RUDOLPH-CARLTON COLLECTION Gift of Martha and Mary Jane Adams, 5/84  1 document storage box, .25 cubic feet; 2 document storage boxes of .25 cubic feet each with diaries and other memorabilia.  Prepared by Joanne Sawyer, 1994

H. D. Carlton Family

Memorabilia: 

--Declaration of Independence written on fabric
--tinted portrait of Martha Rudolph, framed, c. 1858
--sampler of Cleone Atwater Rudolph, pre-1822
--class ring of Elizabeth Carlton, 1896
--4 sterling silver teaspoons with monogram MRC
--2 gold brooches with cross pendants
--photographs on leather of 3 men
--ambrotype of Peter Carlton in painted and inlaid case
--ambrotype of Mary Dunlap Carlton
--ambrotype of students of W.R.E.I. in costume for dramatic production
--daguerreotype or ambrotype of faculty and students of W.R.E.I.
--daguerreotype or ambrotype of Hampton Carlton
--ambrotype of students of W.R.E.I.

Manuscripts: 

--last will and testament of Francis Carlton, 1813
--letter of recommendation for Hampton Carlton, written by J.H. Rhodes, Hiram, 1856
--grade report of Martha Rudolph, 1857
--untitled poem written by Hampton Carlton at Hiram, 1858
--“Inter Nubes,” by Mary Jane Richards and Martha Rudolph
--letter or debate notes of Hampton Carlton, Hiram, 1859
--“The Literary Basket,” by Martha Rudolph, 1860
--“The Olive-Leaf,” by Martha Rudolph, n.d.
--license to solemnize marriage in the state of Ohio, granted to Hampton Carlton, 1866
--U.S. land grant to Hampton Carlton, 1869
--brief Carlton genealogy by Hampton Carlton, 1880
--memorials to Zeb Rudolph and Arabella Mason, 1879 and 1897
--clippings regarding Elizabeth C. Adams as Hiram College trustee, 1920
--“Early Life and Civil War Reminiscences of Captain Joseph Rudolph,” 1941
--copies of Rudolph, Carlton and Garfield documents (originals in Garfield collection)
--undated letter signed “Bessie”

RUDOLPH-CARLTON COLLECTION –Gift of Mary Jane Adams, 5/88

Genealogies: 

7 copies of A Brief Record of Francis Carlton and His Descendants.  Prepared by H.D. Carlton of Warren, Ohio.  Warren, Ohio:  Press of Western Reserve Chronicle, 1880.  (One copy contains notes by Cleona Carlton.) 

Photographs: 

-James Rudolph, brother of Martha Rudolph Carlton
-female students at Hiram College, c. 1896
-Amzi Rudolph, brother of Martha Rudolph Carlton
-Hampton D. Carlton Family

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MARY JANE ADAMS 		sisters		     MARTHA RUDOLPH ADAMS
						                    (deceased)

				daughters of

ELIZABETH CARLTON		and		     EDGAR ADAMS
Class of 1896					     (a judge, I believe)
Trustee, 1920-38

      				daughter of

MARTHA RUDOLPH		and 		     HAMPTON DUNLAP CARLTON

				daughter of

JOHN RUDOLPH, JR.		and		     CLEONIA ATWATER
(brother of ZEB RUDOLPH,
 one of the founders of the WREI
 and father-in-law of JAMES A. GARFIELD)




WREI = Western Reserve Eclectic Institute




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See also: http://library.hiram.edu/Archives/THE%20GARFIELDWEBVERSION.pdf