Collections | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

15th Indiana Volunteers flag collection

Collection — Folder: S1536

Identifier: S1536

Scope and Contents This collection consists of six items, beginning with "The Dying Drummer Boy" narrative by Joshua Burrows, New Albany, Indiana, published in the Indianapolis Journal on December 5, 1862. The four-page typed story tells about Jerry, a drummer boy from the 101st Indiana Regiment, who died of fever in Lebanon, Kentucky. Mr. Burrows served as his nurse, and wrote the story on November 25, 1862.The 2nd item is a two-sided, printed order No. 20 from Headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps...

Dates: 1862-1921

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Albert Allen collection

Collection — Folder: S3245

Identifier: S3245

Scope and Contents This collection contains papers that relate to Albert Allen's service in the 55th and 133rd regiments of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War ranging from 1864 to 1913, including a discharge certificate (1864), a handwritten testimony of Allen's discharge, and three pension documents from 1912 to 1913. There are also two unidentified portrait photographs.

Dates: 1864-1913

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Albert Alyea diary

Collection — Folder: S018

Identifier: S0018

Scope and Contents This collection contains the diary of Albert Alyea. Included in the diary are notes about the birth and death dates of his family, his accounts with various stores, weather reports, his barn raising, and accounts of what he sold to other individuals. Alyea also uses the diary to write about his time spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary also contains several additional items, including a newspaper clipping about new fishing laws, a real estate appraisal, and a newspaper...

Dates: 1861-1883

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Albert H. Graves papers

Collection — Folder: S533

Identifier: S0533

Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters from Albert H. Graves and L. S. Chittenden in Louisiana ranging from 1863/05/15 to 1864/06/24 regarding military life and the death of Albert H. Graves.

Dates: 1863-1864

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Alexander Abernathy memoir

Collection — Folder: S002

Identifier: S0002

Scope and Contents The collection consists a two-page, typewritten photocopy of Alexander Abernathy's Civil War memoir and the history of the 9th Indiana Cavalry, 121st Indiana Regiment.

Dates: 1861-1865

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Alva C. Griest papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S0542

Scope and Contents This collection includes from a photocopy of "Three Years in Dixie," a history of Company B, 72nd Indiana Volunteers by Alva C. Griest in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1865.

Dates: 1862/07/26-1865/07/06

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Ambrose A. Stevens letter

Collection — Folder: S3322

Identifier: S3322

Scope and Contents This collection includes an October 23, 1863 letter written by Ambrose A. Stevens and sent to his father from the Invalid Corps headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana during the American Civil War. He mentions that he had been placed in command of Camp Morton to guard 2,300 Rebel prisoners and that he had his "hands about full." He also mentions the price of butter and cheese and notes that these items are miserable in the local market.

Dates: 1863/10/23

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Amory K. Allen letters

Collection — Folder: S016

Identifier: S0016

Scope and Contents This collections contains letters (copy) written by Amory K. Allen to his wife during the Civil War. They were photo statically copied in 1935 by the Indiana State Library and were published in the Indiana Magazine of History in December of that same year. In these letters, Allen tells his wife about life as a soldier. In his last letter, he complains of a shoulder wound he received while serving in the Union Army. He also briefly mentions the death of President Lincoln, and how he had been...

Dates: 1861-1865

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Andrew J. Johnson diary

Collection — Folder: S0722

Identifier: S0722

Scope and Contents The collection contains three copies of the typed transcript of Andrew J. Johnson's diaries, ranging form 1862 to 1865, transcribed by Ralph W. and Inez Jones Johnson from Greenwood, Indiana in 1961. The transcripts include a foreword with family history, a roster of Company I, 70th Indiana Regiment, and where the regiment served.

Dates: 1862-1865, 1961

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Arthur G. Mitten collection

Collection — Folder: S0971

Identifier: S0971

Scope and Contents This collection contains photostatic copies of letters and military account documents ranging from 1791 to 1814 that were collected by Arthur J. Mitten and copied in 1927. The collection includes: a letter by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering from Philadelphia to Samuel Hodgdon, Quartermaster of the Western Army (December 16, 1791); an account and acknowledgement of money received by General Anthony Wayne from paymaster Caleb Swan (April 18, 1793); an account of clothing returned by 3rd...

Dates: 1791-1814

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

INDIANA
STATE LIBRARY

Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 178

15th Indiana Volunteers flag collection

Albert Allen collection

Albert Alyea diary

Albert H. Graves papers

Alexander Abernathy memoir

Alva C. Griest papers

Ambrose A. Stevens letter

Amory K. Allen letters

Andrew J. Johnson diary

Arthur G. Mitten collection

Filtered By

Filter Results

Additional filters:

INDIANA STATE LIBRARY

Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 178

Filtered By

Filter Results

Additional filters:

INDIANA
STATE LIBRARY