Sam B. Woods papers
Collection
Identifier: L181
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, periodicals, articles, clippings, speeches, and other papers from Sam B. Woods in Lake County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1941 and undated, regarding the Woods family, Lake County history, and politics. There are also 1903 issues of Milk News (OB247).
Dates
- 1848-1941, undated
Creator
- Woods, Samuel B., 1856-1956 (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
Samuel Bartlett Woods was born on January 7, 1856 to Bartlett (1818-1903) and Ann Eliza (Sigler) Woods (1827-1900) in Indiana. His father, a native of England, served as a Lake County, Indiana commissioner, then in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1861 and 1865. Woods had eleven siblings, three of whom died in infancy or early childhood, and Caroline, William, Jefferson, Samuel, Charlotte, Henry, Walter, and Arthur.
Woods married Melluyma C. Vilmer (1857-1936) on March 15, 1882 in Lake County, and they had three children: Harold E.(1883-1908), Whilma, and Margaret Ann (1892-1966). He was a farmer, who specialized in dairy farming, and a writer. He wrote Woods: The First Hundred Years of Lake Co., Indiana, as Lived and Acted by Bartlett Woods and family and Sam B. Woods and Family in 1936, as well as many newspaper articles and opinion pieces. Woods died in 1956 and is buried in the Maplewood Historic Cemetery in Crown Point, Indiana. The Hammond High School Junior Historical Society was known as the Sam B. Woods Society in 1952.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Mellue C. Vilmer." Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Samuel Woods." 1870 United States Federal Census. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Samuel Woods." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Sam B. Woods." U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Samuel B. Woods" Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed February 8, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50944015/samuel-bartlett-woods.
Woods married Melluyma C. Vilmer (1857-1936) on March 15, 1882 in Lake County, and they had three children: Harold E.(1883-1908), Whilma, and Margaret Ann (1892-1966). He was a farmer, who specialized in dairy farming, and a writer. He wrote Woods: The First Hundred Years of Lake Co., Indiana, as Lived and Acted by Bartlett Woods and family and Sam B. Woods and Family in 1936, as well as many newspaper articles and opinion pieces. Woods died in 1956 and is buried in the Maplewood Historic Cemetery in Crown Point, Indiana. The Hammond High School Junior Historical Society was known as the Sam B. Woods Society in 1952.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Mellue C. Vilmer." Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Samuel Woods." 1870 United States Federal Census. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Samuel Woods." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Sam B. Woods." U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012. Accessed February 8, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Samuel B. Woods" Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed February 8, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50944015/samuel-bartlett-woods.
Extent
1.35 Cubic Feet (4 manuscript boxes, 1 medium oversize 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 2016/02/22 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2016/02/22 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2024/08/23
Creator
- Woods, Samuel B., 1856-1956 (Person)
- Title
- Sam B. Woods papers
- 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
