Carleton, Emma Shields Nunemacher

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 22 letters to Emma from Indianapolis poet and newspaperman Daniel L. Paine (1830-1895), regarding Indianapolis life, the works of other Indiana writers, including James Whitcomb Riley, and advice on Carleton’s writing (1889-1895). His wife was named Minnie, and he had a son named Dan.Many of Emma’s poems are included. Some are hand-written, some typed, and some published. There are two letters from Emma, one in 1897 to Mrs. Duns, and one in 1916 to Mr....

Scope and Contents This collection includes an Elmhurst Hymnal (circa 1921) that Emma Carleton used as a scrapbook. The scrapbook contains a number of letters sent to her by Daniel L. Paine, an Indianapolis poet and newspaperman, from 1888 to 1895 and two undated photographs, one of 4 unidentified women and another with the description "Majorie L, age 7, taken on the school house steps." The scrapbook also includes newspaper clippings regarding Paine's death in May 1895, undated writings by Mrs....