Collections : [Lilly Library]

The Rumely mss., 1838-1965, are the papers of Edward Aloysius Rumely, 1882-1964, physician, educator, and public relations man, and papers relating to his ancestors. The papers consist of correspondence with prominent people both in Europe and the United States; an autobiography; documents dealing with his arrest for perjury in July, 1918, and the pardon by President Calvin Coolidge on January 19, 1925; material on his many fields of interest; pictures, and printed matter.

The Rumely mss. II, 1932-1945, are the correspondence, papers, and printed materials of Edward Aloysius Rumely, 1882-1964, publicist, of LaPorte, Indiana.