Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Alton Woman's Christian Temperance Union minutes

Collection — Folder: S3481

Identifier: S3481

Scope and Contents This collection includes the minutes of the October 13, 1899 meeting of the Alton (Indiana) Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) held at the Methodist Episcopal church. The women who attended were Mrs. Riddle, Mrs. Brooks, Susan Roberts, Mary Rohl, Cora Parr, and Katie Wilson. The brief handwritten minutes were recorded on Peckinpaugh, Harrison and Co. letterhead.

Dates: 1899/10/13

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Alton Woman's Christian Temperance Union minutes

Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

Collection

Identifier: OH008

Scope and Contents This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.

Dates: 1978-1987

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

Walter S. Lemmon collection

Collection — Folder: S2876

Identifier: S2876

Scope and Contents This collection includes letters and papers from Walter S. Lemmon dating from 1884 to 1945 with the bulk of the material being from Lemmon's army service during World War I. There are letters to his family from camp, discharge papers, and a souvenir booklet of Camp McArthur in Waco, Texas. There are also family and school papers, as well as World War II ration books and records.

Dates: 1884-1945

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Walter S. Lemmon collection