Susan B. Unthank letters and diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1332
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters to Susan and Josiah from former students, family correspondence, and her diary ranging from 1837 to 1859.
Dates
- 1837-1924
Creator
- Unthank, Susan B., 1839-1932 (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
Susan B. Hunt was born to Joseph Hunt and Ann Gause in Spiceland, Henry County, Indiana on October 23, 1839. She married Josiah T. Unthank, a Quaker carpenter in Spiceland, on March 27, 1861. They had three children, Eva, Minnie B. and Josephine. Susan died on March 24, 1932 and is buried in Circle Grove Cemetery in Spiceland.
Source:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Source:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Extent
0.04 Cubic Feet (4 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Ida and F. E. Pickering, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Myers on 1934/5/22; 1936/5/20; and 1936/7/1.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2018/1/25 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield.
Creator
- Unthank, Susan B., 1839-1932 (Person)
- Title
- Susan B. Unthank letters and diary
- 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