Indiana State Library
Organization
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
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
James Longwith Sowers papers
Collection — Folder: S732
Identifier: S0732
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from James Longwith Sowers in Muncie, Indiana regarding his booklet.
Dates:
circa 1897-1974
John Brown Dillon collection
Collection
Identifier: L377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of John B. Dillon’s historical notes on people and events relating to the early exploration and settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest. Also included is a scrapbook of Dillon’s letters published in newspapers on the U.S. Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history (1861–1876); letters to Dillon regarding the Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864), and Dillon’s historical work; and a memorial by John Coburn on the life of John Brown...
Dates:
1859-1886
Kosciusko County collection
Collection — Folder: S1682-01
Identifier: S1682
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two items from Kosciusko County, Indiana, comprising a small advertising card for an attorney and land agent, James H. Carpenter, in Warsaw, Indiana and a two-page, typed letter from George A. Nye, a math teacher from Warsaw, Indiana to Christopher Coleman, the Indiana State Library director, circa 1917-1918, regarding the position offerred to Nye. The letter also lists the articles he wrote, mostly regarding Warsaw, in the preceding 25 years and makes mention of the...
Dates:
circa 1870s-1918
Louis J. Bailey and Esther U. McNitt political letters
Collection — Folder: S283
Identifier: S0283
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from U.S. congressman and senators from Indiana in Washington, D.C. replying to Louis J. Bailey and Esther U. McNitt ranging from 1926 to 1935 regarding various bills and legislation regarding libraries, printing, and censuses.
Dates:
1926-1935
Lyman Abbott letter
Collection — Folder: S001
Identifier: S0001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a thank-you letter written by Lyman Abbot to Miss Florence Venn, a librarian at the Indiana State Library on December 22, 1913.
Dates:
1913/12/22
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lyman Abbott letter
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Matthew E. Welsh papers
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
Paul V. McNutt collection
Collection — Folder: S902
Identifier: S0902
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter from Governor McNutt in response to an autograph request; a press release issuing McNutt's statement on Franklin D. Roosevelt's nomination for reelection; a letter from the President Paul V. McNutt for President to the Director of the Indiana State Library regarding McNutt's feelings on Roosevelt's nomination; and the thesis of Larry Purvis on Paul V. McNutt's 1940 presidential campaign.
Dates:
1935-1989
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul V. McNutt collection
