Frontier and pioneer life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Golda Clay Walter historical sketch
Collection — Folder S2818
Identifier: S2818
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of Golda Clay Walter's historical sketch, "Wakarusa, Indiana Was 100 Years Old in 1952". Written circa 1952, Walter's sketch is a nine page typewritten article that relates the early history of Olive Township and the establishment of Wakarusa. The article mentions early settlers, local businesses and town physicians, and also relates "the one outstanding tragical event of the Town", a fire that occurred on October 29, 1899 and burned down the south east...
Dates:
circa 1952
H. F. C. early Vincennes, Indiana letter
Collection — Folder S3160
Identifier: S3160
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one handwritten, undated letter from a person named H.F.C. to a Mr. Chandlery, both from Vincennes, Indiana regarding a request for a business loan. Among the closing remarks is a statement about the steeple of the Catholic church in Vincennes being nearly completed, meaning the letter can probably be dated to the 1830s.
Dates:
circa 1830
Henry W. Starr diary
Collection — Folder S1241
Identifier: S1241
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises 63 typed pages of the diary of Henry W. Starr, written in 1850, which details Starr's experiences travelling across country to join the Calilfornia Gold Rush. His entries include his observations of animals, terrain, camps, weather, food, and people.
Dates:
1850
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry W. Starr diary
Hillforest Historical Foundation, Inc. collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2036
Scope and Contents
This collection includes material regarding activities conducted and sponsored by the Hillforest Historical Foundation, Inc. in the 1970s. Folder 1 has correspondence, documents and newpaper clippings regarding the Indiana Frontier Picnic that took place in Aurora, Indiana in May 1974 in conjunction with the re-enactment of James Harrod's canoe trip down the Ohio River to commemorate the settlement of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Folder 2 contains copies of documents...
Dates:
1964-1980
Indiana Civil War and pioneer photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P056
Scope and Contents
This collection includes tintype, daguerreotype, ambrotype, and carte de visite portrait photographs of numerous individuals from Indiana ranging from circa 1840 to 1876 regarding Union soldiers who served during the U.S. Civil War and a few men and women who settled in the state during the mid-19th century. There is also a large indistinguishable daguerreotype photograph of a possible Sunday School celebration on July 4, 1850 at Col. James Blake's home on the northwest corner of Capitol Avenue...
Dates:
circa 1840-1876
J. Scott Williams drawings
Collection
Identifier: L624
Scope and Contents
This collection includes study drawings for the murals and stained glass windows within the Indiana State Library and Historical Building from J. Scott Williams in New York City, New York ranging from 1930 to 1932.
Dates:
circa 1930-1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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J. Scott Williams drawings
James G. Crow letter
Collection — Folder S0325
Identifier: S0325
Scope and Contents
The four page letter is a copy of the original which was in the possession of Paul Edward Armstrong, grandson of Mrs. Isabelle Fields Murray. Isabelle’s daughter, Mrs. Mary Murray Armstrong of Lynn, Indiana, donated the copy in 1969. The penmanship is legible. It is addressed to “Dear Mother,” except for the last page which has advice to little Daniel Catt, his seven-year-old nephew.James wrote to his mother that her other son Robert, whom he saw last week, hurt his eye “when he was...
Dates:
1857
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James G. Crow letter
James L. Monahan collection
Collection — Folder S0974
Identifier: S0974
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of a narrative given by LaPorte County, Indiana pioneer James L. Monahan and written down by James W. Lester, secretary of the Gary Historical Society, in the spring of 1923 when Monahan was 98 years old. The narrative relates his childhood experiences as a pioneer living among the Potawatomi and gives an eyewitness account of their forced removal from Northern Indiana. He noted that he "saw a great many of the first things started here" and mentioned...
Dates:
1923-1973
John Brown Dillon collection
Collection
Identifier: L377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of John B. Dillon’s historical notes on people and events relating to the early exploration and settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest, ranging from 1859 to 1886. Also included is a scrapbook of Dillon’s letters published in newspapers on the U.S. Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history (1861–1876); letters to Dillon regarding the Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864), and Dillon’s historical work; and a memorial by John Coburn...
Dates:
1859-1886, undated
John Test collection
Collection — Folder S1298
Identifier: S1298
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter from a librarian to Ansel Wold in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 1944, regarding John Test. The letter is accompanied by a biography about John Test written by his son, Charles H. Test.
Dates:
1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Test collection
