Edward Beecher Bender oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH036
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history with Edward Beecher Bender conducted with Tom Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 31, 1968. Bender discusses growing up on a farm, his association with the Ku Klux Klan and Indiana politics during the 1920s, the Boone County R.E.M.C. and farming in the 1960s.
Dates
- 1968/10/31
Creator
- Bender, Edward B. (Interviewee, 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
Edward Beecher Bender, son of Peter H. and Margarett A. Beck Bender, was born in Zionsville Indiana on December 7, 1872. The family moved to a farm just outside of Zionsville when Bender was two years old. After graduating from Zionsville High School in 1894, he obtained a teaching license. He then attended DePauw and Indiana Universities, earning an A. B. in 1901. He married Annie Ellen Smith on September 6, 1899, with which he had three son, Ranald, Smith, and Robert Bender. He married Alma Sickler in 1931, and Lucille Starkey. Bender was a farmer, and merchant, owner of Beecher and Laycock Hardware. He was founder and director of the Boone County Rural Electric Membership Cooperative, R.E.M.C., from 1936 to 1966. Bender served in the Indiana Legislature in 1923, 1925, and 1927. He died January 23, 1971.
Source:
Information found in the collection.
Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, V. 2, 1900-1984 p. 34.
The Indianapolis Star, Jan 24, 1971, Sec 3, p. 5
Ancestry Library. Indiana State Library. Accessed December 2011. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Source:
Information found in the collection.
Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly, V. 2, 1900-1984 p. 34.
The Indianapolis Star, Jan 24, 1971, Sec 3, p. 5
Ancestry Library. Indiana State Library. Accessed December 2011. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 transcript, 1 reel-to-reel audiotape)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection includes one transcript.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as part of the Indiana State Library Oral History Project in 1968.
Accruals
No further additons are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
The digitized transcript from the collection are available online in the ISL Digital Collections (http://digitalcollections.library.in.gov): https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll40/id/211/rec/1
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Marcia Caudell during December 2011. EAD finding aid created by Bethany Fiechter on 2019/07/01. Collection reprocessing completed 2020/03/09 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2020/03/09 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Bender, Edward B. (Interviewee, Person)
- Indiana State Library (Interviewer, Organization)
- Krasean, Thomas (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Edward Beecher Bender oral history
- 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
