Series I. Harriet Blood Charles, 1851–54, 1860–1909, n.d.

Box 1

Letters sent

Thomas Charles, 1871–72, 1874–75, 1877–78, n.d. (2 f)
Alice Bell Charles Reid, 1898–1908, n.d.
Ethelwyn Charles, 1891–95, 1897–1907, n.d. (2 f)
Grace Miriam Charles, 1896–1907
Mary Agnes Charles, 1895–1904, n.d.
Daughters, 1895–1900, 1902–08, n.d. (3 f)
Unidentified daughter, 1896–1908, n.d.
Emma Blood Gates and Mary Blood (sisters), 1860–1904
Louisa Blood (sister), 1851–54, 1860–67 (2 f)
Other relatives, 1871, 1875–76, n.d.

Letters received from friends and relatives, 1861–1909 (2 f)

Series II. Thomas Charles, 1828(1871–1915)–1920, n.d.

Subseries 1. Correspondence

Box 2

Letters sent

Harriet Blood Charles and family, 1871–1915
Alice Bell Charles Reid, 1900–11
Ethelwyn Charles, 1889–95, 1897–1907 (2 f)
Grace Miriam Charles, 1895–1920 (3f)
Mary Agnes Charles, 1896–1903
Daughters, 1896–1915
Mary Agnes Charles (sister), 1872
A Quaker friend, 1871

Letters received

Daniel and Miriam Charles (parents), 1855–56, 1862, 1871–72, 1875
James Charles (brother), 1865, 1875
W.A. Bell, Jessie Garrard, and Aliza Bell, 1860, 1906–07
C.M. Clay, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carl Schurz, and William Seward, 1860
Horace Mann, 1854
Friends and relatives, 1909

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous

Box 2 (continued)

Business documents, 1828, 1848, 1874, 1888, n.d.
Day book, 1850s
Poem & notes concerning Quaker history, n.d.

Series III. Alice Bell Charles Reid, 1886–87, 1892–1923, n.d.

Box 3

Letters sent

Harriet Blood Charles, 1887, 1895–1900, 1903, n.d.
Thomas Charles, 1899, 1903, 1918, 1920
Ethelwyn Charles, 1892–1918, n.d.
Grace Miriam Charles, 1896–1923, n.d. (4 f)
Mary Agnes Charles, 1892, 1896–97, 1900–01, 1920, n.d.
Sisters and parents, 1900, 1902, 1916, n.d.
Emma Blood and Charles Gates (aunt and uncle), 1886, 1904, 1910

Letters received from friends and relatives, 1899, 1901–04, 1906, n.d.

Series IV. Ethelwyn Charles, 1886(1890–1924)–1965, n.d.

Subseries 1. Correspondence

Box 4

Letters sent

Harriet Blood Charles, 1892–98, n.d.
Grace Miriam Charles, 1892, 1894, 1897–1900, 1907, 1909–23, n.d. (6 f)
Family, 1888, 1892–98, 1901–02, 1929, n.d. (2 f)

Letters received

Anna J.H., 1894–95, 1907, n.d.
Grace Curtiss, 1902, 1904–07, 1913–15, 1917–19, 1921, 1958–60, n.d.
Payson Curtiss, 1896–97
Florence Fitch, 1902, 1904–06, 1915–16, 1918, 1921
Emma Blood and Charles Gates (aunt and uncle), 1892, 1896, 1902–03, 1909–14, n.d.
Edith Hannah, 1901, 1903, 1905–07, 1910, 1912, 1916, 1921, 1923, n.d.
Lou Hartshorn (cousin), 1904, 1914–17, 1944, n.d.

Box 5

Letters received (continued)

Jeanette, 1894
Julia Henry, 1894–95, 1899, 1903–04, 1909, n.d.
Merton Jameson, 1888, 1898–1900, 1902, n.d.
Louis Lord and Henry Churchill King, 1897, 1902, 1921, 1923–24
Maria and George, 1956, n.d.
May (cousin), 1892, 1905, 1914–16, n.d.
Granville Mooney, 1900
Curtis Waterman, 1905, 1942–43, 1946
Herbert Weston, 1894–95
Alice Williams, 1890–93
Lucy Wilson, 1890, 1894–95
Friends and relatives, 1886, 1891–93, 1895–97, 1901–02, 1904–09, 1911–12, 1914–18, 1921, 1942, 1962–63, 1965, n.d. (4f)

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous

Box 5 (continued)

Chicago High School graduation materials, 1892
Oberlin College class of 1897 materials, 1894, 1896–98, 1906–07, n.d.
Oberlin College 1897 class history, n.d.
Grand River Institute materials, 1897, 1900, n.d.
Typed manuscript on “John Brown,” n.d.
Miscellaneous writings, 1896, n.d.
General file, 1893, 1897, 1905, 1914–18, n.d.

“Code of Morals for Young Men and Women” by Professor William J. Hutchins, 1918
Atlantic Monthly renewal form, 1917
Willard Memorial Fund fundraising letter, 1915
Clipped poem and story, n.d.
Lyrics and sheet music, n.d.
Receipt, 1897
Chicago Political Equality League dance invitation and tickets, 1916
Marriage announcement, 1915
Union Park Church letter, 1905
Chicago teaching certificate, 1893
Oberlin College Living Endowment Union and Alumni Magazine subscription letter, 1915
Abstinence pledge, n.d.

