Frontier and pioneer life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
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
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Alexis Coquillard papers
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
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Antoinette Wright letter
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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Bess V. Ehrmann papers
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
Conner Prairie Farm photographs
Collection — Folder SP063
Identifier: SP063
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 photographs from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana circa 1964 depicting images of Conner Prairie Farm in Fishers, Indiana, including William Conner's log cabin and trading post, house built in 1823, and individuals associated with the farm or college at the site: Opal Thornburg (Earlham College), Steve Anshutz (Earlham College), and Tillman Bubenzer (farm manager).
Dates:
circa 1964
Corinne H. Dahmen photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP065
Identifier: SP065
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Corinne H. Dahmen in Indiana from circa 1927-1928 regarding buildings in Switzerland County, including residences, churches, and a dilapidated ink factory. Many of the photographs have some connection to the Schenck family.
Dates:
1927-1928
Ebenezer Sharpe diary
Collection — Folder S1167
Identifier: S1167
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one diary from Ebenezer Sharpe in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1851 to 1853, concerning daily life in the capitol, family life, and teaching, as well as clippings of "A Hoosier Listening Post" by Kate Milner Rabb.
Dates:
1851-1853
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ebenezer Sharpe diary
Ephraim Daugherty letter
Collection — Folder S0332
Identifier: S0332
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a letter written by Ephraim Daugherty in Fayette County, Ohio on May 25, 1852 to Thomas Ridge, regarding the death of his father, his mother's illness, land purchases, and other family news, including James Daugherty moving to Indiana.
Dates:
1852/05/25
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ephraim Daugherty letter
Ewbank family papers
Collection — Folder S444
Identifier: S0444
Scope and Contents
This collection includes clippings from newspapers in Indianapolis and Dearborn County, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1927 and undated regarding pioneer travel, obituary, Morgan's Raiders and Zebulon Pike, Sr. and Jr.
Dates:
1899-1927, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ewbank family papers
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
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Ewing family collection
