Warrick County (Ind.)

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of records, both originals and photostat copies, of a number of Indiana Baptist churches. Included are records of Baptist churches at Attica, Fountain County (1870-1901); Aurora, Dearborn County (1871-1883); Bloomington, Monroe County (1825-1890); Brown’s Wonder Church, Boone County (1840-1873); Ebenezer and Clear Creek, Morgan County (1830-1891); Eel River District Association, Putnam County (1825-1951); Lick Creek, Fayette County (1814-1912); Little Mt. Zion Church,...

Scope and Contents This collection includes Benjamin WIlson Smith’s writings about the history of Warrick, Spencer, and White counties, Indiana and Harrison County, West Virginia, Manchester Academy and the postal system. Also included are his accounts of a trip from Virginia to White County in 1846 and an autobiography. Also, his scrapbook of clippings and notes on politics, his advice to students in Dearborn County, Daughters of the American Revolution applications for his family, correspondence with his...

Scope and Contents This collection contains a two-page photostat of a handwritten narrative of Joseph Lane's life and political activities in Indiana that appeared in a magazine from 1858. The original papers are held by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, documents, correspondence, and genealogical research from members of the Kuhlenschmidt and related families primarily in Warrick and Vanderburgh counties, Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1993 regarding the Kuhlenschmidt and related families.

The second series of the collection consists of photographic slides taken by Rarymond C. Kuhlenschmidt taken during his time as a pastor, at family get togethers, and while traveling.

Scope and Contents This collection includes carbon copies of "Warrick County Historical Almanac 1948" and “Warrick County Historical Almanac 1949,” both compiled by Thomas J. Dillingham, with the 1948 almanac signed and dated November 11, 1947 and the 1949 almanac signed and dated November 30, 1948. The collection also includes a brief letter written by Dillingham on December 5, 1948 and sent to Miss Dorothy Riker at the Indiana Historical Bureau. The letter was sent with a clipping of the December 4,...

Scope and Contents The collection includes a list of soldiers, sailors, and members of the National Guard living in Newburgh, Warrick County, Indiana in May 1913. This collection also includes circa 1912 notes written on the front and back of a sheet of paper by Katie L. Wilson, matron of the Thornton Home, regarding twelve towels sent to White Swan Laundry that were not returned.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises loose pages from a photograph album from Warrick County, Indiana on July 4, 1918 and during World War I, concerning subjects related to the war in the county circa 1917-1918. There are 14 group photographs of unidentified men often wearing armbands or ribbons--who were most likely registered for the draft, enlisted in the armed forces, or members of the Liberty Guard--sitting on the Warrick County Courthouse steps. Two of the photographs depict African Americans. ...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of William L. Barker, ranging from 1872 to 1949, including: correspondence; writings; speeches; papers relating to the Southwestern Indiana historical Society; county history research; Abraham Lincoln research which also includes the publication "Lincoln Lore"; and Barker's various research notes. Also included are papers relating to the Warrick County Centennial Celebration that includes newsletters and the Pageant of Warrick County. The bulk of the...