Politicians -- United States -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
John C. New collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L717
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a certificate from Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Benjamin Harrison, the President of the United States and John C. New dated May 27, 1889. There are also appointment certificates for John C. New to various posts in the United States government, including the U.S. Treasury and as general consul to England, dated 1875 to 1889 (OBC045).
Dates:
1875-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John C. New collection
John Kennedy Gowdy collection
Collection — Folder S0531
Identifier: S0531
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a carbon copy of a typewritten document excerpted, with some additions, from the Centennial History of Rush County, Indiana in 1921 regarding the life of John Kennedy Gowdy.
Dates:
circa 1920s
John Kennedy Gowdy photographs
Collection — Folder SP072
Identifier: SP072
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 photographs of United States Consul-General John Kennedy Gowdy in Paris, France ranging from [Date] to [Date], including images of Gowdy with his wife and daughter and his carriage with 2 horses he brought from Rushville, Indiana, and a portrait of the man.
Dates:
1900
John Upfold Pettit papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1058
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original letters from John Upforld Pettit, ranging from 1840 to 1853, addressed to his brother, Milton Howard Pettit, including several while serving as American consul at Maranham, Brazil (1850-1853). Also included is Pettit's 1979 publication, "Answer to the Toast, The Old Psi Upsilon."
There are also newspapers, ranging from 1797 to 1865 (OBC062).
There are also newspapers, ranging from 1797 to 1865 (OBC062).
Dates:
1797-1879
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Upfold Pettit papers
Joseph Lane biography
Collection — Folder S0804
Identifier: S0804
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a two-page photostat of a handwritten narrative of Joseph Lane's life and political activities in Indiana that appeared in a magazine from 1858. The original papers are held by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Dates:
circa 1858
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Lane biography
Kenneth Noe, "Old Tippecanoe and the Historians: A Bibliographic Essay on William Henry Harrison" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2301
Identifier: S2301
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of "Old Tippecanoe and the Historians: A Bibliographic Essay on William Henry Harrison," an unpublished seminar paper written by Kenneth W. Noe while a graduate student at the University of Illinois. The essay is 21 typewritten pages in length, with an additional 10 pages of bibliographic reference notes.
Dates:
1986
Lincolniana Publishers photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP171
Identifier: SP171
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reproductions of images related to Abraham Lincoln from Lincolniana Publishers in Fort Wayne, Indiana used in 1934 and ranging from circa 1860 to 1934, regarding Lincoln, his family, career, pets, residences in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., and memorials in Spencer County, Indiana, as well as illustrations and political cartoons. There are also grave sites of Lincoln's family and others.
Dates:
1934
Political figures autographs collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1486
Scope and Contents
This collection contains signatures of United States Presidents, Indiana governors and other important political figures, including Calvin Coolidge, Jonathan Jennings, John Gibson, and Benjamin Butler. There are also letters from political figures and their staff regarding the acquisition of autographs from the 1930s.
Dates:
1887-1934
Thomas A. Hendricks papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0635
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Thomas A. Hendricks’ correspondence as well as a few receipts and checks ranging from 1825 to 1885 in Indiana. A speech given by his nephew Thomas at a Thomas A. Hendricks Memorial Celebration at Thomas A. Hendricks School in Shelbyville, Indiana is also included. There are also oversize memorial resolutions passed upon Thomas A. Hendricks' death and other certificates, 1885 and undated (OBD005).Correspondents include William English,...
Dates:
1825-1949, bulk 1873-1879
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas A. Hendricks papers
United States 32nd Congress, Indiana congressional delegation autographs
Collection — Folder S1832
Identifier: S1832
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a sheet of paper with autographs of the ten representatives from Indiana who served in the 32nd United States Congress from 1851 to 1853. One side of the paper contains the signatures of Thomas A. Hendricks, John G. Davis, Samuel W. Parker, Graham N. Fitch, John L. Robinson and Samuel Brenton.The reverse side includes the signatures of Cyrus Livingston Dunham, Willis Arnold Gorman, James Lockhart, and Daniel Mace.The collection also has a photostatic copy of...
Dates:
circa 1851-1853; 1951
