John M. Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents
This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates
- 1804-1982
Language of Materials
Materials in English and German.
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.
Extent
10.5 Cubic Feet (21 manuscript boxes, 1 medium oversize box)
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Indiana tourism documents, 1946-1982; undated
Series 2: Regional, county and city fair material, 1857-1974
Subseries 2.1: County and city fair materials, 1871-1974 Subseries 2.2: Indiana State Fair materials, 1857-1940
Series 3: Indiana veterans documents, 1881-1975
Series 4: Great Lakes region, commercial and industrial documents, 1841-1980; undated
Subseries 4.1: Milling, 1873-1897 Subseries 4.2: Railroads, 1850-1960; undated Subseries 4.3: Home building and interior design documents, 1913-1961 Subseries 4.4: Subject files, 1841-1980
Series 5: Subject files, 1841-1980
Subseries 5.1: Relationship advice documents, 1861-1910 Subseries 5.2: Temperance documents, 1846-1909 Subseries 5.3: Religious documents, 1844-1904; undated Subseries 5.4: Literary documents, 1876-1975 Subseries 5.5: Educational documents, 1872-1983 Subseries 5.6: Law documents, 1836-1983 Subseries 5.7: Political campaign documents, 1813-1984 Subseries 5.8: Natural history documents, 1848-1973 Subseries 5.9: Native American documents, 1883-1940 Subseries 5.10: Northwest and Indiana Territory documents, 1780-1950 Subseries 5.11: Civil War and Reconstruction documents, 1856-1973 Subseries 5.12: Federal government documents, 1804-1936 Subseries 5.13: State government documents, 1814-1982 Subseries 5.14: Indianapolis documents, 1876-1980 Subseries 5.15: Northern Indiana documents, 1837-1989 Subseries 5.16: Southern Indiana and Whitewater Valley documents, 1806-1981 Subseries 5.17: Societies and social club documents, 1846-1969 Subseries 5.18: Preservation documents, 1900-1988 Subseries 5.19: Non-Indiana documents, circa 1800-1997; undated Subseries 5.20: Oversize documents, 1840-1952; undated
Series 1: Indiana tourism documents, 1946-1982; undated
Series 2: Regional, county and city fair material, 1857-1974
Subseries 2.1: County and city fair materials, 1871-1974 Subseries 2.2: Indiana State Fair materials, 1857-1940
Series 3: Indiana veterans documents, 1881-1975
Series 4: Great Lakes region, commercial and industrial documents, 1841-1980; undated
Subseries 4.1: Milling, 1873-1897 Subseries 4.2: Railroads, 1850-1960; undated Subseries 4.3: Home building and interior design documents, 1913-1961 Subseries 4.4: Subject files, 1841-1980
Series 5: Subject files, 1841-1980
Subseries 5.1: Relationship advice documents, 1861-1910 Subseries 5.2: Temperance documents, 1846-1909 Subseries 5.3: Religious documents, 1844-1904; undated Subseries 5.4: Literary documents, 1876-1975 Subseries 5.5: Educational documents, 1872-1983 Subseries 5.6: Law documents, 1836-1983 Subseries 5.7: Political campaign documents, 1813-1984 Subseries 5.8: Natural history documents, 1848-1973 Subseries 5.9: Native American documents, 1883-1940 Subseries 5.10: Northwest and Indiana Territory documents, 1780-1950 Subseries 5.11: Civil War and Reconstruction documents, 1856-1973 Subseries 5.12: Federal government documents, 1804-1936 Subseries 5.13: State government documents, 1814-1982 Subseries 5.14: Indianapolis documents, 1876-1980 Subseries 5.15: Northern Indiana documents, 1837-1989 Subseries 5.16: Southern Indiana and Whitewater Valley documents, 1806-1981 Subseries 5.17: Societies and social club documents, 1846-1969 Subseries 5.18: Preservation documents, 1900-1988 Subseries 5.19: Non-Indiana documents, circa 1800-1997; undated Subseries 5.20: Oversize documents, 1840-1952; undated
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from John M. Smith on 2011/03/11.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2014/06/23 by Keenan Salla. EAD finding aid created 2014/06/23 by Keenan Salla. EAD finding aid revised by Bethany Fiechter 2014/07/30.
- Advertisements
- Annual reports
- Brochures
- Calendars
- Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl) 1897-1979
- Catalogs
- Christianity
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Description and travel
- Education
- Ephemera
- Fairs
- Great Lakes (North America)
- Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
- House construction
- Indiana
- Indiana Territory
- Indians of North America
- Interior decoration firms
- Local history
- Maps
- Military veterans
- Mills and mill-work
- Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877
- Natural history
- Pamphlets
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Poetry
- Politics and government
- Preservation
- Programs
- Quakers
- Quakers -- Indiana
- Railroads
- Religious articles
- Societies and clubs
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Temperance
- Tintypes
- Tourism industry
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Title
- John M. Smith collection
- 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
