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John Rugenstein collection
Collection
Identifier: L300
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials assembled by John Rugenstein regarding Wendell Willkie and his U.S. presidential campaign in 1940. Included in this collection is campaign memorabilia such as buttons, literature, poetry, postcards, music, stickers and phonograph records. Also included is the correspondence of the various state and local Willkie Clubs, founded in 1940 to promote and support Willkie in his campaign. These items are divided geographically. There is information on the national...
Dates:
1879-1959
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John S. Benham photograph collection
Collection — Folder: SP055
Identifier: SP055
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and ephemera of John S. Benham in Ripley County, Indiana ranging from 1906 to 1922 and undated regarding his teaching and political career, which include several group photographs of teachers and students, a group of workers with timber on two wagons, and a group of U.S. congressmen in Canada. There are also two cards promoting Benham for Congress.
Dates:
1906-1922, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John S. Waggaman papers
Collection
Identifier: L171
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, articles, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, questionnaires, and newspaper clippings from John S. Waggaman in Indiana, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1943 to 1969, regarding Indiana legislative and congressional district reapportionment for Indiana and other states, compensation for legislators, the organization and functioning of the Indiana General Assembly, the Citizens Conference for State Legislatures, and...
Dates:
1943-1969, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Test collection
Collection — Folder: S1298
Identifier: S1298
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter from a librarian to Ansel Wold in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 1944, regarding John Test. The letter is accompanied by a biography about John Test written by his son, Charles H. Test.
Dates:
1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Tipton collection
Collection
Identifier: L160
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Tipton’s correspondence and business papers from the period 1810-1839 in Indiana. His correspondence, including retained copies of his outgoing letters, includes letters relating to the operations of the Indiana Militia in the 1810s; and political correspondence regarding the work of the state legislature (1820s-1830s), his senatorial elections (1831, 1832), his appointments to federal office (1831-1839), and local, state, and national issues, particularly...
Dates:
1806-1858
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John V. Beamer collection
Collection
Identifier: L517
Scope and Contents
This collection principally consists of papers related to John V. Beamer's career in U.S. Congress from 1951 to 1959 and includes correspondence regarding legislation and political issues from constituents and colleagues, national associations, labor unions, Indiana newspapers, colleges and universities, and businesses in his district; speeches, newsletters, and press releases; copies of the Congressional Record; newspaper clippings; campaign records, printing...
Dates:
1910-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John W. Kern papers
Collection — Folder: S0771
Identifier: S0771
Scope and Contents
The collection includes two photocopies of a clipping about John W. Kern titled "Would Like to be a Vice President;" a photocopy of a letter written to W. H. Liggett, Kern's cousin, with genealogical information about their family; and a photocopy of a letter written to Emeline Liggett, Kern’s aunt, which talks about various family members and Kern’s memories of them.
Dates:
1908-1914
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
John Wesley Davis collection
Collection — Folder: S0339
Identifier: S0339
Scope and Contents
Hope Bedford wrote this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirement for her degree of Master of Arts, Department of History, at Butler University, in 1930. The paper consists of six chapter totaling 46 pages. In Chapter 1, “Early Life,” Ms. Bedford gives his birth date and place. His father was Rev. John Davis, and his mother was Margaret Jones. He studied medicine under Dr. George D. Foulke’s supervision before entering the University of Maryland. In 1820, he married Ann...
Dates:
1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Jonathon Jennings collection
Collection
Identifier: L079
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of photostat copies of Jonathan Jennings' correspondence ranging from 1806 to 1927. There are also a few original Jennings letters. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of J. Julian Baily regarding his research on Jonathan Jennings.Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Secretary of War John Armstrong, Secretary of War Lewis Cass, Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin, President James Madison, Soloman Manwaring, Dr. David G....
Dates:
1806-1834, 1927
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joseph A. Wright collection
Collection
Identifier: L183
Scope and Contents
The collection includes letters to Joseph Albert Wright in Washington from his family in Rockville (1843-1844); letters from his district regarding local and national politics (1844); letters to Wright as Governor of Indiana regarding appointments, railroad development, the Indiana State Bank, criminal cases, agricultural societies, and politics (1849-1857); letters to him as U.S. minister to Prussia (1857-1861), including letters from Americans traveling in Europe and letters from American...
Dates:
1843-1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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