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Anne Rosenblum collection

Collection — Folder: S1792

Identifier: S1792

Scope and Contents The collection contains one abstract tracing the ownership of what, in 1821, constituted land holdings of over 88 acres in the District of Brookvillle in Indiana. This tracing of land ownership reviews early residents of what is now Broad Ripple in Indianapolis. Family names mentioned are McKay, Colip (also Colop and various other spellings), Coil (also Coile and other spellings), Miller, Mustard and Ford. Much of the record follows the passing on of land among the descendants of Jacob Coil....

Dates: 1923

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Arinda Dinn collection

Collection — Folder: S0360

Identifier: S0360

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from the Royse family to Arinda and Michael Dinn and others in Indiana ranging from 1873 to 1888 regarding family news and daily life. There is also a receipt for payment of taxes in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana on January 29, 1875 and a deed conveying land in Bartholomew County to Arinda Dinn from a court case in 1888.

Dates: 1873-1888

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Ewing family collection

Collection

Identifier: L323

Scope and Contents This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...

Dates: 1818-1889

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Indianapolis property transparency collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SP134

Scope and Contents This collection includes transparencies with colored, handwritten ink notations showing plat maps with property developments, city maps, photographs of houses, and family scenes from Indianapolis, Indiana, probably used in presentations with overhead projectors, ranging from circa 1950 to circa 1960.

Dates: circa 1950-circa 1960

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Kate Roper collection

Collection

Identifier: G-071

Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, and photocopied documents from Kate Roper and others in Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1983 regarding New Kent County, Virginia families, records, and churches, research done for clients, and First Lutheran Church in Indianapolis.

Dates: 1927-1983

Found in: Genealogy

Myers family collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S3281

Scope and Contents This collection contains several warranty deeds and quit claim deeds of property owned by the Myers family in Marion County, Indiana (1858-1871). Included is a brief history of the Myers family origins, land records, and marriage records (1954). The third component of the collection is approximately sixty pages of pedigree charts of the Myers, Freshour, and related families (1984). There are also oversize materials including a handwritten letter pertaining to the lineage of Jacob...

Dates: 1790-1984

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Philpott and Ludlow family papers

Collection — Folder: S0858

Identifier: S0858

Scope and Contents This collection contains three documents regarding a dispute over 1,016 pounds of crop tobacco between Elizabeth Philpott and Hugh Mitchell from Charles County, Maryland (1752-1754); a settlement document for the closing of Ross Smiley's business (May 29, 1820); a letter sent to John Philpott of Fayette County, Indiana from Richard A. Buckner of Greensburg, Kentucky inquiring if Philpott would like him to represent him in determining if he's entitled to part of the proceeds from an estate of a...

Dates: 1752-1909

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Richard W. Thompson collection

Collection

Identifier: L158

Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...

Dates: 1818-1931

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Sherwood family collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S1174

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Sherwood family of Franklin County, Indiana ranging from 1816 to 1955. The collection includes a typewritten copy of the 1816 plat of Greensboro (now known as Blooming Grove), Franklin County, Indiana originally platted by James Sherwood and his brother-in-law John Naylor; an undated hand drawn plat of Blooming Grove noting locations of some businesses; a February 10, 1817 bond between Sherwood, Naylor and William Templeton; a...

Dates: 1816-1955

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Anne Rosenblum collection

Arinda Dinn collection

Ewing family collection

Indianapolis property transparency collection

Kate Roper collection

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Sherwood family collection

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