Indiana Civil War and pioneer photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P056
Scope and Contents
This collection includes tintype, daguerreotype, ambrotype, and carte de visite portrait photographs of numerous individuals from Indiana ranging from circa 1840 to 1876 regarding Union soldiers who served during the U.S. Civil War and a few men and women who settled in the state during the mid-19th century. There is also a large indistinguishable daguerreotype photograph of a possible Sunday School celebration on July 4, 1850 at Col. James Blake's home on the northwest corner of Capitol Avenue and North Street in Indianapolis, as well as a glass lantern slide depicting the Hendricks House at the 1500 block of South New Jersey Street in Indianapolis.
Dates
- circa 1840-1876
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.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject and alphabetically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donations.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2021/08/03 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid created 2021/08/03 by Brittany Kropf.
- Ambrotypes
- Carte de visite photographs
- Daguerreotype
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Indiana
- Hair
- Lantern slides
- Photographs
- Pioneers -- Indiana
- Portraits
- Soldiers
- Tintypes
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 124th (1864-1865)
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-1864)
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 31st (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865)
- Title
- Indiana Civil War and pioneer photograph 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
