Skip to main content

Indiana State Library

 Organization

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Bass Photo Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P034
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1850 to 1975 and undated regarding people, buildings, street scenes, illustrations, and events such as Foch Day (November 4, 1921) in Indianapolis, as well as a few shots taken around Indiana.
Dates: circa 1850-1975, undated

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

Harold F. Brigham papers

 Collection
Identifier: L282
Scope and Contents This collection includes professional correspondence, speeches, notes, research, clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, bibliographies, and other materials created and compiled by Harold F. Brigham in Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1967 regarding his work as a librarian in Kentucky and at the Indiana State Library. There are also a few materials relating to Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, which Brigham used in his talk at the Conversation Club in...
Dates: 1899-1967

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

Indiana bicentennial collection

 Collection
Identifier: L502
Scope and Contents In 2015-2016, each county coordinator, public library, historical society and various clubs and organizations were asked to submit bicentennial records for inclusion to a bicentennial manuscript collection within the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division. Records submitted included correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, photographs, videos and other documentation highlighting programs, services and events occurring in their county ranging from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, students across...
Dates: 2013-2016

Indiana Oral History Roundtable collection

 Collection
Identifier: L419
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence; printed newsletters; accounts of workshops; photographs; newspaper and magazine articles; and audio recordings from various contributors in Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1962 to 1985 regarding the interviewing of people and recording oral history and aspects of the organization.
Dates: 1962-1985

Indiana State Library Staff Association collection

 Collection
Identifier: L445
Scope and Contents This collection includes official Indiana State Library Staff Association documents and financial records, thank-you cards, photographs, membership lists, and correspondence produced by various authors in Indiana and elsewhere, covering the years 1943–2007, dealing with business and finances.
Dates: 1943-2007

Indiana War History Commission collection

 Collection
Identifier: L585
Scope and Contents This collection contains the administrative files of the Indiana War History Commission, including a detailed history of the group, publication plans and ingoing and outgoing correspondence. The commission collected information from most Indiana counties during World War I. This information falls into two categories: service records of soldiers, used for the publication of the "Gold Star Honor Roll" and "Indiana's Roll of Honor"; and war histories, records of civilian activities,...
Dates: 1917-1989

Matthew E. Welsh papers

 Collection
Identifier: L608
Scope and Contents The collection includes Welsh's papers as governor, including his correspondence on local and national issues, his correspondence with Indiana's Congressional delegation on state needs, reports and budgets of state agencies and commissions, legislation, speeches, schedules, press releases, newspaper clippings, recommendations, appointments and awards; correspondence, surveys, financial records, and other papers relating to the Indiana Democratic Party (1961-1965), including papers relating to...
Dates: 1925-1984