Ohio, Wabash, and White Rivers flood collection
Collection — Folder: S1538
Identifier: S1538
Scope and Contents
No author is given for this 28-page, typed manuscript. The narrative accompanied aerial photos showing the floods in Jeffersonville, New Albany, Madison, Lawrenceburg, and other places. Pages 1-8 gives a general report of the 1937 floor. Pages 9-22 tells of the trip by Governor Townsend and his party. Pages 23-28 continues the narrative decribing aerial views. The narrative tells of the work by WPA men. The Niblack levee north of Vincennes on the Wabash River was saved by "heroic efforts." Page 3 mentions the 1884 and 1913 floods, which the 1937 flood levels exceeded. Page 4 states: "The Coast Guard cutters were rushed by train from Chicago, and an emergency radio station was set up in the railroad depot." Page 13 states: "New Albany was damaged almost as badly as Jeffersonville." Regarding Lawrenceburg, on page 17, the report states: "A hurricane could not have wrought greater destruction than the terrific wall of water that swept through the town." On the last page, the narrative tells of a house, "firmly anchored down by a huge still which had been in the attic -- the only part of the structure heavy enough to withstand the force of the current."
Dates
- 1937
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.
Historical Note
The southern part of Indiana was flooded in 1937. Levees washed out. Whole towns, roads, and thousands of acres of farm land were inundated.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is paginated as the manuscript was typed.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from the Indiana Department of Public Welfare.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2015/03/12 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield.
- Title
- Ohio, Wabash, and White Rivers flood 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
