Collections | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

LaGrange County collection

Collection — Folder: S1683-01

Identifier: S1683

Scope and Contents The collection consists of three items from LaGrange County, Indiana, including an undated advertising card for the Lima Manufacturing Company's Queen windmill in Lima, Indiana (currently Howe); a short, typed history of the LaGrange courthouse of 1843 and an account of a gavel made of the wood from the 1843 courthouse, which the LaGrange de Lafayette chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) returned to LaGrange County, after 1923; and a seven-page, typed narrative by Dan Wisel...

Dates: 1843-1934

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Lakin family correspondence

Collection — Folder: S0798

Identifier: S0798

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence between members of the Lakin family of Plainfield, Indiana ranging from 1861 to 1863. The collection includes a letter written by M. Calvert (Mary Lakin Calvert) from Plainfield to "Dear Brother" with L.S. Lakin written at the bottom (January 1, 1861); a letter written on the back of Mary's letter from J.W. Lakin (Joseph W.) to "Dear Father" and sent from Camp McCauley, Paducah, Kentucky (January 12, 1862); a letter from Plainfield from J. W. (John...

Dates: 1861-1863

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Leeson family papers

Collection — Folder: S1301

Identifier: S1301

Scope and Contents This collection comprises wartime letters and a document ranging from 1813 to 1865, concerning members of the Leeson family. One letter and a document concern Lieutenant __ Leeson and necessary supplies during the War of 1812. Three other letters are from Henry Clay Leeson to family regarding his military service at Vicksburg, as well as Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf, and Magnolia Bluffs, during the U.S. Civil War in 1863. There is also a letter to Major Moses D. Leeson of the 5th Indiana Cavalry on...

Dates: 1813-1865

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Leonard Mahan diary

Collection — Folder: S2191

Identifier: S2191

Scope and Contents This collection is a typed copy of Leonard H. Mahan's diary from January 3, 1862 through August 6, 1863. The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862, is on pages 2 and 3. Entries for 1863 begin on page 7. His final entry on August 6, 1863 states: "Strong talk of an early move. Suppose we will start on Monday for East Tenn. or Chattanooga. Army in splendid condition." On pages 12 and 13, Leonard listed the members of Company C, 31st Infantry, with himself as First Sergeant. On page 13, he gives...

Dates: 1862-1863

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Letter on W.K. Helvic

Collection — Folder: S3147

Identifier: S3147

Scope and Contents This letter concerns the service of the Union soldier W.K. Helvic. It describes his service near Washington D.C. until September 5th, 1862, and his stay in a regiment hospital near Antietam, Maryland, for treatment of diarrhea and bilious fevers. The letter then describes his service assignments as a wagoner at Hay Market, Virginia and Thoroughfare Gap.

Dates: 1862/09/05

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Lew Wallace collection

Collection

Identifier: L173

Scope and Contents The collection primarily consists of Lew Wallace’s military papers from September 1862, relating to the defense of Cincinnati, Ohio and northern Kentucky. Included is correspondence from Wallace and his staff regarding the defense and administration of the area, report on the defense of the Ohio River, and additional reports and official papers. The collection does contain some miscellaneous letters following Wallace’s armed service and a fragment of his memoir.

Dates: 1848-1905

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Lew Wallace letters

Collection — Folder: S2323

Identifier: S2323

Scope and Contents This collection contains 4 letters written by Lew Wallace while he served as colonel of the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The first letter is dated May 2, 1861 and was sent to Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton from headquarters regarding tendering his regiment for 3 years service. The remaining letters were sent from Wallace Barracks in Indianapolis and include a letter sent to John Vajen, Quarter-Master General of Indiana, regarding boot purchases for Wallace's men (May 4, 1861); a letter...

Dates: 1861

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Louis W. Knobe collection

Collection — Folder: S1438

Identifier: S1438

Scope and Contents This collection includes a journal of Civil War reminiscences written by Louis W. Knobe in March of 1866, recounting battles fought by the 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment between 1861 and 1863, based on notes he wrote on the battlefield. The battles recounted in the volume include: Pea Ridge, March 6-8, 1862 (pages 24-27); Magnolia Hill, May 1, 1863 (pages 28-30); Champion Hill and Black River, May 16-17, 1863 (pages 31-32); Vicksburg, May 19-July 4, 1863 (pages 33-45); Jackson, Mississippi,...

Dates: 1861-1924

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Margaret B. Paulus, Papers of General Robert Huston Milroy compilation

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: V103

Scope and Contents This collection includes four bound volumes containing typewritten transcriptions of General Robert Huston Milroy’s papers that range from 1854 to 1910. The papers were compiled and transcribed by Margaret B. Paulus in 1965 and include Milroy’s family and military correspondence, newspaper articles, and other documents related to Milroy’s life and his service in the Civil War.

Dates: 1965

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Mark A. Mayberry letters

Collection — Folder: S2933

Identifier: S2933

Scope and Contents Photocopies of two letters written by Mark A. Mayberry to his parents while serving in Saudi Arabia during Persian Gulf War and a newspaper clipping concerning Sgt. Mayberry, from 1990.

Dates: 1990

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

INDIANA
STATE LIBRARY

Showing Collections: 121 - 130 of 181

LaGrange County collection

Lakin family correspondence

Leeson family papers

Leonard Mahan diary

Letter on W.K. Helvic

Lew Wallace collection

Lew Wallace letters

Louis W. Knobe collection

Margaret B. Paulus, Papers of General Robert Huston Milroy compilation

Mark A. Mayberry letters

Filtered By

Filter Results

Additional filters:

INDIANA STATE LIBRARY

Showing Collections: 121 - 130 of 181

Filtered By

Filter Results

Additional filters:

INDIANA
STATE LIBRARY