Stephen S. Harding biographical clippings
Collection — Folder: S0587
Identifier: S0587
Scope and Contents
This collection includes clippings from Kate Milner Rabb's column from 1928 regarding Stephen S. Harding's letters from 1862 to 1865.
Dates
- 1928
Creator
- Rabb, Kate Milner, 1866-1937 (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
Chief Justice Stephen S. Harding was born in 1808 in New York. He left New York to Indiana at age 12 where he studied law where he was admitted to the bar. When he moved to New Orleans, he found work as a bookkeeper for a Mississippi captain steamboat which caused him to become an abolitionist. He later returned to Versailles, Indiana to practice law, then was appointed governor in Utah which later turned into Chief Justice of Colorado Territory. After four years, he moved back to Milan, Indiana and died in 1891.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation in 1928.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/08/15 by Kori Nell. EAD finding aid created 2016/08/15 by Kori Nell.
Creator
- Rabb, Kate Milner, 1866-1937 (Person)
- Title
- Stephen S. Harding biographical clippings
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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
