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Indiana State Library

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Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:

Will Cuppy papers

 Collection — Folder: S1896
Identifier: S1896
Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed, signed response on a letter Will Cuppy received from the Indiana State Library ranging from 1929/09/14 regarding the existence of copies of his book "Maroon Tales."
Dates: 1929/09/14

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

William M. Chaney oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH057
Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape from an oral history interview with WIlliam M. Chaney, conducted by Randall W. Jehs for the Indiana State Library on June 6, 1971. Chaney talks briefly about his family, childhood in Kentucky, and military service during World War II. For most of the interview, he discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan, their financial structure, and the Klan and politics. Chaney also discusses his position in the organization, Klan...
Dates: 1971/06/06

William P. Evans oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH021
Scope and Contents The collection contains a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape of an interview with William P. Evans conducted by Thomas Krasean for the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on May 2, 1969. Evans discusses his family and schooling; Governor Hanly and his interests in prohibition; his military service; his wife; the Ku Klux Klan; some of his more prominent cases; and his work for the Public Service Company of Indiana. He also talks about Governors Warren T. McCray and Ed Jackson and...
Dates: 1969/05/02

World War II clippings scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L706
Scope and Contents This collection includes 24 scapbooks with newspaper clippings recording Indiana-related events and people involved with World War II during 1941-1945.
Dates: 1941-1945

World War II letters

 Collection — Folder: S2343
Identifier: S2343
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopied letter from Italy by PFC Herbert W. Arnold to Ester Agnew, Indianapolis, to Esther and "rest of staff", March 1, 1944; a handwritten letter from Esther Agnew of Indianapolis to Grace (LNU), on March 15, 1944, regarding letter from PFC Herbert W Arnold dated March 1, 1944; a handwritten letter from Austria to "Dear Folks" from Lt. David Bernstein, on June 5, 1945, regarding his current residence in Austria. In the letter, he notes an enclosed stationery...
Dates: 1944-1945