Harold F. Brigham papers
Collection
Identifier: L282
Scope and Contents
This collection includes professional correspondence, speeches, notes, research, clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, bibliographies, and other materials created and compiled by Harold F. Brigham in Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1967 regarding his work as a librarian in Kentucky and at the Indiana State Library. There are also a few materials relating to Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, which Brigham used in his talk at the Conversation Club in Louisville, including the transcript of a letter from William Clark in St. Louis, Missouri to his brother George Rogers Clark on September 23, 1806, the day the Lewis and Clark expedition returned. The original letter is located at the Missouri Historical Society.
Dates
- 1899-1967
Creator
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
Harold Frederick Brigham was born in Newark, New Jersey on May 25, 1897. After graduating from Princeton University in 1921, he attended the library school at the New York Public Library, completing the program in 1922. He was married to Rose Shuler in 1921. The couple had two sons and one daughter. Brigham worked as a city librarian in Louisville, Kentucky before accepting a position as the director of the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1942, in place of acting director, Christopher B. Coleman. Brigham was very active in the local communities in Louisville and Indianapolis and spoke before the Y.M.C.A., Indiana Library Association, Kentucky Library Association, Indianapolis Literary Club, several rotary clubs, educational institutions, and the American Library Association. Brigham died on March 15, 1971.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Harold F. Brigham." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951. Retrieved April 22, 2013. htttp://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Who's Who and What's What in Indiana Politics: This Book Is the Story of Indiana Politics and Indiana Politicians. Indianapolis, IN: James E. Perry, 1944.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. "Harold F. Brigham." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951. Retrieved April 22, 2013. htttp://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Who's Who and What's What in Indiana Politics: This Book Is the Story of Indiana Politics and Indiana Politicians. Indianapolis, IN: James E. Perry, 1944.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
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 2013/04 by Erica Sgroi. EAD finding aid created 2014/03/19 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2015/08/04 by Brittany Kropf.
- American Library Association
- Anniversaries
- Bibliography
- Clark, William, 1770-1838
- Clippings
- Coleman, Christopher Bush, 1875-1944
- Community Chest of Indianapolis (Indiana)
- Constitution Day Committee
- Correspondence
- Diseases
- Hepburn, William Murray
- Indiana Library Association
- Indiana State Library
- Indianapolis Literary Club
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- Lewis, Meriwether
- Librarians
- Libraries
- Libraries -- Indiana
- Literacy
- Literature
- Minutes (Records)
- Newsletters
- Newspaper articles
- Newspapers
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Press releases
- Russian War Relief, Inc
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Tuberculosis and literature
- United States. Work Projects Administration
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Indiana
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Libraries
Creator
- Title
- Harold F. Brigham papers
- 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
