Noah Noble collection
Collection
Identifier: L118
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Noah Noble's personal and political correspondence regarding state and national Whig politics, as well as his campaign for governor of Indiana. Included are letters relating to the Internal Improvement Board, its projects, and correspondence pertaining to the state's debts arisen from such projects.
Correspondents include John Badollet, Samuel Bigger, Michael G. Bright, David Burr, Henry Clay, John Wesley Davis, John Dowling, George H. Dunn, Paris C. Dunning, Elisha Embree, John Ewing, John H. Farnham, Graham Fitch, George Graham, William Graham, William Hendricks, Samuel Judah, James F.D. Lanier, Robert Lucas, Jonathon McCarthy, Joseph G. Marshall, Samuel Merrill, James Noble, David Dale Owen, Robert Dale Owen, Samuel W. Parker, Daniel D. Pratt, Daniel G. Read, Caleb B. Smith, Oliver H. Smith, Milton Stapp, Jeremiah Sullivan, John Test, John Tipton, and Omer Tousey.
This collection also contains a scrapbook created by Jeanie Noble Whaley regarding the Noble family and its involvement in politics. Miscellaneous correspondence and clippings in regard to her childhood and young adult interests are also included.
Several photographs and tintypes of the Noble and Whaley families range from circa 1830 to 1900s.
Correspondents include John Badollet, Samuel Bigger, Michael G. Bright, David Burr, Henry Clay, John Wesley Davis, John Dowling, George H. Dunn, Paris C. Dunning, Elisha Embree, John Ewing, John H. Farnham, Graham Fitch, George Graham, William Graham, William Hendricks, Samuel Judah, James F.D. Lanier, Robert Lucas, Jonathon McCarthy, Joseph G. Marshall, Samuel Merrill, James Noble, David Dale Owen, Robert Dale Owen, Samuel W. Parker, Daniel D. Pratt, Daniel G. Read, Caleb B. Smith, Oliver H. Smith, Milton Stapp, Jeremiah Sullivan, John Test, John Tipton, and Omer Tousey.
This collection also contains a scrapbook created by Jeanie Noble Whaley regarding the Noble family and its involvement in politics. Miscellaneous correspondence and clippings in regard to her childhood and young adult interests are also included.
Several photographs and tintypes of the Noble and Whaley families range from circa 1830 to 1900s.
Dates
- 1816-1900s
Creator
- Noble, Noah, 1794-1844 (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
Noah Noble (1794–1844) was a lawyer, farmer, and businessman in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana. Noble served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, and later as the fifth governor of Indiana from 1831 to 1837. While as governor, Noble promoted improvements in infrastructure, championing major projects to create canals, roads, and railroads throughout the state. As a member of the Indiana Internal Improvements Board, from 1838 to 1841, Noble oversaw the construction of the Whitewater Canal, Wabash and Erie Canal, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, and other major road projects.
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (6 manuscript boxes, 1 small manuscript box, 1 medium oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Noah Noble collection, 1816-1844
Series 2: Noah Noble family history, circa 1830-1900s, undated
Series 3: Noah Noble microfilm, 1832-1842, undated
Series 1: Noah Noble collection, 1816-1844
Series 2: Noah Noble family history, circa 1830-1900s, undated
Series 3: Noah Noble microfilm, 1832-1842, undated
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Esther Noble Carter on 1931/11/03 and from Sigrid R. Whaley on 2013/10/16.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed July 2011 by Brent Abercrombie. Collection addition processing completed on 2015/01/08 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid created 2015/01/08 by Bethany Fiechter.
- Badollet, John, 1757-1837
- Bigger, Samuel, 1802-1846
- Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883
- Bright, Michael G. (Michael Graham), 1803-1881
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Correspondence
- Davis, John Wesley, 1799-1859
- Dowling, John, 1807-1878
- Dunn, George H., 1794-1854
- Dunning, Paris C., 1806-1884
- Embree, Elisha, 1801-1863
- Ewing, John, 1732-1802
- Family history
- Farnham, John H. (John Hay), 1791-1833
- Fitch, Graham N. (Graham Newell), 1809-1892
- Governors -- Indiana
- Graham, George, 1770-1830
- Hendricks, William, 1782-1850
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Judah, Samuel, 1798-1869
- Lanier, J. F. D. (James Franklin Doughty), 1800-1881
- Lawyers
- Lawyers -- Indiana
- Lawyers -- Indiana -- Franklin County
- Lucas, Robert, 1781-1853
- Marshall, Joseph G. (Joseph Glass), 1800-1855
- Merrill, Samuel, 1831-1924
- Noble, James, 1783-1831
- Noble, Winston P.
- Owen, David Dale, 1807-1860
- Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
- Parker, Samuel W. (Samuel Wilson), 1805-1859
- Politicians
- Politics and government
- Pratt, Daniel D. (Daniel Darwin), 1813-1877
- Read, Daniel, 1805-1878
- Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
- Smith, Oliver H. (Oliver Hampton), 1794-1859
- Stapp, Milton, 1792-1869
- Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1794-1870
- Test, John, 1771-1849
- Tipton, John, 1786-1839
- Tousey, Omer
- United States. Board of Internal Improvement
- Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905
- Whaley family
- Whig Party (U.S.)
Creator
- Noble, Noah, 1794-1844 (Person)
- Noble family (Family)
- Whaley, Jeanie Noble (Person)
- Title
- Noah Noble 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
