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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
John W. Wilson collection
Collection — Folder: S1413
Identifier: S1413
Scope and Contents
This collection includes eight typed pages about John W. Wilson, son of the original Uncle Sam. The material was compiled by Caroline Dunn, in April 1960, in connection with an article by Mrs. Floyd Shively and a query from Mrs. J. Q. Adams to H. H. Hawkins. Ms. Dunn typed information from various sources about Samuel Wilson (born September 13, 1766; died July 31, 1854; buried in Troy, New York), from whom we get the use of Uncle Sam in reference to the United States. Sam Wilson was a meat...
Dates:
1766-1960
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joseph A. Wright collection
Collection
Identifier: L183
Scope and Contents
The collection includes letters to Joseph Albert Wright in Washington from his family in Rockville (1843-1844); letters from his district regarding local and national politics (1844); letters to Wright as Governor of Indiana regarding appointments, railroad development, the Indiana State Bank, criminal cases, agricultural societies, and politics (1849-1857); letters to him as U.S. minister to Prussia (1857-1861), including letters from Americans traveling in Europe and letters from American...
Dates:
1843-1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joseph Henry Livsey papers
Collection — Folder: S0841
Identifier: S0841
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a biographical outline provided by Charles R. Bick of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, of Joseph Livsey's service in the 11th Indiana Regiment, ranging from 1861 to 1863 and a copy of Livsey's birth certificate at Woolrich Arsenal, Kent, England.
Dates:
1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joseph Lane biography
Collection — Folder: S0804
Identifier: S0804
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a two-page photostat of a handwritten narrative of Joseph Lane's life and political activities in Indiana that appeared in a magazine from 1858. The original papers are held by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Dates:
circa 1858
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joseph Tarkington clippings
Collection — Folder: S0838
Identifier: S0838
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three clippings of the newspaper column, "A Hoosier Listening Post," written by Kate Milner Rabb. The 1931 columns ran in the Indianapolis Star on September 22, 23 and 25. Each column quotes from the papers of Joseph Tarkington and discusses items of interest, including a scholarship founded by Tarkington at Indiana Asbury University; an October 4, 1864 certificate stating that Mrs. Tarkington had contributed to the Indiana State Sanitary Fair for the relief of sick and...
Dates:
1931/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Josiah Hutchison biographical sketch
Collection — Folder: S2574
Identifier: S2574
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 3-page biography of Josiah Hutchison, written by J. Quigg. Quigg's relation to Hutchison is not known. Quigg provides an overview of Hutchison's life and personality. The biography closes with comments on which of Josiah's children were surviving at the time of J. Quigg's writing and where they were living. The biography mentions the 1885 murder of Josiah's daughter Mary and her husband James McMullen.
Dates:
after 1920
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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