Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Caroline Dale Snedeker collection
Collection — Folder: S1214
Identifier: S1214
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the preface to a diary from Caroline Dale Snedeker regarding Donald MacDonald and New Harmony, Indiana.
Dates:
1937
Early Indiana photographic slides
Collection — Folder: SP038
Identifier: SP038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35mm slides in Indiana circa 1950s regarding people, such as Father Pierre Gibault, Little Turtle, Tecumseh, William Henry Harrison, George Rapp, Robert Owen, Oliver P. Morton, James Whitcomb Riley, and Levi Cotton, and places like Vincennes, Corydon, New Harmony, and Indianapolis, significant to early history of Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1950
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 Many of the slides depict historical documents relating to early European settlement of the Northwest Territory and portraits of prominent Hoosier individuals.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
Matthew Ritchie Southard collection
Collection — Folder: S1223
Identifier: S1223
Scope and Contents
There are six items in this collection which make reference to New Harmony, Indiana; Robert Dale Owen; and I. W. Swift. (1) Letter to Hon. M.R. Southard, Indianapolis, dated December 12, 1838, from R. D. Owen in New Harmony. He mentions that Mrs. Southard, who "has not been well, is, as I hear, much better today." (2) Letter to M. R. Southard, Member of the legislature (he was a Representative), Indianapolis, dated December 26, 1839, from I. W. Swift in New Harmony. This letter requests that...
Dates:
1839-1929
Robert Dale Owen collection
Collection
Identifier: L122
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Robert Dale Owen's correspondence and writings (1826-1877), as well as correspondence of Lottie Kellogg Owen and the Kellogg family of New York and Philadelphia (1827-1904). The Owen papers include his family correspondence with father, Robert Owen (1852-1854), daughter, Rosamond (1872-1877), and a letter regarding New Harmony from his brother, William Owen (1827). Additional writings and papers relate to spiritualism, politics, social issues, condolences following the...
Dates:
1826-1904
Robert Dale Owen correspondence
Collection — Folder: S3348
Identifier: S3348
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Robert Dale Owen to J.L. Thompson in New York City, New York on January 25, 1843 regarding candidates for the upcoming presidential election during the mid 1840s.
Dates:
1843/01/25
Workingmen's Institution collection
Collection — Folder: S1104
Identifier: S1104
Scope and Contents
This 20-page, typed list, including title page, gives extracts of the books and pamphlets in a special library at the Workingmen's Institute, New Harmony, Indiana. The list was compiled by Rena Reese in March 1909. Part I, which is six pages, has Indiana imprints before 1877. Part 2, consisting of 13 pages, has other American imprints before 1877. One of the earliest pamphlets was published by the Rappites in 1824 entitled: "Thoughts on the destiny of man, particularly with reference to the...
Dates:
1909
