Denver C. Harlan papers
Collection
Identifier: L238
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, maps, photographs, real estate descriptions, recepits, college papers and class notes, legislative bills and other documents concerning legislation and politics, pamphlets, periodicals, and realia from Denver C. Harlan in Indiana and Iowa, ranging from 1866 to 1927, regarding education and college yearbook publishing, as well as careers, including map sales, census taking, realty, and law.
There is also an oversize folder containing a 1910 map of western Oklahoma, a 1910 census document, a January 17, 1923 issue of the Martinsville, Indiana Daily Tribune, and undated Arbutus photographs (OBC140).
There is also an oversize folder containing a 1910 map of western Oklahoma, a 1910 census document, a January 17, 1923 issue of the Martinsville, Indiana Daily Tribune, and undated Arbutus photographs (OBC140).
Dates
- 1866-1927, undated
Creator
- Harlan, Denver C., 1886-1968 (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
Denver Carl Harlan was born March 6, 1886 to Milton M. and Sarah Jane (Van Nuys) Harlan in Wayne County, Indiana. He had an older sister, Grace. Harlan graduated from White Water High School in 1901; Valparaiso University, receiving a B.S., in 1906; Indiana University, receiving an A.B. in Economics, in 1909; and Indiana Law School in Indianapolis in 1911. Harlan worked as a map salesman in Iowa for the Scarborough Company of Indianapolis in 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1911. Harlan married Pauline Mesle Salmon in 1910 or 1911, and she died in 1912. He then married Laveno [Lavene] Melinda Caldwen Bowermaster in Wayne County on April 30, 1914, with whom he had one son, John Marshall. Harlan was a lawyer in Wayne County and a partner in Harlan, Harlan, Schussler and Keller. He served in the Indiana General Assembly as a senator from 1923 to 1929 and was president pro tempore. Harlan also served as a director of the Richmond First National Bank from 1953 on and vice president of the Richmond Home Telephone Company. He died on January 17, 1968 and was buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne County.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Denver Harlan." 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Denver C. Harlan." Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Denver C. Harlan." North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Denver C. Harlan." Wayne County, Indiana, Quaker Funeral Home Records, 1939-1974. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Denver C. Harlan." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed June 6, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73882357/denver-carl-harlan.
"Harlan, Denver Carl." Indiana Legislator Biographies. Accessed June 8, 2016. http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/4672/Denver-Harlan.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Denver Harlan." 1940 United States Federal Census. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Denver C. Harlan." Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Denver C. Harlan." North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Denver C. Harlan." Wayne County, Indiana, Quaker Funeral Home Records, 1939-1974. Accessed June 6, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Denver C. Harlan." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed June 6, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73882357/denver-carl-harlan.
"Harlan, Denver Carl." Indiana Legislator Biographies. Accessed June 8, 2016. http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/4672/Denver-Harlan.
Extent
2.56 Cubic Feet (7 manuscript boxes, 1 small manuscript box, 1 large oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject, then chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from John Marshall Harlan on 1971/08/30.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/06/08 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2016/06/08 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2021/11/02 by Lauren Patton. Collection reprocessing completed 2024/11/14 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2024/11/14 by Brittany Kropf.
- Bloomington (Ind.)
- Census enumerators (Persons)
- College students
- College students -- Indiana
- College students -- Social conditions
- Correspondence
- Education
- Education -- Indiana
- Indiana -- Politics and government
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana University
- Indiana. General Assembly. Senate
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Iowa
- Lawyers
- Lawyers -- Indiana
- Maps
- Pamphlets
- Politics and government
- Publications
- Real property
- Receipts (Acknowledgements)
- Richmond (Ind.)
- Statutes and codes
- Statutes and codes -- Indiana
- Surveys
- Valparaiso (Ind.)
- Valparaiso University
- Wayne County (Ind.)
Creator
- Harlan, Denver C., 1886-1968 (Person)
- Title
- Denver C. Harlan papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- 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
