Indiana. Department of Conservation
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Henry W. Moesch photographs
Collection — Folder: SP083
Identifier: SP083
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1931 to circa 1953 regarding Heine Moesch and his work at the Indiana Department of Conservation, the antecedent of the DNR.There is also a photograph given to Moesch of Governor George N. Craig and John Doxie Moore, direcotr of the Department of Conservation, circa 1953-1957. The two men signed the photograph with best wishes to Moesch. The image...
Dates:
circa 1931-circa 1953
Hugh A. Barnhart photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP157
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Hugh A. Barnhart in Indiana, the United States, and Japan, ranging from circa 1880 to 1953, regarding his career with the Indiana Department of Conservation, his political and social life, people he knew, current events, such as a Depression-era bread line, Indiana participants in war criminal trials in Japan post-World War II, and historic sites, including the Nancy Hanks Lincoln State Memorial and Richard Lieber's memorial at Turkey...
Dates:
circa 1880-1953
Indiana Department of Conservation, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP081
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Indiana Department of Conservation in Lincoln City, Indiana ranging from circa 1935 to circa 1946 regarding the planning and construction of the memorial, including the creation and installation of its bas-relief panels, and the shots of the site itself. There are also numerous photographs of meetings and ceremonies which include members of the Indiana Lincoln Union and the Indiana Department of Conservation, as well as Indiana governors, at the...
Dates:
circa 1935-circa 1946
Indiana Department of Conservation manuscript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2046
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a manuscript about the early history of the area that became Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana (circa 1940s). Topics covered include the area's topography and geology; the history of the Native Americans who inhabited Indiana, both pre-historic and those that lived in the area prior to and during its conquest by the Spanish, French, English and Americans; Parke County pioneer history; and the story of Salmon Lusk and his family. There are also two earlier...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation photograph collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: P076
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and its predecessor, the Department of Conservation, in Indiana ranging from 1921 to circa 1970 and undated, regarding the activities of the state agency, its personnel, and the resources under its oversight. Some of the photographs appear to have been used in a publication, possibly the department's periodical, Outdoor Indiana, with a few images featuring...
Dates:
1921-circa 1970, undated
Jack McCormick papers
Collection
Identifier: L095
Scope and Contents
This collection includes indexes, histories, photographs, pamphlets, maps and correspondence from Jack McCormick and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (formerly Indiana Department of Conservation) in Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1970 regarding Shades State Park, Pine Hills Nature Preserve, and other Indiana state parks.The oversize maps of the Alamo Quadrangle, Pine Hills, and Shades State Park and its surroundings range in dates from 1939 to 1950, though many are undated...
Dates:
1820-circa 1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Jack McCormick papers
Nancy Hanks Lincoln Gravesite plat map
Collection — Folder: OBE018
Identifier: OBE018
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a plat map of the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Gravesite and surrounding area from the Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Engineering, circa 1925, which shows the Spencer County memorial to Abraham Lincoln, where the log cabin stood, cemetery, and surrounding points of interest.
Dates:
circa 1925
Porter County collection
Collection — Folder: S1686
Identifier: S1686
Scope and Contents
The collection includes three items from Porter County, Indiana, comprising a copy of a typed manuscript of the townships of Porter County, circa 1916; copies of naval letters regarding construction of a lighthouse at City West, Indiana in 1837 with an accompanying letter from Captain W. D. MacDougall to William H. Matthew on June 6, 1921; and a letter rom A.F. Knotts to Richard Lieber on August 30, 1929 with an accompanying photostat of a hand-drawn map depicting the location of the old fort...
Dates:
1837-1929
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Porter County collection
Robert K. Kyle photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Robert K. Kyle in Indiana ranging from circa 1867 to 1978 regarding Kyle's daily life, family, work, recreational activities, and retirement.
Dates:
circa 1867-1978
Vigo County Public Library, Donald Eugene Foltz oral history
Collection — Box: 73, Folder: OH173
Identifier: OH172
Dates:
1981/06/29
