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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
Julia and John Seagley collection
Collection — Folder: S1160
Identifier: S1160
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the biographical manuscript, “The Lives of Julia and John Seagley, My Great Grand Parents” by Birdena Voight. Voight wrote the manuscript on 26 Nov 1934 as part of a course requirement when she was a student. The collection includes two manuscripts, one original and one copy, 13 pages each, with an additional cover page.
Dates:
1830-1904
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Karl John Schoen collection
Collection — Folder: S1144
Identifier: S1144
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a handwritten letter from Karl John Schoen to his brother, Joe Schoen, on October 28 regarding family news and flying against the German aviators, biographical information about Karl Schoen, several newspaper clippings about Karl Schoen and other American aviators during World War I, and a CD-ROM with a digital copy of a photograph of Effie May Schoen at Karl Schoen's gravesite in France as well as a photocopied version of the photograph.
Dates:
1918-1968
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Kathryn O'Dell Rosen collection
Collection
Identifier: G-097
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs from Kathryn O'Dell Rosen in Indiana and other states, ranging from 1890 to 1978, primarily regarding the Humbert and O'Dell families. The collection also contains research on the Rennebohms.
Dates:
1890 - 1978
Found in:
Genealogy
Leslie E. Werry collection
Collection — Folder: S1385
Identifier: S1385
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers concerning Leslie E. Werry in Hartford City, Indiana ranging from 1919 to 1962, regarding his life and medical career. They include a three-page biography by Cecil Beeson, Jr. entitled "Our Doctor," as well as photocopies of a 1957 daily diary written by Leslie E. Werry, and an obituary for his wife, Clara Werry.
Dates:
1919-1962
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Lucy Morerod Detraz biography
Collection — Folder: S0357
Identifier: S0357
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an undated, handwritten biography about Lucy Morerod Detraz, written by her niece or nephew in Indiana, regarding Detraz and the history of Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1903-1916
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Margaret Afflis Johnston collection
Collection
Identifier: L555
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal and political correspondence and papers, photographs, notebooks, publications and other materials from Margaret Afflis Johnston in Delphi, Carroll County and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1916 to 1967, regarding her political career, public service, the Democratic Party in Indiana, the Indiana Women's Prison and the state correctional system, community engagement, and personal life. Campaign materials and periodicals for various democratic candidates and...
Dates:
circa 1916-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Marie McNett play
Collection — Folder: S2825
Identifier: S2825
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a transcript of Marie McNett's play, Cradle of Glory, from 1967, regarding Abraham Lincoln's youth and young adulthood.
Dates:
1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Martha Tilson Amos collection
Collection — Folder: S021
Identifier: S0021
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a short biographical sketch of Lowell Mason Tilson written by his daughter, Martha Tilson Amos.
Dates:
1965
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Mary H. Krout, The Memoirs of Hon. Bernice Pauabi Bishop volume
Collection — Volume: V038
Identifier: V038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of Mary Hannah Krout's book, The Memoirs of Hon. Bernice Pauahi Bishop, published in 1908. Attached to the endpaper in the front of the book is an April 17, 1907 letter sent to Krout from Charles R. Bishop, Bernice Pauahi Bishop's husband, in response to an interest in writing a biography of his wife. Also includes and attached to the inside back cover of the book is a March 18, 1909 letter sent to Krout by Samuel M. Damon...
Dates:
1907-1909
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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