Laurel Conwell Thayer collection
Collection
Identifier: L339
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, scrapbook pages, correspondence, and other documents from Laurel Conwell Thayer ranging from 1862 to 1943. Correspondence includes letters to Laurel Conwell Thayer's mother, Maria Conwell Thayer, primarily from her niece Elisabeth Conwell Wilson, but also other correspondents. Also included is a letter from Laurel's father, William Wild Thayer and letters to Laurel Conwell Thayer from Virginia Brooks of West Hammond, Indiana. Other documents include material written by Laurel Conwell Thayer regarding adult probation and court events in Marion County, Indiana and biographical material about William Wild Thayer. Materials date from 1862-1943.
Dates
- 1862-1943
Creator
- Thayer, Laurel Conwell (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
Laurel Conwell Thayer was born in Indianapolis in 1873. She graduated from Indiana University 1899 and served as a women's adult probation officer of the Indianapolis City Court in the 1920s. In 1925, Thayer "solicited the cooperation of the Indianapolis Bar Association in studying the situation, congestion in the court having made probation work more difficult and more complicated under the then existing system" (Indiana University Alumni Quarterly, 1927). She passed away in 1944.
Source:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. Accessed August 24, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Source:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. Accessed August 24, 2016. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by item type; correspondence and other documents are arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Laurel Conwell Thayer on 1933/06 and 1941/07.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/08/24 by Kori Nell. EAD finding aid created 2016/08/24 by Kori Nell.
Creator
- Thayer, Laurel Conwell (Person)
- Brooks, Virginia (Person)
- Title
- Laural Conwell Thayer 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
