Wabash River, Mt. Carmel, Illinois flooding aerial photographs
Collection — Folder: SP097
Identifier: SP097
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Doane Studio of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which depict rural areas near Mt. Carmel, most likely in Illinois, on June 16, 1958, before, and on June 22, 1958, after the Wabash River flooded the area.
Dates
- 1958 June
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.
Historical Note
The Wabash River is the "largest southward-flowing tributary of the Ohio River, rising in Grand Lake, western Ohio. It flows generally westward across Indiana past the cities of Huntington, Wabash, Logansport, and Lafayette, then southward to Terre Haute. Just south of that city it forms a 200-mile (320-kilometre) boundary between Indiana and Illinois and then enters the Ohio in the southwestern corner of Indiana after a total course of 529 miles (851 km). The Wabash drains an area of about 33,150 square miles (85,860 square km). Its chief tributaries are the White and Tippecanoe rivers, both entering from the north. Other tributaries, all flowing from the north, are the Little Wabash, Embarrass, and Vermilion. At Mount Carmel, Ill. (75 miles [120 km] above the mouth of the river), the average flow is 30,400 cubic feet (860 cubic m) per second."
Source:
"Wabash River." Encyclopaedia Britannica, last updated September 27, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/place/Wabash-River.
Source:
"Wabash River." Encyclopaedia Britannica, last updated September 27, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/place/Wabash-River.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
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 2021/11/01 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2021/11/01 by
- Title
- Wabash River, Mt. Carmel, Illinois flooding aerial photographs
- 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
