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1888 United States election squibs
Collection — Folder: S3519
Identifier: S3519
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two election squibs as mock ticket stubs regarding the 1888 United States presidential election between Republican Benjamin Harrison and Democrat Grover Cleaveland. Both election squibs note the fictional company Salt River Packet, a reference to a colloquial political slogan “up salt river” that implied political defeat, especially for an important leader and the rest of their party. The satirical advertisements refer to other political leaders in the form of stop-over...
Dates:
1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
1968 political memorabilia
Collection — Folder: S2059
Identifier: S2059
Scope and Contents
This collection includes political memorabilia from the 1968 presidential election as well as local Indiana elections, such as state representative and the mayor of the City of Indianapolis.
Dates:
1968
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
1980-1981 political memorabilia
Collection — Folder: S2057
Identifier: S2057
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from the Governor Otis R. Bowen campaign sent to potential donors for support. Also included are letters from the Ronald Reagan presidential campaign soliciting contributions and support for the upcomming election year. A sample ballot, pamphlets, precinct information, and magazine articles are included. A Communist Party pamphlet featuring Gus Hall and Angela Davis as well as a Dan Quayle for United States Senate pamphlet and newspaper clipping can be found...
Dates:
1980-1981
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
1988 Indiana gubernatorial campaign collection
Collection
Identifier: L428
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, press releases, newspaper clippings, reports, ephemera, and other documents from Frank O'Bannon and his staff during his campaign for governor and later, as Evan Bayh's running mate in the 1988 Indiana gubernatorial election. The bulk of the collection consists of clippings from newspapers from around the state of Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, with many supplied by Indiana Newsclip of Indianapolis. Clippings were collected regarding...
Dates:
1947-1989
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A. Emmett Bly, "Toll Gate System for the U.S.A." plan
Collection — Folder: S2471
Identifier: S2471
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of "Toll Gate System for the U.S.A.," a plan copyrighted May 10, 1937 by A. Emmett Bly of Plainfield, Indiana. Bly believed his plan would create employment for thousands of workers and eliminate real estate taxes, stop theft and crime, cut down on speeding, decrease automobile accidents, and pay off the national debt in 10 years.
Dates:
1937/05/10
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Abner M. Bradbury papers
Collection — Folder: S135
Identifier: S0135
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a signed, autographed letter from Abner M. Bradbury in Indianapolis, Indiana 1834/01/11 regarding family life.
Dates:
1834/01/11
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Abraham L. Brick papers
Collection
Identifier: L539
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed correspondence from Abraham L. Brick and others in Indiana and Washington, D.C. from 1850 to 1950, regarding personal and business matters; invitations to social events ranging from 1884 to 1901 regarding presidential and congressional events; photographs and tintypes of family, public events and places, including the Panama Canal, from 1866 to 1907 and undated; scrapbooks, diaries, expense account books, and other volumes.
Dates:
1850-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Agreement on the Establishment of Sister State Relations Between the State of Indiana, The United States of America and The Prefecture of Tochigi, Japan collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: L607
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the July 16, 1999 agreement between Governor Frank O'Bannon and Governor Fumio Watanabe in English and Japanese as well as a handmade wooden box by artist, Osamu Watanabe, possibly created during 1998-1999. Osamu attended the Tochigi Prefectural School of Ceramics in Mashiko and later established a studio in New York City during 1978.
Dates:
1998-1999
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Albert Gall papers
Collection
Identifier: L272
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, receipts, deeds, financial papers, photographs, advertising cards, ephemera, a diary, account books, speeches, and legal, insurance, and patent documents from Albert Gall in Indianapolis, Indiana, California, Indiana, and the United States, ranging from 1861 to 1905 and undated, regarding Gall's daily life, business, politics, family, and social life.
Dates:
1861-1905, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Albert Gallatin Porter papers
Collection
Identifier: L125
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Albert Gallatin Porter and others in Indianapolis, Indiana and elsewhere; newspaper clippings; speeches; autographed notes and manuscripts; and printed Congressional bills ranging from 1804 to 1928, regarding Porter's political career; biographies; historical subjects; his manuscript and indices.
There are also oversize Internal Improvement Loan stock document and newspaper clippings, ranging from 1838 July to 1888 May (OBC146).
There are also oversize Internal Improvement Loan stock document and newspaper clippings, ranging from 1838 July to 1888 May (OBC146).
Dates:
circa 1804-1928, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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