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James Allen Rogers biography
Collection — Folder: S1748
Identifier: S1748
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a hand-written document ranging from 1848 to 1924 regarding
James Allen Roger's life.
Dates:
1848-1924
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
James D. Williams collection
Collection — Folder: S1424
Identifier: S1424
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 4 items related to James D. Williams in Indiana ranging from 1876 to 1880: (1) an April 20, 1876 letter from Thomas R. Cobb to Honorable James D. Williams informing him that he was selected as the Democratic candidate for governor for the next October election; (2) an April 29, 1876 letter from J. D. Williams to Honorable T. R. Cobb, chairman of the Democratic State Convention, in Vincennes, accepting the nomination; (3) an April 25, 1879 certificate signed by James D....
Dates:
1876-1880
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Jap Miller pamphlet
Collection — Folder: S3433
Identifier: S3433
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one pamphlet about Isaac "Jap" Miller. It was printed around 1931 and contains biographical information written by Jap Miller and a poem written about him by James Whitcomb Riley in 1889.
Dates:
circa 1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Jennie Wells Lehman collection
Collection — Folder: S2278
Identifier: S2278
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of the several items from Jennie Wells Lehman: a program from the second commencement of the Indianapolis Female Institute held on June 26, 1862; an October 3, 1966 letter written by Lehman and sent to Edgar B. Smith of the Department of Public Instruction in Indianapolis; her one-page family history of the Vanhoutens; and a history she wrote about her grandfather Henry Wells that includes her early memories of Crown Point and brief biographical information...
Dates:
1862, 1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Jessamyn West collection
Collection — Folder: S1793
Identifier: S1793
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of two different letters written by Jessamyn West to Reverend Mahin, both were written in 1971. The first letter discusses Jessamyn’s past history, including her childhood and professional work. The second letter is about a visit Jessamyn made to Indianapolis, Indiana and paying for the hotel that she stayed in during that trip.
Dates:
1971
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Kennedy Gowdy collection
Collection — Folder: S0531
Identifier: S0531
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a carbon copy of a typewritten document excerpted, with some additions, from the Centennial History of Rush County, Indiana in 1921 regarding the life of John Kennedy Gowdy.
Dates:
circa 1920s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Martin Walker collection
Collection — Folder: S0849
Identifier: S0849
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a biographical document entitled, “You Will Not Cut My Leg Off,” which describes John Martin Walker’s life, from the beginning of the U.S. Civil War until his death on June 25, 1929. It details the state of medical care during the war, including battle wounds, sanitation, malnutrition, and hospital conditions. There are also copied materials such as an a certificate and pages from the The Annual Report of the Adjutant General, volume 2,...
Dates:
1861-1929
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John McCoy collection
Collection — Folder: S2187
Identifier: S2187
Scope and Contents
This collection includes "The Index to the Diary of John M'Coy of Clark County, Indiana, July 17, 1847 - April 30, 1852, compiled by Elizabeth Hayward, 1939" and "Extracts from the Diaries of John M'Coy of Clark County, Indiana, edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Elizabeth Hayward, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1943." The manuscript which Ms. Hayward prepared in 1943 gives a history of the family on pages 1-5. From pages 6 to 16, she records items from John's diaries...
Dates:
1842-1943
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Scott biography
Collection — Folder: S2460
Identifier: S2460
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typewritten copies of part 1 and part 2 of "John Scott, Frontier Printer and Editor," an article written by Dr. Donald F. Carmony, a history professor and director of the Indiana University Extension Center at South Bend. Published in the February and March 1950 issues of The Indiana Publisher, Scott's biography was part of a series of sketches about pioneer newspaper editors in Indiana.
Dates:
1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Test collection
Collection — Folder: S1298
Identifier: S1298
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter from a librarian to Ansel Wold in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 1944, regarding John Test. The letter is accompanied by a biography about John Test written by his son, Charles H. Test.
Dates:
1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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