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Manuscript Collection 68
INFORMATION ABOUT FONTAINE RICHARD EARLE
Fontaine Richard Earle, a Kentucky native and Cumberland Presbyterian minister, moved to Cane Hill, Arkansas in 1859 following his graduation from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Earle became president of Cane Hill College and pastor of a congregation located at the town, serving in both capacities until 1861, when he enlisted as a private in a company of Arkansas State Militia. He returned home to resume preaching and farming following the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, but in the autumn of 1862, Earle raised a company of men from the Cane Hill area to serve as part of the Arkansas 34th Infantry, Confederate States Army. He participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Helena, Jenkin's Ferry, and others, obtaining the rank of Major by the end of the war.
In 1865 Earle returned to Cane Hill and married Amanda Buchanan, (April
23, 1834-December 14, 1894), the daughter of another Cane Hill minister,
John Buchanan. Earle served briefly in the Arkansas State Senate
in 1866-1867 and returned to Cane Hill to resume the presidency of the
college shortly
thereafter. He spent the rest of his life as an educational administrator
and preacher at both Cane Hill and, for a brief time, at Clarksville, Arkansas.
He was a staunch temperance advocate and sought election as an Arkansas
Presidential Electoral College member for the Prohibition Party in 1888.
The papers in the collection consist of sermons, essays, lectures, letters, and poetry written by Earle during his lengthy career, along with broadsides, tracts, and newspaper clippings he collected, all of which have been arranged into five series.
Letters and papers written or collected by Fontaine Richard Earle, (January 9, 1831-September 6, 1908), were donated to Special Collections by Davis Payne Richardson of Fayetteville, Arkansas, January, 1969.
Related materials in Special Collections include:
CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION (3 boxes)
Series 1. Correspondence, 1870...1899.
Series 2. Literary manuscripts, 1856...1900.
Subseries 1. Sermons, lectures,
essays, and outlines, 1856...1900.
Subseries 2. Manuscript poetry.
Series 3. Financial documents, 1857...1875.
Series 4. Printed materials, 1858-1907.
Subseries 1. Tracts, brochures,
broadsides, 1858-1900.
Subseries 2. Newspaper Clippings,
1858-1907.
Series 5. Miscellaneous items.
Oversize Materials.
SERIES 1. Correspondence, 1870...1899 (4 items)
Letters written by or sent to Fontaine Richard Earle, Cane Hill, Arkansas,
dealing with matters at
Cane Hill College, religious subjects, and Earle family genealogy.
Box 1
Folder 1
1. February 1, 1870--ASL w/env.
George A. Swann, (Boonsboro,
Arkansas), to the "Teachers of Cane Hill College."
2. December 28, 1874--ASL.
Fontaine Richard Earle,
(Cane Hill, Arkansas), to Rev. E.B. Crisman, (St. Louis, Missouri).
3. September 2, 1890--ASL w/env.
C.L. Davis, (Hartford,
Arkansas), to Fontaine Richard Earle, (Boonsborough, Arkansas).
4. January 30, 1899--ASL.
William E. Earle,
(Washington, D.C.), to "Dear Sir," [Fontaine Richard Earle?].
SERIES 2. Literary Productions, 1856...1900.
Subseries 1. Sermons, lectures, essays and outlines, 1856-1900.
Sermons, lectures, essays, and outlines written by Fontaine Richard Earle regarding political, religious, and educational subjects. The papers are predominately sermons on biblical themes with no contemporary reference for dating other than those contained in folder 2. These dated manuscripts include an address delivered by Earle at the dedication of the Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery, June 10, 1873, and an outline of a talk given at a Confederate reunion at Park's Grove, August 28, 1897. The balance of the papers have been arranged alphabetically by title, or first line for those without titles.
Box 1
Folder 2. Sermons and essays, 1856-1898, (10 items).
Folder 3. Sermons and essays, A and B.
Folder 4. Sermons and essays, C through E.
Folder 5. Sermons and essays, F through H.
Folder 6. Sermons and essays, I and J.
Folder 7. Sermons and essays, L and M.
Folder 8. Sermons and essays, N through P.
Folder 9. Sermons and essays, R through
W.
Subseries 2. Manuscript Poetry.
Five examples of poetry written by Fontaine Richard Earle on political, educational, and religious subjects.
Box 1
Folder 10
1. "Who will meet Collinsworth?"
2. "Little we dream when life is new..."
3. "There may be ties that bind to earth..."
4. "In 1868 a college was opened here..."
5. "They say I am sixty years old today..."
SERIES 3. Financial Documents, 1857...1875. (7 items)
Receipts, invoices, and account memorandums pertaining to Fonatine Richard
Earle, Cane Hill
College, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Box l
Folder 11
Item 1. January 31, 1857 -- Receipt for lodging of F.R. Earle from Richard Beall. [Lebanon, Tennessee?].
Item 2. April 3, 1860 -- Receipt from Reverend W.G.L. Quaite for monies received from F.R. Earle.
Item 3. ca. 1862 -- Account memorandum of tuition payments at Cane Hill College.
Item 4. ca. 1860s -- Tuition account list for students at Cane
Hill College.
