Fuller Family papers

Finding Aid

Prepared by Merritt Donaghy, December 1, 1975; Revised by Stephanie Wachalec, November 24, 2003; Last Updated: July 2020

Inclusive Dates: 1841-1946
Bulk Dates: 1890-1910
Extent: 2.5 cubic feet (2 record storage boxes and 1 half-size record storage box,)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Biographical Note: Allen Orrin Fuller (1831-1906), son of Ira Fuller was an ordained Baptist minister and medical doctor. In 1863 he married Cornelia Rachel Cowles (1836-1932), granddaughter of Giles Hooker. Their daughter Jeanette Fuller (1868-1952) attended the Lake Erie Seminary and was active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.). As a W. C. T. U. organizer and lecturer she traveled to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Michigan.

Scope and Content: This collection is primarily composed of correspondence to and from Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller. Other items include lectures and writings by Allen Orrin Fuller, W. C. T. U. information and miscellaneous items, including a few photographs relating to the Fuller family. The contents of the collection has been microfilmed. Microfilm reels are housed in Box 3.

Related Materials: Related collections are: the Betsy Mix Cowles papers, Lysander Mix Cowles papers, Giles Hooker Cowles papers, and Myra G. Cowles papers. Myra was a cousin and contemporary of Jeanette Fuller.

Processing Information: Originally processed under the archives identification D.1.2.1.

Acquisition Information: This collection was donated to Kent State University by Margaret Cowles Ticknor in 1975. 

Box 1
Folder -- Content

1. Correspondence, October 10, 1841-June 10, 1849 bulk of letters pertain to Ira Fuller's family
2. Correspondence, January 7, 1850-December 28, 1859 bulk of letters pertain to Ira Fuller's family
3. Correspondence, February 7, 1861-December 28, 1869 bulk of letters pertain to Ira Fuller's family
4. Correspondence, July 27, 1874-December 5, 1879 bulk of letters received by Allen Orrin and Cornelia Fuller
5. Correspondence, August, 1880-December 20, 1889 bulk of letters received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
6. Correspondence, April 14, 1890-June 13, 1891 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
7. Correspondence, January 13, 1892-October 19, 1892 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
8. Correspondence, August, 1893-December 20, 1895 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
9. Correspondence, January 3, 1896-September 26, 1896 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
10. Correspondence, October 5, 1896-December 5, 1896 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
11. Correspondence, January 3, 1897-December 26, 1897 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
12. Correspondence, January 7, 1898-November 13, 1899 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
13. Correspondence, January 6, 1900-December 22, 1902 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
14. Correspondence, March 9, 1903-August, 1903 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
15. Correspondence, September 19, 1903-October 26, 1903 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
16. Correspondence, November 6, 1903-December, 1903 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
17. Correspondence, February 15, 1904-July 22, 1904 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
18. Correspondence, August 4, 1904-September, 1904 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
19. Correspondence, October, 1904-December 9, 1904 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
20. Correspondence, January 14, 1905-April, 1905 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
21. Correspondence, May 2, 1905-June 16, 1905 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
22. Correspondence, July 8, 1905-October 27, 1905 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
23. Correspondence, November 1, 1905-December 18, 1905 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
24. Correspondence, January 1, 1906-March, 1906 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller
25. Correspondence, April 3, 1906-June 13, 1906 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller

