Carpenter family papers

The bulk of the material in the Carpenter family papers relates to Esther Carpenter's schooling and professional career in elementary education, including an almost complete series of her report cards from elementary school through high school. There are also a few grade books and lesson plan books from her early teaching jobs in the Montgomery Township schools.

The collection also gives a financial picture of the family in the form of a farm ledger from 1915-1920, with information on dairy and oil production from the Montgomery Township holdings; account sheets from Carpenter's Garage and Electrical Service, operating in Prairie Depot; and Adam Carpenter's farm and personal tax forms from 1947-1948. Also included in the Garage account volume are the minutes and membership list of the Wayne Branch of the Lima Crude Oil Improvement Association, of which Adam Carpenter was the secretary.

Other members of the Carpenter Family are represented in minor items, such as 4-H Club notes and a pocket diary kept by Mary A. Carpenter in 1927, and a school souvenir pamphlet of Otto Carpenter from Prairie Depot (Wayne) Village School for 1924.