Elisha Cockefair collection
Collection
Identifier: L035
Scope and Contents
The collection includes letters of the Cockefair family in Everton, Indiana principally to Alice Keltner in Anderson, Madison County (1895-1911); papers of Charles Masters of Connersville, Fayette County, including his cancelled checks (1917-1939) and his papers relating to his work raising money in Fayette County for the Indiana University Memorial Fund (1922); and letters of Mary Alice Masters from Connersville (1922), Washington D.C. (1938), and California while she was serving in the military (1942). Also included are school notes and exercises of Elisha and Laf Cockefair (1860, 1889), history class notes of Charles Masters at Indiana University (1906-1907), and school notes and papers of Mary Alice Masters; and receipts of Elisha Cockefair (1851-1859).
Dates
- 1851-1959
Creator
- Cockefair, Elisha (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Elisha Cockefair owned farms near Everton, Fayette County and in Harmony Township, Union County.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from the United States Army of Engineers on 1970/07/06.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid created by Jessica Combs during September 2010.
- Anderson (Ind.)
- College students -- Indiana
- Connersville (Ind.)
- Education
- Educational fund raising -- Indiana
- Everton (Ind.)
- Farmers -- Indiana
- Fayette County (Ind.)
- Fund raising
- Harmony (Union County, Ind. : Township)
- Indiana University
- Keltner, Alice
- Universities and colleges -- Indiana
- Women soldiers -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
Creator
- Cockefair, Elisha (Person)
- Cockefair, Laf (Person)
- Masters, Charles D. (Person)
- Masters, Mary Alice (Person)
- Title
- Elisha Cockefair collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
