Abraham L. Brick papers
Collection
Identifier: L539
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed correspondence from Abraham L. Brick and others in Indiana and Washington, D.C. from 1850 to 1950, regarding personal and business matters; invitations to social events ranging from 1884 to 1901 regarding presidential and congressional events; photographs and tintypes of family, public events and places, including the Panama Canal, from 1866 to 1907 and undated; scrapbooks, diaries, expense account books, and other volumes.
Dates
- 1850-1950
Creator
- Brick, Abraham Lincoln, 1860-1908 (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
Abraham Lincoln Brick was born May 27, 1860 in St. Joseph County, Indiana to William W. and Elizabeth (Calvert) Brick. He was one of at least nine children. Brick attended Yale and Cornell universities and was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1883. He married Anna Elizabeth Meyer on November 11, 1884 in St. Joseph County, Indiana and they had two children, William Meyer, who was born August 4, 1888 and died February 9, 1889 of uremic poisoning, and Estelle, who was born January 1, 1890 and died during January 1951. Brick was a member of the law department faculty of the University of Notre Dame from which he received the LL.B. and M.L. degrees. He practiced law in South Bend, Indiana in 1883 and was the prosecuting attorney for St. Joseph and LaPorte counties in 1886. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committe in 1890; a delegate to the Republic National Convention in 1896, and congressman for the 13th Indiana district from 1899 to 1908. Brick visited the Panama Canal during his tenure on the Appropriations Committee in 1907. He died April 7, 1908 in Indianapolis, Indiana and is buried in the Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana.
Sources:
Information found within the collection and executive file.
Ancestry.com. "Abraham Brick." 1860 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 24, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Abraham Brick." 1870 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 24, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Abraham Brick." Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. Accessed April 24, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
"Brick, Abraham Lincoln." In Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917-1966, p. 76. Crawfordsville, IN: Wabash College, 1974.
Findagrave.com. "Abraham Lincoln Brick." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed April 24, 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7775032/abraham-lincoln-brick.
Sources:
Information found within the collection and executive file.
Ancestry.com. "Abraham Brick." 1860 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 24, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Abraham Brick." 1870 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 24, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Abraham Brick." Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. Accessed April 24, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
"Brick, Abraham Lincoln." In Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917-1966, p. 76. Crawfordsville, IN: Wabash College, 1974.
Findagrave.com. "Abraham Lincoln Brick." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed April 24, 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7775032/abraham-lincoln-brick.
Extent
3.6 Cubic Feet (8 manuscript boxes; 1 medium oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Papers, 1850-1932, undated
Series 2: Volumes, 1857-1884, undated
Series 3: Photographs, circa 1866-1944, undated
Series 1: Papers, 1850-1932, undated
Series 2: Volumes, 1857-1884, undated
Series 3: Photographs, circa 1866-1944, undated
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation. The record book of Abraham L. Brick's library was a donation from the Willard Library, Evansville, Indiana on 2005/03/16.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1998 by Andrea B. Hough; revised 2005/03 by Elizabeth Wilkinson. EAD finding aid created 2015/04/24 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2024/04/22 by Brittany Kropf.
- Brick family
- Brick, Estelle, 1890-1951
- Brick, William W., 1808-1882
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Europe -- Description and travel -- 20th century
- Family
- Financial statements
- Hawaii -- Description and travel -- 20th century
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Lawyers
- Lawyers -- Indiana
- Panama Canal Zone
- Photographs
- Politicians
- Politicians -- Indiana
- Politicians -- United States -- 19th century
- Politicians -- United States -- 20th century
- Scrapbooks
- South Bend (Ind.)
- Tintypes
- Washington (D.C.)
Creator
- Brick, Abraham Lincoln, 1860-1908 (Person)
- Title
- Abraham L. Brick 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
