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Harry B. Dynes collection
Collection — Folder: S0397
Identifier: S0397
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two certificates of service from the Seventh District Local Board of the U.S. Selective Service (1918); a copy of the Articles of Governance for the Indiana Selective Service Association (1919); a copy of the introduction by George O. Dix and the speech by Major Robert W. Adams at the Selective Service Association convention (1920); a letter dated March 4, 1924 and sent by former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George's private secretary, A. J. Sylvester, regarding...
Dates:
1873-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Harry Guyer Leslie collection
Collection — Folder: S0824
Identifier: S0824
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a December 18, 1928 certificate from the Purdue Association of Indianapolis recognizing Harry G. Leslie as on honorary member and a 3 x 5-inch card announcing the death of Governor Leslie on December 10, 1937. The card includes information about the funeral service and was sent to an individual who was requested to be an honorary pall bearer.
Dates:
1928-1937
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Harry S. New collection
Collection
Identifier: L299
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection consists of Harry S. New’s correspondence regarding state and national politics, particularly the 1912, 1920, and 1924 presidential elections. Correspondence also includes discussion of his work as U.S. postmaster general (1923-1929). New added several notes throughout the collection (written in the early 1930s) that provide contextual background and significance of correspondence. New also provided his reminiscences of the 1896, 1908, and 1912 presidential...
Dates:
1869-1938
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Heineken family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several letters from members of the Heineken family, particularly to or from Christian, Samuel and Thomas Heineken, in Ohio, Indiana, and Great Britain ranging from 1810 to 1888 regarding settlement in Indiana and Ohio, family life, travel, weather, cholera epidemics, national politics, and farming. There is also a U.S. Civil War diary kept by Samuel Heineken during 1862-1863 and an 1888 roster of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Helen Daniels collection
Collection
Identifier: S2565
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of five folders that contain papers on the Indiana Citizens Committee on Child Welfare Legislation, (ICCCWL), House Bill 1215, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The ICCCWL was an organization that lobbied for child welfare and stricter child abuse laws. House Bill 1215, sponsored by Congressman William Latz, was a bill that would shift the administration of Township Poor Relief from the Township Trustees to the County Welfare Departments. Daniels...
Dates:
1935-1971
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Helen Daniels oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH076
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 3 copies of a transcript, 1 reel-to-reel audiotape, and 4 audio cassette tapes from an oral history interview with Helen Daniels, conducted by F. Gerald (Jerry) Handfield, which takes place over four different interview sessions between March 15, 1977 and September 14, 1978. Part one consists of information about Daniels’ childhood and young adult life in Tipton. The second part she talks about her early jobs in social work in Indianapolis. The third part of the...
Dates:
1977-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Hendricks County officials records
Collection — Folder: S2260
Identifier: S2260
Scope and Contents
This collection has various documents received by Hendricks County, Indiana officials. Ranging from 1878 to 1916, the documents include a order of fees from John T. Pressly, Sheriff of Marion County, and filed by Hendricks County Clerk William Irvin; a February 25, 1885 circular letter sent by the Department of Statistics regarding its sixth annual report for the year 1884; a March 22, 1888 form letter from Auditor of State Bruce Carr, that was sent to county auditors regarding the assessment...
Dates:
1878-1916
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Henry A. Barnhart collection
Collection
Identifier: L597
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Henry A. Barnhart's business and political correspondence, including his correspondence as owner of the Rochester Sentinel regarding operational costs, advertising, paper's editorials and news stories, and the Northern Indiana Editorial Association (1890s-1906); his correspondence as president of the Rochester Telephone Company regarding operational costs, rates and regulations of the telephone industry, employee relations,...
Dates:
1866-1965
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Henry Underwood Johnson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2142
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed and signed letters; typed and signed letters; typed speeches; a typed list of books of Nim Johnson and a photograph from Henry Underwood Johnson in Indiana; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis, Missouri and ranging from 1889 to 1937 regarding family and legislative matters.
Dates:
1889-1937
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Herbert L. Heller papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0630
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, notes, clippings, and other papers from Herbert L. Heller in Indiana ranging from 1867 to 1950, including notes for his dissertation on the education of African Americans in Indiana during the 19th century, a volume of lecture notes with pasted illustrations on art history, English history, and literature from 1867, and miscellaneous primary source materials he collected during historical research on education and religion in Indiana. The documents...
Dates:
1867-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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