Merrill-Graydon family papers, 1836-1930 (bulk 1890-1920).

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Merrill-Graydon family papers, 1836-1930 (bulk 1890-1920).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27878488

The collection contains family papers consisting of correspondence, club papers, documents, clippings and books. Family members include Catharine Merrill, Charles Washington Moores II, Jane Chambers McKinney Graydon, Katharine Merrill Graydon, Julia Graydon Jameson, and Mary Ann McKinney Alexander. Topics include Butler University, family genealogy, women's clubs, and Indianapolis history. Of special interest is a Merrill family temperance pledge, Catharine Merrill's German travel letters, a history of Fourth Presbyterian Church, a catalogue from the Cleveland Female Seminary, and the 1916 Indiana Centennial.

4 boxes and 1 oversize folder.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7250276

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Graydon, Katharine Merrill

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Jameson, Julia Graydon, 1890-1935.

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Graydon, Jane Chambers McKinney, 1802-1891

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Jane Chambers McKinney was born in Wilmington, Del.; about 1815 the family moved to Harrisburg, Pa., where she married Alexander Graydon. Both were active abolitionists. In 1843 they moved to Indianapolis. In 1863 Mrs. Graydon went to Nashville to serve in a Union hospital, and after the war aided in the founding of the Indianapolis Home for Friendless Women, now the Indianapolis Retirement Home. From the description of Papers, 1863. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat rec...

Cleveland Female Seminary

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Moores, Charles W. (Charles Washington), 1862-1923

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Indianapolis, Indiana lawyer and author. From the description of Letter, July 24, 1913. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52975267 ...

Alexander, Mary Ann McKinney.

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North-western Christian University (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Butler College

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Butler University

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Merrill, Catharine, 1824-1900

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Graydon family.

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Fairview Presbyterian Church (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Indianapolis Woman's Club

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Founded in 1875 to "form an organized center for the mental and social culture of its members..." and to encourage "a liberal exchange of thought by papers and discussion upon all subjects pertaining to its objects." Religious and political topics are excluded, however, as the founders represented a variety of opinions. Founders and later members participated in public causes, including women's suffrage. A haven for free-thinking women, the club is the oldest of its kind in Indiana and is still ...

Merrill family.

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