Harry D. Hartley collection
Collection
Identifier: L273
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Harry D. Hartley’s correspondence and papers regarding his family’s property (1925–1940), particularly property in Kokomo, Howard County, Indianak, which was leased for an A and P grocery store in 1930. Also included is correspondence pertaining to his proposed book on the contributions of Hoosiers to the development of the United States and western civilization (1939–1951), and letters relating to an Indianapolis talk given by Arthur E. Morgan on his investigations into the Tennessee Valley Authority (1939). Also included are transcripts of the meetings of the Forward Club, organized by Hartley (1928, 1938) and master’s thesis written at Purdue University (1903).
Additionally, the collection contains scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and letters on the Reeves Pulley Company of Columbus, Bartholomew County, which manufactured automobiles in the early twentieth century.
Correspondents include Carl Fisher, Robert Forgan, Philip M. Hauser, Arthur E. Morgan, Frederick Von Nuys, and Herman B. Wells.
Additionally, the collection contains scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and letters on the Reeves Pulley Company of Columbus, Bartholomew County, which manufactured automobiles in the early twentieth century.
Correspondents include Carl Fisher, Robert Forgan, Philip M. Hauser, Arthur E. Morgan, Frederick Von Nuys, and Herman B. Wells.
Dates
- 1925-1951
Creator
- Hartley, Harry D. (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
Harry D. Hartley, born in Indiana in 1882, served as the president of Pioneer Coal and Shaft Company, as well as president of the Piqua Savings Bank in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio. Upon moving to Indianapolis, he served as president of the Turner Glass Company (circa 1926–1930). Hartley worked as a business consultant, while handling his family’s investments. During World War II, Hartley served on the War Rationing Board in Indianapolis. He was married to Alta Reeves Hartley. Harry Hartley died in 1959.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 manuscript boxes)
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 by Unknown 1997/11. Collection re-processed 2012/01 by Brent Abercrombie. EAD finding aid created 2018/04/30 by Lauren Patton.
- Automobiles
- Banks and banking
- Banks and banking -- Indiana
- Business -- Indiana
- Businesspeople -- Indiana
- Correspondence
- Grocery trade
- Hartley, Harry D.
- Howard County (Ind.)
- Indiana -- Societies and clubs
- Kokomo (Ind.)
- New Harmony (Ind.)
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Societies and clubs
- Theses
- World War, 1939-1945
Creator
- Hartley, Harry D. (Person)
- Title
- Harry D. Hartley 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
