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Vincennes Public Library scrapbook

Collection — Folder: SP121

Identifier: SP121

Scope and Contents This collection includes a scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, and postcards from the Vincennes Public Library in Vincennes, Indiana ranging from 1928 to 1930 regarding local and library events, displays, parade floats, and library programs such as book week and summer reading.One of the photographs shows one of two little girls wearing blackface. They are dressed up as the characters Topsy and Eva from the titular vaudeville play and 1927 film, based loosely on Harriet...

Dates: 1928-1930

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Virginia Ellis Jenckes collection

Collection

Identifier: L374

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of Virginia Ellis Jenckes’s congressional papers. Also included are correspondence, reports, and other papers relating to the Agriculture Waste Recovery Project (1933–1943) and other efforts to help farmers during the Depression; flood control on the Wabash and White Rivers; railroads; women’s rights; education; and Communists in America, as well as her opposition to Communist radio broadcasts. The collection also contains papers relating to her political...

Dates: 1918-1951

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Virginia Weidler photographs

Collection — Folder: SP100

Identifier: SP100

Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 black-and-white photographs of child actress Virginia Weidler during her visit to Indianapolis, Indiana for the world premiere of the film, Laddie, at the Circle Theater in March, 1935. One of the photographs was taken by P. M. Kirkpatrick. Two of the photographs show Weidler greeted by a crowd and posing. She appears to be doing school work in a dressing room in the third image.

Dates: 1935 March

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Vivian E. Slagle collection

Collection — Folder: B071

Identifier: B071

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents and a photograph from Vivian E. Slage's high school graduation from Pittsboro High School in 1925.

Dates: 1925

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Von A. Eichhorn papers

Collection

Identifier: L266

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Von A. Eichhorn and others in Indianapolis and other cities in Indiana; newspaper clippings, departmental reports; committee reports, minutes and administrative papers; maps; photographs; agendas; memoranda; Senate and House bills; and newsletters ranging from 1938 to 1978 regarding state legislation, committee reports and studies, political news and analysis, statistics and financial information.

Dates: 1938-1978, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Wabash River, Mt. Carmel, Illinois flooding aerial photographs

Collection — Folder: SP097

Identifier: SP097

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Doane Studio of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which depict rural areas near Mt. Carmel, most likely in Illinois, on June 16, 1958, before, and on June 22, 1958, after the Wabash River flooded the area.

Dates: 1958 June

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Walker family collection

Collection

Identifier: L369

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, various documents, photographs, and memorabilia from the Walker family of New Albany, Indiana. The collection contains Francis Walker's Clermont (Ohio) Academy writings; his and his wife Mary's family correspondence (1851-1913); his correspondence from other Methodist ministers and DePauw University officials (1860s-1910); his and Mary's writings (1848-1901); and some letters and documents of his father, James Walker (1820-1837). The bulk of...

Dates: 1820-1988, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Walter D. Myers photographs

Collection — Folder: SP084

Identifier: SP084

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs of Walter D. Myers in California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Claremore, Oklahoma; Chicago, Illinois; and other unidentified locations in the United States ranging from 1948 to 1952 and undated, depicting him with various people at social and political events, probably as part of his fourth assistant postmaster general duties.

Dates: 1948-1952, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Warren Central High School mural photographs

Collection — Folder: SP098

Identifier: SP098

Scope and Contents This collection includes 24 color photographs taken in Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1950-circa 1960 depicting painted murals in the hallways of Warren Central High School. The images were probably taken in the original building before the completion of a new building in 1960. The murals show scenes of people engaged in various activities, including soldiers, union workers, laborers, farmers, jockeys, pioneers, fur traders, and indigenous people. Most likely, the murals were located in the...

Dates: circa 1950-circa 1960

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Warrick County World War I photograph album

Collection — Folder: SP154

Identifier: SP154

Scope and Contents This collection comprises loose pages from a photograph album from Warrick County, Indiana on July 4, 1918 and during World War I, concerning subjects related to the war in the county circa 1917-1918. There are 14 group photographs of unidentified men often wearing armbands or ribbons--who were most likely registered for the draft, enlisted in the armed forces, or members of the Liberty Guard--sitting on the Warrick County Courthouse steps. Two of the photographs depict African Americans. ...

Dates: 1918

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Vincennes Public Library scrapbook

Virginia Ellis Jenckes collection

Virginia Weidler photographs

Vivian E. Slagle collection

Von A. Eichhorn papers

Wabash River, Mt. Carmel, Illinois flooding aerial photographs

Walker family collection

Walter D. Myers photographs

Warren Central High School mural photographs

Warrick County World War I photograph album

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