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The Harold C. Cranch Family Papers contains primarily correspondence to and from friends and family.  There is a series of correspondence with the Academy of the New Church regarding their children as students that may warrant privacy concerns for children still living.  There are also several small folders on non-family topics.

Scope and Contents The John & Gertrude Pitcairn papers contain correspondence, diaries, notebooks, ledgers and memorabilia pertaining to the personal, public and business life of John and Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn.  This includes correspondence regarding the Swedenborgian Church, the Academy of the New Church, Cairnwood Estate, Cairnwood Farms, the Anti-Vaccination movement, homeopathy and the iron, coal, gas, oil and railroad industry.  The collection also contains a large accumulation of personal items...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. George Goddard Starkey in Glenview, IL, USA. Text: “Your letter and report came in time for the meetings. I deeply sympathize with the aspirations expressed in your letter, and hope and indeed know that the Lord will in His wisdom, provide for us all. I can also understand your feeling with reference to Homeopathy. Our African trip was indeed a wonderful experience. The providential possibilities for the Church among the natives in South Africa...