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Abraham L. Brick papers

Collection

Identifier: L539

Scope and Contents This collection includes typed, autographed correspondence from Abraham L. Brick and others in Indiana and Washington, D.C. from 1850 to 1950, regarding personal and business matters; invitations to social events ranging from 1884 to 1901 regarding presidential and congressional events; photographs and tintypes of family, public events and places, including the Panama Canal, from 1866 to 1907 and undated; scrapbooks, diaries, expense account books, and other volumes.

Dates: 1850-1950

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Ewing family collection

Collection

Identifier: L323

Scope and Contents This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...

Dates: 1818-1889

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Foster-Fairbanks party, White Pass, Alaska photograph

Collection — Folder: SP148

Identifier: SP148

Scope and Contents This collection contains a black-and-white photograph of the Fairbanks and Foster families and officers of the dispatch boat McCullough at the summit of White Pass in Alaska taken by H. C. Barley and Company of Skagway, Alaska. in Alaska on June 28, 1899.

Dates: 1899/06/28

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Homer E. Capehart papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: L650

Dates: 1944-1963

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Isaac Jenkinson papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S0720

Scope and Contents This collection includes letters to and fron Isaac Jenkinson with politicians and acquaintances in Washington, D.C., Indiana, and other parts of the United States ranging from 1869 to 1920 regarding national politics, education, various personal and professional matters, and his writings on Aaron Burr. There are two certificates regarding the appointment of Jenkinson as U.S. consul to Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain and its acknowledgement by the British government in 1869 (OBC157).

Dates: 1869-1920

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Joseph A. Wright collection

Collection

Identifier: L183

Scope and Contents The collection includes letters to Joseph Albert Wright in Washington from his family in Rockville (1843-1844); letters from his district regarding local and national politics (1844); letters to Wright as Governor of Indiana regarding appointments, railroad development, the Indiana State Bank, criminal cases, agricultural societies, and politics (1849-1857); letters to him as U.S. minister to Prussia (1857-1861), including letters from Americans traveling in Europe and letters from American...

Dates: 1843-1931

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Monon Railroad centennial photographs

Collection — Folder: SP107

Identifier: SP107

Scope and Contents This collection contains black-and-white photographs taken by Foster Photos of the Monon Railroad centennial on July 30, 1947, which included a parade and ride on the Monon railroad to New Albany, Indiana.

Dates: 1947/07/30

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Oliver P. Davis family correspondence

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S3478

Scope and Contents This collection contains photostats of correspondence of Oliver P. (O.P.) Davis and his family. The correspondence from 1846 to 1861 includes letters written by Davis to his wife Eliza during his travels for business and while he was in Indianapolis during the Indiana Constitution Convention and his service in the Indiana Senate; three letters from Congressman Edward W. McGaughey; and letters sent by Davis to the Oldridge family. The correspondence from 1864 to 1868 conisists of...

Dates: 1846-1899, circa 1927

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Abraham L. Brick papers

Ewing family collection

Foster-Fairbanks party, White Pass, Alaska photograph

Homer E. Capehart papers

Isaac Jenkinson papers

Joseph A. Wright collection

Monon Railroad centennial photographs

Oliver P. Davis family correspondence

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