Series V. Grace Miriam Charles, 1886, 1892–1923, 1930, 1936, n.d.

Subseries 1. Correspondence

Box 6

Letters sent

Harriet Blood Charles, 1896–99, 1903, 1905–08, n.d.
Thomas Charles, 1898
Alice Bell Charles Reid, 1898, 1904
Ethelwyn Charles, 1892, 1894–95, 1898–1907, 1914–19, n.d. (2 f)

Mary Agnes Charles, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1910, n.d.
Sisters, 1900, 1903, 1923, n.d.

Letters received

Haywood Blood (uncle), 1895, 1901, 1908–09
John Coulter, 1907, 1910–11, 1918
John Paton Davies, 1902, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1920–21
Helen Dutton, 1899, 1901–02, 1905–06, 1909–10, 1912, 1918–20, 1922
Emma Blood Gates (aunt), 1886, 1898, 1902, 1910–12
Hope Griswald, 1899, 1903, 1910–11, 1917–18, 1920–22
Ralph Hartshorn, 1904–12, 1914–15, 1918–19

Box 7

Marguerite Knopf, 1907–09, 1911, n.d.
May (cousin), 1893–95, 1909, 1912, 1920, 1923
J.B. McNaught, 1917–19
John and Harriet Reid (nephew and neice), 1919, 1922, n.d.
Florence Shields, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1910, 1919
Emily Sinclair, 1908, 1914–17, 1920, 1922
Friends and relatives, 1897–1902, 1904–06, 1908–23, 1936, n.d.

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous

Box 7 (continued)

Oberlin College and debate team materials, 1895–96, 1898
Notes and Oberlin College commencement program, n.d.
Lincoln High School graduation materials, 1901
Union Park Congregational Church programs, 1910
Postcards, 1901–02, 1907, 1911, 1915–16, 1918, 1920, n.d.
News clippings and photographs, 1907, 1910, 1922–23, 1930, n.d.
University of Kansas directory, 1921

Series VI. Mary Agnes Charles, 1885(1894–1923)–1963, n.d.

Subseries 1. Correspondence

Box 8

Letters sent

Grace Miriam Charles, 1909–23 (6 f)
Family, 1885, 1889, 1892, 1894–99, 1902, 1929, n.d. (3 f)

Box 9

Letters received

Emma Blood Gates (aunt), 1891, 1905–06, 1909–11, 1913
Thomas and Alice Hastings, 1890, 1901–02, 1904–07
Mary Hemingway, 1913, 1949, 1951, 1956–57, 1960–62, n.d.
Frances and Priscella Lord, 1898, 1900, 1902–07, 1909, 1921, 1944, 1956–61, n.d.
Nan Pinneo, 1900–01, 1957–59
Friends and family, 1887, 1889, 1897–1901, 1903–04, 1906–07, 1910, 1913, 1930, 1932, 1935–38, 1955, 1957–58, 1960–63, n.d. (2 f)

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous

Box 9 (continued)

General file, 1898, 1906, n.d.

Checklist of people, n.d.
Recipes, n.d.
Second Congregational Church brochure, 1898
The Tourists brochure, 1906

Series VII. Miscellaneous Family Materials, 1837(1886–1909)–1916, n.d.

Subseries 1. Correspondence

Box 10

Letters sent by Haywood Blood to family, 1858–61, 1863, 1865, 1886, 1892, 1908
Letters between Louisa and Mary Blood (sisters), 1853–54, 1860, n.d.
Letters sent by Emma Blood Gates to

Sisters, 1837, 1860, 1862, 1864, 1870–71, 1874, 1876, 1886, 1888, 1891–96, 1898–1900, 1902–04, 1906–09, n.d. (2 f)
Friends and relatives, 1861, 1889, 1907

Letters between Charles and Emma Blood Gates, 1896
Letters sent by “Cousin Nelly” regarding Blood family history, 1916
Letter sent by William Kimball to “Niece,” 1871
Letter sent by Ellen M. Patrick to Mrs. Hastings, 1864
Miscellaneous letters, 1886, 1901–02, n.d.

Subseries 2. Miscellaneous

General file, 1894–95, 1899, 1905, 1913, n.d.

Calling cards, n.d.
Debate competition program, 1895
Marriage invitation, 1894
Notes and unidentified documents, 1894, n.d.
Postcards, 1905, n.d.
Receipts, 1895, 1899, 1913
Recipes of Harriet Blood Charles, n.d.

Series VII. Photographs, 1906-1923, n.d.

Box 10 (continued)

Thomas Charles, n.d.
Laramie, Wyoming (12 photographs), 1910
Florence Fitch, 1906
Unidentified photographs (8 photographs), 1914, 1922, 1923, n.d.
Family photograph, 1914
Jessie and Edward A. Seibert (2 photographs attached to letter; photocopy. See Correspondence, Subseries 1 for original letter.), n.d.
Horace Irving Olds, 22 mo., 1907 (see Correspondence Subseries 1 for accompanying letter and copy of photograph)
Genevieve Olds and “the babies” (2 photographs; see Correspondence Subseries 1 for accompanying letter and copy of photos) 1915