Chelsea L. Lawlis thesis
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3278
Scope and Contents
This collection is Lawlis’ 1946 M.A. thesis on patterns of migration to the Whitewater Valley
during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Folder 1. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp1-56
Folder 2. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp57-112
Folder 3. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp112-167
Folder 1. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp1-56
Folder 2. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp57-112
Folder 3. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp112-167
Dates
- 1946
Creator
- Lawlis, Chelsea L. (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
Chelsea Lawlis received a BA from Franklin College in 1940, and an MA and PhD in
1946 and 1956, respectively, from Indiana University’s department of history. He served
as a professor in the Social Sciences Division at Vincennes University from 1957 until
the spring of 1984, and was chair of the division for twenty-one years during that time.
While at Vincennes University he served for three years as director of the Byron R.
Lewis Historical Library located on the university’s campus. He is the author of a book
on the history of Vincennes University published in 1982, as well as several articles on
the Whitewater Valley published in the Indiana Magazine of History in 1947 and 1948.
Sources:
The Franklin Reporter 71 (1984): 14.
Lang, Elfrieda, ed. Indiana Magazine of History General Index to Volumes 51-75. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Department of History, 1982. 236.
Lawlis, Chelsea L. Vincennes University in Transition: The Making of a Comprehensive Community College. Vincennes: Vincennes University Press, 1982. Introduction.
Sources:
The Franklin Reporter 71 (1984): 14.
Lang, Elfrieda, ed. Indiana Magazine of History General Index to Volumes 51-75. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Department of History, 1982. 236.
Lawlis, Chelsea L. Vincennes University in Transition: The Making of a Comprehensive Community College. Vincennes: Vincennes University Press, 1982. Introduction.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (3 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Robert G. Horstman on 2004/06/22.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed in 2005/08 by Benjamin J. Clark. EAD finding aid created in 2005/08 by Benjamin J. Clark. EAD finding aid updated 2015/10/30 by Laura Eliason.
Creator
- Lawlis, Chelsea L. (Person)
- Title
- Chelsea L. Lawlis thesis
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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