Item 5. March 12, 1869 -- Receipt from Martin, Campbell &
Co. for money received from F.R. Earle.
Item 6. February 5, 1874 -- Account memorandum and receipt from T.A. Dyche & Co. for sales and service to Cane Hill College.
Item 7. ca 1875 -- Statement of account of the estate of J.R.
Pyeatt signed by F.R. Earle.
SERIES 4. Printed Materials, 1858-1907.
Subseries 1. Tracts, Broadsides, Brochures, etc. 1858-1897 (13 items).
Tracts, broadsides, brochures and other printed ephemera dealing with religious matters and activities at Cane Hill College, and business propositions collected or authored by Fontaine Richard Earle.
Box 2
Folder 1.
Item 1. August 12, 1858
Broadside- obituary of Mary Lavina Buchanan.
Item 2. January 1, 1879
Broadside- "Carrier's Address" poem summarizing the events of 1878 in verse.
No publisher's imprint.
Item 3. June 7, 1888
Program- "Musical Entertainment at Cane Hill College."
Item 4. July 4, 1888
Broadside- "To the Friends of Temperance in the State of Arkansas," by
F.R. Earle.
(Fragile original, use photocopy.)
Item 5. March, 1892
Subscription receipt booklet for the "Cumberland Presbyterian" F.R. Earle,
sales agent.
Item 6. March 1, 1897
Program- "Subjects of Bible Lectures to be given by Reverend Wm. Walton
Clark at
the Bible Institute, Chicago."
Item 7. April, 1897
Tract- "Why Four Gospels?" by Wm. Walton Clark.
Item 8. June 10, 1897
Broadside- "To all of Every Name", advertising bible classes at Cane Hill
College conducted
by F.R. Earle. (Also handwritten manuscript copy of same).
Item 9. ca. 1890
Tract- "The Sunday Newspaper," N.W.C.T.U.
Leaflet No. 5
Item 10. ca. 1890
Tract- "Christian Fidelity," by F.R. Earle.
Item 11. ca. 1890
Calling card, "Miss Earle." Quote on Robert E. Lee on verso.
Item 12. ca. 1890
Broadside- "The largest circulated Presbyterian Newspaper in the United
States," the Herald and Presbyter.
Item 13. ca. 1890
Prospectus for the United Zinc Company of Arkansas.
Subseries 2. Newspaper Clippings, 1858-1907
Assorted newspaper clippings taken from various religious, temperance,
Arkansas, and other state newspapers by Fontaine Richard Earle. Subjects
covered in the clippings include articles written by or specifically mentioning
Fontaine Richard Earle; obituaries of various religious figures, Arkansas
residents, and national personalities; articles dealing with the temperance
movement in Arkansas and the United States during the late 19th and early
20th centuries; articles dealing with a wide variety of religious subjects
including Cumberland Presbyterian doctrine, morality, and religious personalities;
poetry and verse covering moral, political, historical, and humorous subjects;
and miscellaenous articles dealing with a wide variety of political, social,
and historical subjects, including war
reminiscences.
Box 2
Folder 2. Fontaine Richard Earle
Folder 3. Obituaries
Folder 4. Temperance, ca. 1870s
Folder 5. Temperance, ca. 1880s
Folder 6. Temperance, ca. 1890s
Folder 7. Temperance, date unknown.
Folder 8. Religion, ca. 1850s and 1860s
Folder 9. Religion, ca. 1870s
Folder 10. Religion, ca. 1880s
Folder 11. Religion, ca. 180s and 1900s
Folder 12. Religion, date unknown
Folder 13. Poetry
Folder 14. Miscellaneous clippings
Composite photograph of portraits of the members of the 1866-1867 Arkansas State Senate, T.W. Bankes, Little Rock, photographer; pencil sketch of a rural homestead, no signature, no date, (possibly drawn by Amanda Buchanan Earle); manuscript recipes for making apple wine; two envelopes and one fragment with cancelled postage stamps that contain no correspondence. (6 items).
Folder 15. Six items.
Box 3
NEWSPAPERS
Cumberland Presbyterian, (St. Louis, Missouri)
Vol. 10, No. 49, June 14, 1872, pages 1 and 2
Vol. 11, No. 15, October 11, 1872, pages 1 and 2
Vol. 12, No. 31, February 6, 1874, pages 1 and 2
July 25, 1873, pages 3 and 4.
Banner of Peace, (Nashville, Tennessee)
Vol. 26, No. 18, October 21, 1871, pages 1 and 2.
The Washington Weekly Post, (Washington, D.C.)
No. 346, February 25, 1885, ful issue.
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Vol. 45, No. 172, January 29, 1895, pages 1 and
2.
The Sunday Post Dispatch, (St. Louis, Missouri)
September 3, 1895, pages 25 and 26.
The Issue, (Nashville, Tennessee),
Vol. 11, no. 13, October 2, 1890, pages 1 and 2.
Mountain City Gazette, (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
Vol. 1, No. 2, December 5, 1896, pages 1 and 2.
The Ohio State Journal
May 21, 1907, pages 3 and 4.
Scrapbook: One blank scrapbook, signed "Amanda Buchanan, Clarksville, Arkansas," two five-cent Confederate postage stamps attached to inside back cover.