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Alexis Coquillard papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0298
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original and photocopied documents from Alexis Coquillard (1795-1855) in South Bend, Indiana ranging from 1795-1840 regarding business matters, contracts and lists of merchandise, an original diary from Alexis Coquillard (1825-1890) in 1849 written on a journey to California in 1849, and typed stories as told to Mary C. Coquillard regarding pioneers.
Dates:
1795-1911
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Annette Danglade "Early days in Switzerland County" manuscript
Collection — Folder: S1526
Identifier: S1526
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the handwritten manuscript "Early Days in Switzerland County" by Annette Danglade of the Julia L. Dumont Club of Vevay, Indiana. The essay was published in the June 1917 edition of the Indiana Magazine of History and includes information regarding the first settlers and the establishment of townships, towns, and schools.
Dates:
1917
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Antoinette Wright letter
Collection — Folder: S2439
Identifier: S2439
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a May 30, 1823 letter written by Antoinette Wright of Madison, Indiana and sent to her friend Caroline Pratt of Sherburne, New York.
Dates:
1823/05/30
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Barton Griffith papers
Collection — Folder: S2183
Identifier: S2183
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats of original letters written between 1821 and 1832, along with their typed transcripts, from members of the Griffith Family in Indiana to each other and to relatives in Pennsylvania, concerning family matters, daily life and settling in Indiana, unrest between Native Americans and white pioneers, trade, national politics including discussion of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson. All of the correspondents were probably Quakers, based on their...
Dates:
1821-1834
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bess V. Ehrmann papers
Collection — Folder: S412
Identifier: S0412
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a carbon copy of a typed speech from Bess V. Ehrmann in Rockport, Indiana ranging from 1816 to 1885 regarding pioneer churches in Spencer County, Indiana.
Dates:
1816-1885
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Blanche Eggleston Goode, "Sketches of Madison, Indiana" collection
Collection — Folder: S2810
Identifier: S2810
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two handwritten copies of historical sketches titled "Sketches of Madison, Indiana" by Blanche Eggleston Goode on September 25, 1915 in Madison, Indiana, containing city, county, and school histories. The first sketch (2 pageS) comprises general history of the area of Madison, Indiana, from about 1808 through 1813.The second sketch (19 pages) recounts the history of schooling and education in the Madison area, and goes into detail of the teachers, schools, and...
Dates:
1915
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cass County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1653
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a November 3, 1869 letter certifying that Rev. H. F. Miller was appointed fianancial secretary of Smithson College and was authorized to solicit funds for the Logansport institution; accounts, receipts and other documents ranging from 1869 to 1871 regarding the construction of the county jail and sheriff's residence; a May 29, 1889 application for natural gas to be used by D. D. (David Darwin) Dyeman; a circa 1888 document of the Dykeman, Wilson and Taber law office;...
Dates:
1846-1983
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Charlotte Baird, Nancy Hanks Lincoln report
Collection — Folder: S2553
Identifier: S2553
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 31 page typewritten unofficial report on Nancy Hanks Lincoln created by Charlotte N. Baird, an administrative technician at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. The 1977 report contains biographical information about Nancy and her extended family and includes information about their lives in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The last three pages contain genealogies of the Harper, Hanks, and Shipley families. Baird provides footnotes throughout her report, but it...
Dates:
1977
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Christian Schrader collection
Collection
Identifier: L573
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, pencil drawings, negatives, 35mm slides, and family photographs from Christian Schrader in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1842 to 1987, regarding Schrader’s family, friends, and early Indianapolis. Schrader includes rough dates for the subjects he depicts in the drawings, but many of them were created from his recollections later in life. There are also oversize drawings (OBE017).Negatives are available for most of the drawings. In...
Dates:
1842-1987
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Collection on Isaac Wilson and early Indianapolis settlers
Collection — Folder: S2970
Identifier: S2970
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of research done on the personal and military history of Isaac Wilson, an early settler of Indianapolis. The research was done primarily by staff at the Indiana State Library. There is also correspondence from the grandson of Isaac Wilson. Other subjects of biographical sketches include James Linton, Mrs. John Maxwell, and Daniel Shaffer.
Dates:
1930-1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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