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Indiana Historical Commission

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Indiana Centennial Celebration collection

 Collection — Folder: S1562
Identifier: S1562
Scope and Contents This collection includes a letter from W.M. Cockrum in Oakland City, Indiana to Indiana Governor Samuel M. Ralson on December 8, 1916 regarding thanking him for an invitation to celebrate the 100th birthday of Indiana statehood and to attend the meeting of the Indiana Historical Commission at the State House on December 11, 1916. There are also 11 colored stickers, which read: "You are most cordially invited to come to the Indiana Centennial Celebration at Indianapolis, October 2-15, 1916."
Dates: 1916
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana Centennial Celebration collection

Indiana Centennial Commission photographs

 Collection — Folder: SP129
Identifier: SP129
Scope and Contents This collection contains two black-and-white photographs of the Indiana Centennial Commission, taken in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1916.
Dates: 1916
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana Centennial Commission photographs

Indiana Historical Commission, Indiana Centennial Medal papers

 Collection — Folder: B063
Identifier: B063
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and accounting materials created by the Indiana Historical Commission related to the Indiana Centennial medal around 1916.
Dates: circa 1916
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana Historical Commission, Indiana Centennial Medal papers

Indiana Historical Commission letter

 Collection — Folder: S1570
Identifier: S1570
Scope and Contents This collection contains a form letter sent by the Walter C. Woodward and and Lucy M. Elliott of the Indiana Historical Commission in 1921, inviting "centennial workers" to a reunion lunch in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 10, 1921.
Dates: 1921
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana Historical Commission letter

Indiana History Bulletin photograph collection

 Collection — Folder: SP018
Identifier: SP018
Scope and Contents This collection includes photogrpahs from the Indiana History Bulletin published by the Indiana Historical Bureau in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1959 to 1972 and undated regarding people, places, historic sites, and objects related to Indiana history.
Dates: 1959-1972, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana History Bulletin photograph collection

Indiana nature scenes lantern slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P021
Scope and Contents This collection includes glass lantern slides from the Indiana Historical Commission in Indiana anging from circa 1916 regarding landscapes and nature scenes including state parks, caves, and lakes.
Dates: circa 1916
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana nature scenes lantern slides

"Indiana State Centennial Celebrations" scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: L216
Scope and Contents This collection includes one scrapbook created by the Indiana Historical Commission in Indianapolis, Indiana during 1916 regarding centennial celebrations throughout the state.
Dates: 1916
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / "Indiana State Centennial Celebrations" scrapbook

Parke County, Indiana World War I soldiers photograph album

 Collection — Folder: SP158
Identifier: SP158
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photograph album compiled by the Indiana Historical Commission with images from Parke County, Indiana ranging from August to December 1918, regarding groups of men from the county, often wearing badges or armbands, who enlisted in the U.S. armed forces or the local guard during World War I. The men in the photographs are unidentified and most of them were taken on the steps of the Parke County Courthouse in Rockville. There is one photograph with four African-American...
Dates: 1918 April-December
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Parke County, Indiana World War I soldiers photograph album

Porter-Griffin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L535
Scope and Contents This collection comprises correspondence, papers, accounts, school and organizational papers, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, broadsides, ephemera, and business records from the Porter and Griffin families, as well as their business enterprises, in Corydon, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1813 to 1983, regarding their lives and businesses, as well as related family and friends, and the history of Harrison County and Indiana. The collection is organized in eight...
Dates: 1813-1983
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Porter-Griffin family papers

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