Herschell, William Miller, 1873-1939
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana authors autographs collection
Collection — Folder: S1484
Identifier: S1484
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items, such as correspondence with librarians, with the autographs of authors and writers in Indiana and the United States collected by the Indiana State Library between 1881 and 1955. Autographs include William Herschell, Zona Gale, Frederick Landis, James Whitcomb Riley, Ethel Arnold Tilden and Charles Dudley Warner.
Dates:
1881-1940
Mary Jane Brown and Merle North Brown collection
Collection — Folder: S2207
Identifier: S2207
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items collected by Mary Jane Brown and Merle North Brown and includes a page and back cover of a scrapbook with newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Frank W. Brown (1886), Arrianna White Brown (1890) and Mrs. Louisa Huston (1902); a 1905-1906 program booklet of the Cary Club of Milton, Indiana; a copy of a typewritten resolution of Milton Chapter No. 303, Order of the Eastern Star regarding the death of Mrs. Martha North (January, 1916); newspaper clippings...
Dates:
1886-1931
William Herschell collection
Collection — Folder: OB051
Identifier: OB051
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 printed items with content created by William M. Herschell in the United States ranging from 1903 to 1940. The first item is a poem, "An Humble Grace" by Herschell, printed with a drawing of an African American man standing at a dinner table with a woman and 3 children, dated Thanksgiving 1903 by Franklin Booth. The second item is the cover page of sheet music (pasted to a board) for the song, "Long Boy" with words by Herschell, music by Barclay Walker, and...
Dates:
1903-1940
William Herschell history and sheet music
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0646
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a history of the Indianapolis Gazette and handwritten sheet music from William Herschell in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1916 to 1943, regarding his work as a poet and journalist.
Dates:
1916-1943
