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George S. Rainey collection
Collection
Identifier: L381
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection consists of typescripts and recordings on cassette tapes of George S. Rainey’s various writings in Indiana, ranging from 1918to 1982. In addition to his longer works, "Open Day" and "They Stood Up," a number of shorter works and essay are included. Much of what Rainey wrote is based on his own experiences and beliefs. “A Garrulous Hillbilly” appears to be autobiographical. The cassettes hold recordings of Rainey reciting chapters from his own work as well as...
Dates:
1918-1982
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
George W. Julian collection
Collection
Identifier: L081
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the correspondence is that of George W. Julian and his wife, Laura Giddings Julian, and with his children, Grace and Paul, while he was serving in Congress, working as an attorney in Washington, D.C., and on speaking tours. In his letters with Laura, he discusses questions before Congress. Additional correspondence includes letters to Laura from her father, Joshua R. Giddings, written while he was serving in Congress or as U.S. consul general to Canada in Montreal (1861-1864);...
Dates:
1789-1940, bulk 1789-1902
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
George W. Lawson diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes George W. Lawson's diaries ranging from July 1877 to July 1910. In his diaries, Lawson records the weather, farm activities, business and personal accounts, marriages, births and deaths of family and friends, and church and social activities. He also records his thoughts about elections, local and national happenings, and international events. There are a several loose items inserted in the volumes, including newspaper clippings and an October 9, 1901 map and calendar...
Dates:
1877-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
George W. Sosnowski collection
Collection — Folder: S2352
Identifier: S2352
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of correspondence sent to Geoge W. Sosnowski of Gary, Indiana from January to March 1932 by U.S. Senators Henrik Shipstead, James E. Watson, Robert Bulkley, J. Hamilton Lewis, Arthur R. Robinson, Royce S. Copeland, and James J. Davis and Congressmen Louis T. McFadden, John N. Garner, and John E. Rankin in response to the plan Sosnowski sent them for domestic prosperity and improvement of economic and banking conditions through the establishment of a banking...
Dates:
1932-1940
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gilbert Ashville Pierce and Schuyler Colfax correspondence
Collection — Folder: S1064
Identifier: S1064
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a handwritten letter from Indiana Representative Gilbert Ashville Pierce on August 29, 1870, to Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant. In the letter, Pierce urges Colfax to run for President of the United States in 1872.
Dates:
1870
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Godlove S. Orth letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1033
Scope and Contents
The collection contains original and photostat correspondence from Godlove S. Orth to Schuyler Colfax, James A. Garfield, Stephen Neal, and others in Lafayette, Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from discussing Whig, Know Nothing, and Republican party politics, the Indiana General Assembly, and other state and national issues, including the the 14th Amendment.
Dates:
1845-1881
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gordan Englehart scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: V318
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 41 scrapbooks containing clippings of Gordon Englehart's columns for the Louisville, Kentucky newspaper, The Courier-Journal. Ranging from 1960 to 1984, the bulk of Englehart's writing covers political topics. The collection also includes loose clippings from other newspaper publications, programs from political events, and other documents related to his journalism work. There is also a clipping of "A White Sheet and an Iron...
Dates:
1960-1987
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Hamilton family papers
Collection
Identifier: L062
Scope and Contents
This collection contains business papers, correspondence, receipts and deeds from the firm of Hamilton and Taber, including Cyrus Taber's correspondence with Allen Hamilton. Much of the correspondence regards business, various Indian treaties, railroads, politics, and the settlement of Hamilton's estate following his death in 1864. Materials date from 1788 through 1963, with the bulk of the collection dating from Allen Hamilton's career. Materials are arranged chronologically, with business...
Dates:
1788-1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Haneefah Khaaliq collection
Collection
Identifier: L163
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and thank-you cards, papers, a portrait photograph, legal documents, newspaper and encyclopedia articles, campaign literature, a bumper sticker, and a button from Haneefah Khaaliq in Indiana, ranging from 2021 to 2022, regarding her run for United States senator for Indiana in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Dates:
2021-2022
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Harry B. Dynes collection
Collection
Identifier: L256
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises correspondence, programs, papers, clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, ribbons, broadsides, ephemera, and loose scrapbook pages from Harry B. Dynes in Indianapolis, Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1873 to 1954 and undated, regarding the Dynes family's political and social lives; club and union activities; the visit of David Lloyd-George to Indianapolis (1923); a 1927 Indianapolis trolley-truck accident; and the first and second world wars. Much of...
Dates:
1873-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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