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1868 Illinois election tickets
Collection — Folder: S1392
Identifier: S1392
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of Republican and Democratic tickets from the 7th Congressional District and 40th District of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 1868 election. The tickets for each party list candidates for national, state, and local offices.
Dates:
1868
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
2894 South Fleming Street title abstract and blueprints
Collection
Identifier: GS-010
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a title abstract and blueprints from L. M. Brown in Marion County, Indiana, ranging from July to August 1951 regarding a piece of property at 2894 South Fleming in Indianapolis, Indiana. The title abstract for this propert was requested by Lafayette Properties, Inc. The home was likely being purchased by Jack W. Plake through the Railroadmen's Savings and Loan. On the bottom of a survey there is a GI number, probably indicating the person taking out the loan was a...
Dates:
1951-07 - 1951-08
Found in:
Genealogy
A. B. Shipman letter
Collection — Folder: S2821
Identifier: S2821
Scope and Contents
The collection is a photocopy of one letter written by Professor A. B. Shipman on November 7,
1847, to W. L. Macy, Secretary of War, making application for an appointment to the position of
Regimental Surgeon for service in the Mexican War. In the letter, Shipman describes his
credentials and experience as a physician.
Dates:
1849/11/07
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
A. H. Cromwell gas boom paper reading
Collection
Identifier: OH171
Dates:
circa 1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A. H. Estabrook papers
Collection — Folder: S0434
Identifier: S0434
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers from A. H. Estabrook and others in Indiana, ranging from 1921 to 1922, regarding a defendant in a sterilization case in Indiana and occupational therapy in hospitals for the insane.
Dates:
1921-1922, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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