Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

Boone family collection

Collection — Folder: S2134

Identifier: S2134

Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of two letters sent to the Indiana State Library from Dr. R. N. Mayfield regarding his Boone family genealogy. The first letter was received on January 31, 1931 and was a sent with “Boone Family” and “The New Boone History,” leaflets written and printed by Dr. Mayfield. The second letter is dated February 4, 1931 and was sent with a Photostat copy of the June 28, 1785 payroll report by Captain Sam Kirkham for the men of the Lincoln Militia for their 32 day...

Dates: 1785, 1931

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Boone family collection

George Rogers Clark collection

Collection — Folder: S259

Identifier: S0259

Scope and Contents This collection includes photostats and original letters and documents beginning with a letter by Joseph Bowman. Dated July 30, 1778, the letter about their military campaign was written a year before Bowman's accidental death. An original note by George Rogers Clark is dated November 1805, Clark County, Indiana Territory, and certifies that John Dougherty and William Biggs were soldiers during the American Revolution. A photostat of a letter by Thomas Jefferson to General Clark is...

Dates: 1778-1933

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George Rogers Clark collection

George Rogers Clark Memorial collection

Collection — Folder: S2180

Identifier: S2180

Scope and Contents This collection contains several items regarding George Rogers Clark and the George Rogers Clark Memorial located in Vincennes, Indiana, including two copies of the list of contents in the cornerstone of the Memorial Building that was sealed on September 3, 1933; two copies of the pamphlet George Rogers Clark: The Neglected Hero of the American Revolution from 1927; photographs taken by L.B. Read in March 1941 of five of the seven murals in the Memorial; 2...

Dates: 1926-1941, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George Rogers Clark Memorial collection

George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission invitation

Collection — Folder: S3399

Identifier: S3399

Scope and Contents This collection includes one invitation from the George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission in Vincennes, Indiana from 1929 to commemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sackville.

Dates: 1929

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission invitation

Henry Hamilton journal

Collection — Folder: S2862

Identifier: S2862

Scope and Contents This collection comprises photostats of the 175-page journal of British colonial Governor Henry Hamilton, ranging from 1778 to 1779. The original item is located at Harvard University Library. The journal provides detailed descriptions of the divisions and arrangement of forces in the British military for the Western Campaign (p. 54), including Native Americans, volunteers, militia, and regulars; of British movement along the rivers and lakes, including the employment of gun boats;...

Dates: 1778-1779

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Henry Hamilton journal

Henry N. Dick, Clark's Anabasis and the Hymn of Deborah poem

Collection — Folder: S2521

Identifier: S2521

Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopy of Henry N. Dick’s Clark's Anabasis and the Hymn of Deborah, his epic poem commemorating the deeds of George Rogers Clark and his translation of the "Song of Deborah" from the Book of Judges (1944).

Dates: 1944

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Henry N. Dick, Clark's Anabasis and the Hymn of Deborah poem

Historic documents and sites lantern slides

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: P017

Scope and Contents This collection includes glass lantern slides mostly created by W. H. Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1897 to circa 1916 regarding early Indiana history, including historic sites at Vincennes, New Harmony, and the state capitols, as well as the Indiana centennial. Many of the slides depict historical documents relating to early European settlement of the Northwest Territory and portraits of prominent Hoosier individuals. It is possible these slides were used for...

Dates: circa 1897-circa 1916

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Historic documents and sites lantern slides

J. Scott Williams drawings

Collection

Identifier: L624

Scope and Contents This collection includes study drawings for the murals and stained glass windows within the Indiana State Library and Historical Building from J. Scott Williams in New York City, New York ranging from 1930 to 1932.

Dates: circa 1930-1934

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / J. Scott Williams drawings

James M. VanHook collection

Collection

Identifier: L308

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and documents compiled by James M. VanHook during his activities with the Freemasons, the Samuel Simonson Post No. 226 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and the Clark County Historical Society (1783-1917). The collection includes land grants, indentures, and other legal documents from Charlestown and Clark County, Indiana; biographical and historical sketches; historical information about Blazing Star Masonic Lodge and the Charlestown Methodist...

Dates: 1796-1907, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / James M. VanHook collection

Patrick Henry letters

Collection — Folder: S638

Identifier: S0638

Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 facsimiles of secret orders given to George Rogers Clark from Patrick Henry, dated January 2, 1778, authorizing the attack on British posts at Kaskaskia and Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War. Also included is a letter dated December 8, 1778, written by Patrick Henry to Col. John Gibson regarding Gibson's request for clothing for his regiment given to Henry by a Captain Bell.

Dates: 1778

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Patrick Henry letters

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