Indiana State Library
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
E. A. Richardson correspondence
Collection — Folder: S852
Identifier: S0852
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, signed letters from E. A. Richardson and the Indiana State Library director in Evansville, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1929/02/25-1934/12/17 regarding orders and payments for E. A. Richardson's books.
Dates:
1929/02/25-1934/12/17
Edward D. Pierre collection
Collection
Identifier: L611
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, clippings and other ephemera; architectural drawings and blueprints; photographs and photograph albums; scrapbooks and illustration boards from Edward D. Pierre and his architectural firms, Pierre and Wright and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1925 to 1962. The materials cover a surfeit of topics such as Pierre's architectural projects and contests, including the Indiana State Library and Historical...
Dates:
circa 1925-1962
George S. Cottman papers
Collection
Identifier: L039
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, research, newspaper articles and drafts of speeches and articles from George S. Cottman in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1872 to 1937 regarding Indiana history, business and family business and articles by other writers concerning history.
Dates:
1857-1937, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George S. Cottman papers
Hazel W. Hopper papers
Collection — Folder: S0681
Identifier: S0681
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, receipts, and other materials from the Pickard and Hopper families, ranging from 1864 to 1975. The Pickard papers, include the correspondence, tax receipts, and bank receipts of Thomas, Henry (Bluford), and Jeff Pickard from 1864 to1931; an Encampment Week letter dated April 4th, 1893 from Evansville, Indiana; a letter to Gorman Pickard from The Home Journal magazine regarding a contest he entered in 1898; a certificate from T.A. Slocum, M.C. for...
Dates:
1864-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hazel W. Hopper papers
J. Scott Williams collection
Collection — Folder: S3171
Identifier: S3171
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers and correspondence from J. Scott Williams regarding his career as an artist in the creation and installation of murals and stained glass windows inside public and private buildings. Collection materials were created in New York and Indianapolis from 1959 to 1966. Correspondence includes instructions on cleaning the existing murals in the Indiana State Library and the potential project of a stained glass window depicting Abraham Lincoln. Additional papers include...
Dates:
1959-1966
Maurine Watkins letter
Collection — Folder: S734
Identifier: S0734
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from Maurine Watkins in Indianapolis, Indiana regarding recognition of her as an Indiana author.
Dates:
circa 1896-1969
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Maurine Watkins letter
Merica Evans Hoagland papers
Collection — Folder: S664
Identifier: S0664
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from Nelle Davis in France during February 1918 regarding life in Europe during World War I, and from Merica Evans Hoagland in Indiana; an eclipse observation in 1925, extracts from the enrollment book of the Library Institute of Winona Technical Institute from 1906-1908, a description of a party in 1928, and an appreciation of May Wright Sewall in 1933.
Dates:
1918-1933
William Elmer Henry collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0639
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 2 copies of W. E. Henry's article, "Thirty-Five Years Looking Backward", which appeared in the July-September, 1932 edition of the Indiana State Library's publication,Library Occurrent, and describes how he became the director of the Indiana State Library and the changes that took place during his tenure (1897-1906). The collection also contains Henry's autobiography, "Through Seventy-Seven Years, Nov. 1857-Nov. 1934: His Own Story", a letter of recommendation for Henry...
Dates:
1856-1934
