Mildred Harrod photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP030
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and tintypes from Mildred Harrod and the Harrod and Dixon families in Indiana; Cincinatti, Ohio; Vancouver, Washington; and other places in the United States ranging from circa 1860 to 1950, depicting family members; Jeffersonville High School girls' basketball teams; hospitals, churches, and the neighborhood around 346 Hanson Avenue in Indianapolis in the 1940s; flooding of the Wabash River in the Vincennes area in 1950; military service during World War I; and a handful of images from Johnstown, Pennsylvania and Madison, Terre Haute, and New Bethel, Indiana. There are also a series of images from the army service of Lemuel Dixon in the 14th Infantry in Vancouver, Washington from 1902 to 1905, which include three photographs depicting the flight and landing of the army airship, Gelatine, which flew from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon to the Vancouver Barracks on September 19, 1905.
Dates
- circa 1860-1950
Creator
- Harrod, Mildred Dixon, 1906-1994 (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
"Mildred Irene (Dixon) Harrod was born October 4, 1906 in Hope, Indiana to Harmon S. and Stella Taylor Dixon. She was the second of five children, including Ethel, Lola, Lewis and Ernest P. Harrod was a graduate of DePauw University. She taught English, Latin, physical education, home economics, and biology at area high schools and authored several genealogy books. She married Dolph Orene Harrod in Vincennes, Indiana on May 10, 1936. They had one daughter, Patricia and one son, John Dixon. Harrod was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Methodist Church, Indiana Historical Society, and other organizations and was a founding member of the Yellow Trail Museum in Hope. She died March 14, 1994 and was buried in the Flat Rock Cemetery, Flat Rock, Indiana."
From: Indiana State Library. "Mildred D. Harrod papers." Finding aid. Accessed May 28, 2019. https://archives.isl.lib.in.us/repositories/2/resources/396.
From: Indiana State Library. "Mildred D. Harrod papers." Finding aid. Accessed May 28, 2019. https://archives.isl.lib.in.us/repositories/2/resources/396.
Extent
0.04 Cubic Feet (4 folders)
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitized materials from the collection are available online in the ISL Digital Collections (http://digitalcollections.library.in.gov):
Folder 1: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5473
Folder 2: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5535
Folder 3: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5408
Folder 4: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5558
Folder 1: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5473
Folder 2: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5535
Folder 3: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5408
Folder 4: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/id/5558
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2019/05/28 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid created 2019/05/28 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2025/10/29 by Brittany Kropf.
- Airships
- Basketball
- Church buildings
- Dixon family
- Family life
- Floods
- Harrod family
- High schools
- Hospitals
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
- Methodist church buildings
- Military airships
- Photographs
- Portraits
- Soldiers
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 14th
- Vancouver (Wash.)
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
Creator
- Harrod, Mildred Dixon, 1906-1994 (Person)
- Title
- Mildred Harrod photograph 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