Box 2
Folder -- Content

1. Correspondence, July 5, 1906-December 7, 1906 bulk of letters written/received by Allen Orrin, Cornelia, and Jeanette Fuller [Allan O. died in August, 1906]
2. Correspondence, February 24, 1907-December 12, 1907 bulk of letters written/received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller
3. Correspondence, April 27, 1908-August, 1908 bulk of letters written/received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller
4. Correspondence, January 3, 1909-November 5, 1909 bulk of letters written/received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller
5. Correspondence, June 6, 1910-November, 1913 bulk of letters written/received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller
6. Correspondence, March 3, 1914-October 13, 1914 bulk of letters written/received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller
7. Correspondence, October 28, 1915-October 14, 1920 bulk of letters received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller
8. Correspondence, February 23, 1921-December, 1925 bulk of letters received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller [after late 1923 becomes Mrs. George Allen]
9. Correspondence, August 21, 1926-February 24, 1929 bulk of letters received by Cornelia and Jeanette Fuller Allen
10. Correspondence, July 21, 1930-December, 1946 bulk of letters received by Jeanette Fuller Allen
11. Correspondence, written by members of the Ira Fuller family to Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
12. Correspondence, written/received by Allen Orrin or Cornelia Fuller, undated
13. Correspondence, written/received by Jeanette Fuller, undated
14. Correspondence, unknown writer or recipient, undated
15. Envelopes, 1862-1931, undated
16. Grand River Institute Programs, 1890, 1926 [features a photograph of Cornelia Cowles Fuller]
17. The Homiletic Review Vol.XXIII no. 4, April, 1892
18. Journal by Allen Orrin Fuller, 1859-1862, expense entries 1870-1873, undated
19. Lectures and writings by Allen Orrin Fuller, 1877-1902
20. Lectures and writings by Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
21. Legal papers, 1864, 1875, 1890, 1893, 1907, undated
22. Manuscript Cosmopola by Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
23. Memorandum book of Allen Orrin Fuller, May 10, 1857
24. The Message of Spring by Allen Orrin Fuller, May 26, 1901
25. Miscellaneous cards, 1900, 1916 [pocket calendar], undated
26. Miscellaneous financial records, 1889, 1896, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1931
27. Miscellaneous genealogical notes about the Cowles and Fuller families, undated
28. Miscellaneous lists and notes by Jeanette Fuller, undated
29. Miscellaneous manuscripts, Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
30. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1891, 1902, 1904, undated
31. Miscellaneous notes and papers by Allen Orrin Fuller, 1895-1899
32. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1891, 1908, undated
33. Miscellaneous writings by Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
34. Miscellaneous writings [fragments, with some order] by Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
35. Miscellaneous writings [fragments, no real order] by Allen Orrin Fuller, undated
36. Newspaper clippings written by or about Allen Orrin Fuller, 1889-1906, undated
37. No-Tobacco Journal, [cover photograph of Cornelia Cowles Fuller], May, 1930
38. No-Tobacco League, Press Bureau releases [seven total, one page each in length, written by Will H. Brown, Superindendent, undated]
39. The Ohio Medical and Surgical Reporter Vol. X no. VI, November, 1876
40. Posters, National Tribune publishers and Annette Kellermann figure development course undated
    Physical Location: Filed in the map case.
41. Photographs of Allen Orrin and Jeanette Fuller , undated
42. Photographs of Cornelia Fuller, 1908-1909, 1918, 1923, [with daughter 1931], undated
43. Photographs taken in Florida and Virginia, 1918, undated
44. Photographs of miscellaneous people or unidentified, undated

Box 3
Folder -- Content

1. Poems by Allen Orrin Fuller, 1892 undated
2. Prohibition flyers, undated
3. Religious newsletters, pamphlets and programs, 1890, 1901, 1919, 1945, undated
4. Reminiscences of early Austinburg, undated
5. Reminiscences about family members and holidays, undated
6. Teaching certificate, Jeanette Fuller, 1888 and writings, undated
7. Teaching related papers, 1890, undated
8. Temperance Broadside, "To the people of Ashtabula" [1909?]
   Physical Location: Filed in the map case.
9. W. C. T. U. flyers, programs, and related information, 1895-1910
10. W. C. T. U. flyers, programs, and related information, undated
11. Writings of Allen Orrin Fuller: "Common Place Book, January 5, 1852, Warren, Trumbull Co. Ohio. Entered upon by Allen Orrin Fuller in 1851", January 5, 1852-June 11, 1854
12. Microfilm, Reel 1, Correspondence October 10, 1841-March 23, 1896 (Box 1 Folders 1-12-part)
13. Microfilm, Reel 2, Correspondence October 10, 1841-October 30, 1896 (Box 1 Folders 1-12-part)
14. Microfilm, Reel 3, Correspondence October 5, 1896-October 26, 1903 (Box 1 Folders 10-15)
15. Microfilm, Reel 4, Correspondence November 6, 1903-March 28, 1906 (Box 1 Folders 16-24)
16. Microfilm, Reel 5, Correspondence November 1, 1905-November, 1913 (Box 1 Folders 24-25, Box 2 Folders 1-5)
17. Microfilm, Reel 6, Miscellaneous items and dates (Box 2 Folders, 10-15, 21, 25-28 and Box 3 Folders 3-5)
18. Microfilm, Reel 7, Miscellaneous items and dates (Box 2 Folders 16, 19, 20, 22, 28, 29, 37, 38, Box 3 Folders 1-4, 6, 8, 9)
19. Microfilm, Reel 8, Miscellaneous items and dates (Box 2 Folders 24, 31, 33-35, 40)
20. Microfilm, Reel 9, Miscellaneous items and dates (Box 2 Folders 17, 30, 32, 36, 39, 42-45, Box 3 Folders 7, 10)