John B. Stoll collection
Collection
Identifier: L149
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters to John B. Stoll regarding state and national Democratic Party politics (1866-1920), including correspondence relating to the 1870 and 1872 campaigns. Also included are letters from German Democrats in the state, as well as correspondence relating to northern Indiana newspapers and his work with the Democratic State Editorial Association. The collection has Stoll’s work on the history of the Democratic Party in Indiana along with his political speeches and writings.
Correspondents include Henry A. Barnhart, Albert J. Beveridge, Schuyler Colfax, John D. Defrees, Thomas Dowling, William H. English, Charles W. Fairbanks, William P. Fishback, Isaac P. Gray, Thomas A. Hendricks, David B. Hill, William S. Holman, John Worth Kern, Michael C. Kerr, Frederick Landers, Thomas R. Marshall, Claude Matthews, James A. Mount, William H. O’Brien, Henry B. Payne, Samuel M. Ralston, Horatio W. Seymour, Benjamin F. Shively, James R. Slack, Thomas Taggart, David Turpie, Daniel W. Voorhees, and Woodrow Wilson.
Correspondents include Henry A. Barnhart, Albert J. Beveridge, Schuyler Colfax, John D. Defrees, Thomas Dowling, William H. English, Charles W. Fairbanks, William P. Fishback, Isaac P. Gray, Thomas A. Hendricks, David B. Hill, William S. Holman, John Worth Kern, Michael C. Kerr, Frederick Landers, Thomas R. Marshall, Claude Matthews, James A. Mount, William H. O’Brien, Henry B. Payne, Samuel M. Ralston, Horatio W. Seymour, Benjamin F. Shively, James R. Slack, Thomas Taggart, David Turpie, Daniel W. Voorhees, and Woodrow Wilson.
Dates
- 1854-1926
Creator
- Stoll, John B. (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
John B. Stoll, born in 1843, emigrated with his family from Germany, moving to Pennsylvania in 1853. Stoll was the owner and publisher of Ligonier's Noble County Banner (1866-1914), and owner and editor of the South Bend's St. Joseph County Times (1883-1912). Besides his work in the newspapers industry, Stoll was involved with the Democratic Party, and associated with several Democratic newspapers in LaPorte and Elkhart. Stoll authored History of the Indiana Democracy, 1816-1916 in 1917. John Stoll died in 1926.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject and chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2011 June by Brent Abercrombie. EAD finding aid created 2011 June by Brent Abercrombie.
- Barnhart, Henry A.
- Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927
- Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
- Correspondence
- Defrees, John D. (John Dougherty), 1810 or 1811-1882
- Democratic Party (Ind.)
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Dowling, Thomas, 1806-1876
- English, William E. (William Eastin), 1850-1926
- Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918
- Fishback, William P. (William Pinckney)
- Germany -- Emigration and Immigration
- Gray, Isaac P. (Isaac Pusey)
- Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885
- Holman, William S.
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States
- Indiana -- Politics and government
- Kern, John Worth, 1849-1917
- Marshall, Thomas Riley, 1854-1925
- Politicians -- Indiana
- Politics and government
- Ralston, Samuel M. (Samuel Moffett), 1857-1925
- Slack, James R. (James Richard), 1818-1881
- Stoll, John B.
- Taggart, Thomas, 1856-1929
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Voorhees, Daniel W. (Daniel Wolsey), 1827-1897
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Creator
- Stoll, John B. (Person)
- Title
- John B. Stoll 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
