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Indiana. General Assembly. Senate

 Organization

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Amos Wade Jackson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L633
Scope and Contents This collection contains the business, political, and personal papers of Amos Wade Jackson, Lola Raper Jackson, Rowland H. Jackson and Ethel Jaekle Jackson ranging from 1825 to 1979. The bulk of the collection consists of legal correspondence and documents from Jackson Abstract, Inc. and Jackson and Jackson, Attorneys at Law and includes original and carbon copies of abstracts of title, warranty deeds, mortgages, attorney’s opinions, wills, estates, guardianships, divorces, and lawsuits. Also...
Dates: 1825-1979

Arcada Balz collection

 Collection
Identifier: L009
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, notes, articles, and other materials from Arcada Balz in Indiana ranging from 1928 to 1959, relating to the following organizations: the Indiana Federation of Women’s Cubs, New Harmony Memorial Commission, and the Fauntleroy House (1934–1964). The collection also contains papers relating to her work in the Indiana Senate, family correspondence, and her genealogical research. There is also a paper on the Edworthalean Society, a woman’s club in...
Dates: 1928-1959

B. F. Wissler, "Life of Patrick Beard" manuscript

 Collection — Folder: S0086
Identifier: S0086
Scope and Contents The collection consists of an onion-skin copy of a typewritten manuscript, entitled "Life of Patrick Beard" by B. F. Wissler. A penciled note reads, “Life and ancestry of Patrick Beard by B. F. Wissler, 1910.” It begins by discussing “an act of Congress, organizing the Indiana territory." Indiana’s early history is detailed, mentioning Jeremiah Cox, Joseph Holman, and Hugh Cull. The writer discusses the difficulty of obtaining information about Patrick Beard (Baird). He also mentions that...
Dates: 1910

Charles G. Pickett papers

 Collection — Folder: S1061
Identifier: S1061
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of a letter from Charles G. Pickett to Roger H. Phillips on February 16, 1939, as well as a report submitted to Indiana Governor Maurice Clifford Townsend, dated January 23, 1939, regarding concerns about proposed H.B. 229, which would give the Administrative Building Council of Indiana increased authority over the construction of public buildings, including schools. Pickett's report includes findings pertaining to a two-year investigation of the construction...
Dates: 1939

Charles H. Test letters

 Collection — Folder: S1296
Identifier: S1296
Scope and Contents This collection comprises photocopies of letters to Charles H. Test in Indiana ranging from 1840 to 1843, regarding his political career and abolitionism.
Dates: 1840-1843

Christopher Harrison invoice

 Collection — Folder: S2721
Identifier: S2721
Scope and Contents This collection includes one invoice from Christopher Harrison, then President of the Indiana Senate, to Senator John DePauw dated January 27, 1818 in payment for service and travel to the General Assembly.
Dates: 1818

"Chronological list of the members of the Indiana legislature from 1816 to 1917" documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2830
Scope and Contents This collection contains a chronological list of all members of the Indiana General Assembly by an unnamed student from Earlham College. Despite the title, this list contains the names of the legislators from 1816, the first session, to 1915 and not 1917. Each list specifies the date of the session, the number of the session, the total number of members for the House and the Senate, the names of the members, the counties that each represents, and the names of the Speaker, Clerk of the House,...
Dates: circa 1915

Denver C. Harlan papers

 Collection
Identifier: L238
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, maps, photographs, real estate descriptions, recepits, college papers and class notes, legislative bills and other documents concerning legislation and politics, pamphlets, periodicals, and realia from Denver C. Harlan in Indiana and Iowa, ranging from 1866 to 1927, regarding education and college yearbook publishing, as well as careers, including map sales, census taking, realty, and law.There is also an oversize folder containing a 1910 map...
Dates: 1866-1927, undated

Eugene Bainbridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: L617
Scope and Contents The collection consists of papers relating to Eugene Bainbridge's career in the Indiana Senate ranging from 1953 to 1975. Included are correspondence, legislation, reports, and other papers relating to issues before the Indiana Senate, including public employee' and teacher' retirement funds, the highway department, reapportionment, development of port facilities (1969), abortion, and education reform and school financing (1965-1971); papers relating to Lake County issues before the senate,...
Dates: 1953-1975

Indiana General Assembly rosters

 Collection — Folder: OBD050
Identifier: OBD050
Scope and Contents This collection contains member lists and rosters of the Indiana Senate and Indiana House of Representatives from 1831 to 1880.
Dates: 1831-1880