Richard L. Power collection
Collection — Folder: S1074
Identifier: S1074
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a speech titled "A Footnote on the Hoosier Stereotype" from Richard L. Power in Indianapolis, Indiana, from April 1938 regarding Indiana cultural stereotypes.
Dates
- 1938
Creator
- Power, Richard L. (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/Historical Note/Administrative History
The paper "A Footnote on the Hoosier Stereotype" was read by its author, Richard Lyle Power, before the Mississippi Valley Historical Society in April 1938. A history professor at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, Power authored several publications about Indiana culture, including “Wet Lands and the Hoosier Stereotype” (1935), and “Planting Corn Belt Culture: The Impress of the Upland Southerner and Yankee in the Old Northwest” (1953). Richard Lyle Power was born 30 April 1896, in Milroy, Indiana. He married Florence Holbrook Doan on 29 Aug 1925 in Marion County. He died September 1978.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Indiana Magazine of History, [S.l.], jun. 1938. ISSN 1942-9711. Available at: /scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/7059/7831
Sources:
Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Indiana Magazine of History, [S.l.], jun. 1938. ISSN 1942-9711. Available at: /scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/7059/7831
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
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 2015/07/23 by Linda Gellert. EAD finding aid created 2015/07/23 by Linda Gellert.
Creator
- Power, Richard L. (Person)
- Title
- Richard L. Power collection
- 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
