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Abraham Lincoln collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1170
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials about Abraham Lincoln, including photocopies of various writings and speeches he made. There is also material that discusses his genealogy and personal accounts of encounters with Abraham Lincoln. Research covers the date range of 1800-1959. The third folder consists of facsimiles related to Abraham Lincoln, primarily images. There is also an oversize folder (OBC083).
Dates:
circa 1888-1959, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Albert Gall papers
Collection
Identifier: L272
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Albert Gall in California, Indiana, and elsewhere in the U.S.; legal, insurance and patent documents, financial papers; photographs; freemason materials and a biographical sketch of Alois D. Gall ranging from 1861 to 1905 regarding family and business matters and social organizations.
Dates:
1865-1905, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Albert Mock collection
Collection
Identifier: L470
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of Albert Mock's unpublished manuscripts, "Three Centuries of Hoosier Education" and "Three Centuries American Life" compiled and written circa 1960. The collection includes typewritten drafts; typewritten and handwritten rough drafts; newspaper clippings; research notes; and various publications regarding education ranging from 1856 to 1967. Items of note include a copy of the 1856 "A Sketch of the Educational History of Wayne County, and the Proceedings of...
Dates:
1856-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority, Indiana Division collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1506
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the Indiana Division of the American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority (ANECA). Included are newsletters, flyers, programs, press releases, church bulletins, and clippings relating to the organizations’s work and the Emancipation Proclamation Luncheon in Indianapolis, Indiana in December of 1962, and the Century of Negro Progress Exposition in Indianapolis during October, 1963. The clippings also contain articles on African American civil rights...
Dates:
1962-1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Arthur B. Carr collection
Collection — Folder: S0227
Identifier: S0227
Scope and Contents
This is the three-page typed retirement speech given by Arthur B. Carr on June 1, 1942, at the Athletic Club luncheon upon his retirement from 16 years as director of the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. There is also a one-page statement by Miss Faye Henley, Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Miss Henley’s typed statement has no date but it is assumed the paper was read at the same June 1, 1942 retirement lunch at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Arthur R. Robinson correspondence
Collection — Folder: S1620
Identifier: S1620
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, signed letters from Arthur R. Robinson in Washington, D. C. ranging from 1926/09/20 to 1933/08/31 regarding copies of his speech and regrets for not being able to attend a sesquicentennial celebration.
Dates:
1926/09/20-1933/08/31
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Arthur S. Mellinger collection
Collection — Folder: S938
Identifier: S0938
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typed speeches and an article written by Arthur S. Mellinger, ranging from 1935 to 1941.
Dates:
1935-1941
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Asa J. Smith essay
Collection — Folder: S2417
Identifier: S2417
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 29-page essay about Nikola Tesla written and read by Asa J. Smith before the Century Club of Indianapolis, Indiana on Tuesday, May 24, 1949. The essay was written as a "brief" review of a biography of Tesla authored by John J. O'Neill and Smith states that his paper was written from the "point of view of a layman in a field inscrutable even to many experts."
Dates:
1949/05/24
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bess Sellers Johnson papers
Collection — Folder: S724
Identifier: S0724
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed transcript of a speech from Bess Sellers Johnson in Indiana on November 5, 1940 regarding pioneer women of Franklin, Indiana.
Dates:
1940/11/05
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
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