, IN] 3 items [teaching physics and will teach philosophy; saw Bill Tilden play tennis; in process of finishing thesis], 1920s; To family [traveled with Anna to Yosemite and to Herbert Hoover's house. Hoover did not give a speech, though Mrs. Hoover did], 1920s; To family [arrived in Palo Alto from Richmond and rented big house

Scope and Contents 20 items Note: Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but taken together give a picture of the breadth of Brinton's correspondence and correspondents. Letters (carbon copies) in this folder begin to reflect the work of Howard Brinton at Pendle Hill. To Walter [Miles]. Mills College, Cal [home-school for daughter Joan; went to Palo Alto to watch Hoover welcomed home, 1932 November 10; To Dr. Eubanks Carsner. written on the train [concerning the personality of a personal God],...

Scope and Contents 35 items; Note: Letters are almost all carbon copies relating to Brinton's work at Pendle Hill. Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but taken together give a picture of the breadth of Brinton's correspondence and correspondents. To Edward Evans [believes in an absolute moral principles; the four tests of pacifism include primarily mysticism], 1937 January 6; To Richard Gregg [thanks for suggestions of books by Bertrand Russell and John Macmurray, which he plans to order],...

Scope and Contents 15 items. Note: Some letters are copies relating to Brinton's work at Pendle Hill. To Gilbert White [re plan for the Education Conference to take place at Richmond], 1946 November 18; To the Members of the Executive Committee of the Fellowship Council. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [proposal to create a new yearly meeting on the Pacific coast], 1947 February 7; To [Anna Shipley Cox Brinton]. Stockholm [Sweden] [description of high school near Sigtuna reminiscent of Pendle Hill and trip from...

Scope and Contents 20 items. To Melvin Arnold. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [re book by Van Etten on George Fox and the Quakers] including 2 letters by Arnold, 1957 August 2; To Hoseki Hisamatsu. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [way in which Quakers and Zen Buddhists can share in a religion] with response from Hisamatsu, 1961 January 9; To James Forsythe [tells of having had a heart attack], 1961 February 10; To Sogen Asahina. 3 items [re keeping Asahina's son at Pendle Hill for another year], 1961 October 18–1962...

Scope and Contents 30 items. Note: Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but many relate to the Korean translation of Brinton's Friends for 300 Years underwritten in part by the Chace Fund; some refer to his increasing years and infirmities. To George Allen and Unwin Co [re securing permission for republication of his work], 1963 October 30. To Ann Blair. Wallingford, Pennsylvania 19086 [re translation of his book Friends for 300 Years into Korean to be done by Sok-hon Ham], 1968 January 15. To...

Scope and Contents 30 items. Note: Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but many references are made to his infirmities, especially blindness.To Walter and Catharine Miles [on the Pendle Hill pamphlet containing story by Anna Shipley Cox Brinton; Howard Haines Brinton manuscript being typed for publication], 1971 March 27. To John and Lydia Forbes [understands why Nixon does not attend Meeting; criticism of Washington (D.C.) Quakers; Anglicans and Quakers], 1971 April 30. To Dr. Sharan...