Nature Study Club of Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L227
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, photographs, negatives, slides, account books, minute books, member registers, programs, publications, invitations, ephemera, yearbooks, and scrapbooks from the Nature Study Club of Indiana, ranging from 1906 to 1986, regarding the club's history and activities and the study of nature.
There are also a Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany visitor register (1906-1918) and a scrapbook (1933-1939) (V456), as well as oversize broadsides and an issue of a Turkey Run State Park newsletter (1928-1932, undated) (OBD065).
There are also a Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany visitor register (1906-1918) and a scrapbook (1933-1939) (V456), as well as oversize broadsides and an issue of a Turkey Run State Park newsletter (1928-1932, undated) (OBD065).
Dates
- 1906-1986
Creator
- Nature Study Club of Indiana (Noblesville, Ind.) (Organization)
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.
Administrative History
The Nature Study Club of Indiana was founded in 1908 by William Watson Woollen of Indianapolis and was incorporated in 1914. Woollen, best known for his legal writings, was also an avid naturalist. On December 9, 1909, Woollen presented to the city, Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany, commonly known as Buzzards' Roost, and soon after started the Nature Study Club of Indiana. The club was dissolved in December 1996.
Charter members of the Nature Study Club included prominent Indianapolis citizens of the time, such as Judge Robert W. McBride; Rev. Frank Scott Corey Wicks, founder of the All Souls Unitarian Church in Indianapolis; chemist John Newell Hurty; Chauncy Butler, an early minster of the Church of Christ in Indianapolis; James A. Rohbach, former dean of Indiana Law School; Willis Blatchley, Indiana State Geologist, and many others.
Charter members of the Nature Study Club included prominent Indianapolis citizens of the time, such as Judge Robert W. McBride; Rev. Frank Scott Corey Wicks, founder of the All Souls Unitarian Church in Indianapolis; chemist John Newell Hurty; Chauncy Butler, an early minster of the Church of Christ in Indianapolis; James A. Rohbach, former dean of Indiana Law School; Willis Blatchley, Indiana State Geologist, and many others.
Extent
5.1 Cubic Feet (12 manuscript boxes, 1 extra-large oversize folder, 2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Papers and photographs, 1906-1986
Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1921-1979
Series 3: Printer's blocks, undated
Series 1: Papers and photographs, 1906-1986
Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1921-1979
Series 3: Printer's blocks, undated
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 1997 September by Jill Costill. EAD finding aid created 1997 September by Jill Costill. EAD finding aid revised 2004 Elizabeth Wilkinson; 2019/08/06 by Lauren Patton. Collection reprocessing 2024/09/23 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2024/09/23 by Brittany Kropf.
- Account books
- Annual reports
- Caves
- Conservation of natural resources
- Correspondence
- Dwellings
- Ephemera
- Historic sites
- Holidays
- Indiana -- Societies and clubs
- Invitations
- Membership
- Memorials
- Minutes (Records)
- Nature
- Nature conservation -- Indiana
- Newsletters
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Programs
- Scrapbooks
- Societies and clubs
- State parks
- Travel
- Yearbooks
Creator
- Nature Study Club of Indiana (Noblesville, Ind.) (Organization)
- Title
- Nature Study Club of Indiana 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
