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Arthur G. Mitten collection

Collection — Folder: S0971

Identifier: S0971

Scope and Contents This collection contains photostatic copies of letters and military account documents ranging from 1791 to 1814 that were collected by Arthur J. Mitten and copied in 1927. The collection includes: a letter by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering from Philadelphia to Samuel Hodgdon, Quartermaster of the Western Army (December 16, 1791); an account and acknowledgement of money received by General Anthony Wayne from paymaster Caleb Swan (April 18, 1793); an account of clothing returned by 3rd...

Dates: 1791-1814

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Bardonner family account book

Collection — Folder: S2032

Identifier: S2032

Scope and Contents This collection includes an account book used by the Bardonner family of Hamilton County, Indiana with entries ranging from 1834 to 1895. The earlier entries relate to Henry Bardonner's business and are written in German. The book was later used by Margaret Bardonner Swartz to record biographical information about her parents and her husband. She also used it as a daily journal to record weather and seasonal activities from 1885 to 1895. Also included are accounting entries for the Waltz...

Dates: 1834-1895

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Belt, Butler and Company bills of sale

Collection — Folder: S1923

Identifier: S1923

Scope and Contents This collection contains three bills of sale for furs purchased from George W. Turner by Belt, Butler and Company, exporters of raw furs and ginseng. The purchases were of pelts from skunks, raccoons, opossums, red foxes, minks, sheep, and other animals. The bills of sale are a record of prices at the turn of the last century.

Dates: 1887-1894

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Blanche Stillson collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S1254

Scope and Contents This collection comprises papers including contracts, bills, letters, and receipts from the Stilson family in Bedford, Indiana ranging from 1873 to 1908 regarding the building of the family home and the medical practice of Doctors Joseph O. Stilson and Joseph Stilson, Blanche Stilson's father and grandfather, respectively. Of particular interest is a small notebook from 1873 to 1874 listing medical cases handled by the two physicians.

Dates: 1873-1908

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Borden family collection

Collection

Identifier: L017

Scope and Contents This collection contains the of business papers of John Borden, stock certificates and receipts of the Borden family in Indiana ranging from 1715 to 1902. Also included are William W. Borden’s letters, a scrapbook of notes and clippings of his geological work, and the papers of John M. Johnston, a Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana judge. Johnston’s papers include correspondence with Thomas A. Hendricks, Oliver P. Morton, Noah Noble, and James Whitcomb.There is also an oversize...

Dates: 1715-1902

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Brady family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S2020

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, indentures, deeds, tax receipts, and other legal documents of the Brady family of Fountain and Warren counties in Indiana ranging from 1801 to 1890. The collection includes the appraisal and auction sale documents (written in French) regarding the personal effects of James Brady that were left with Senateur Babin in Iberville, Louisiana (December, 1801); receipts and legal documents of John Brady (1811-1845) and William Brady (1838-1889); correspondence...

Dates: 1809-1890

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Calvin Fletcher letter

Collection — Folder: S0473

Identifier: S0473

Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from Calvin Fletcher in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 8, 1855 regarding the receipt of seeds and asking Thomas A. Hendricks to deliver a letter to John B. Dillon.

Dates: 1866/01/08

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Carpenter family collection

Collection

Identifier: L501

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, telegrams, receipts, family photographs and newspaper clippings from Walter N. and Lizzie D. Carpenter in Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana as well as Miami, Dade County, Florida ranging from 1887 to the 1980s.

Also included are U.S. Department of Health publications regarding the control of infectious diseases and the role of women during World War I.

Dates: 1887-1980s

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Carroll and Mima Johnson collection

Collection — Folder: S2271

Identifier: S2271

Scope and Contents This collection contains several items from Carroll and Mima Johnson of Bedford, Indiana, including two essays written by Mary Francis Glover regarding the Jamestown Settlement (April 10, 1871) and Mammoth Cave (May 30, 1873); a circular advertisement for "Object-Lessons in Physiology," a book written by Dr. Hamilton Stillson of Bedford to help common school teachers teach physiology to beginners without a textbook (circa 1884); an envelope addressed to J. M. Johnson (May 16, 1884); a receipt...

Dates: 1871-circa 1909

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Casler and Peterson collection

Collection — Folder: S237

Identifier: S0237

Scope and Contents This collection includes two invoices and a contract book from Casler and Peterson in New York ranging from 1914/0/01 to 1914/06/03 regarding purchases.

Dates: 1914

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Arthur G. Mitten collection

Bardonner family account book

Belt, Butler and Company bills of sale

Blanche Stillson collection

Borden family collection

Brady family papers

Calvin Fletcher letter

Carpenter family collection

Carroll and Mima Johnson collection

Casler and Peterson collection

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