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Charlestown (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Barnett Academy assignment book

 Collection — Volume V022
Identifier: V022
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a assignment book containing 3 handwritten editions of the "Barnett Academy Star" from 1865. Numbered 1 through 3, each draft lists two student editors and has articles, editorials, letters to the editor, notices, and poems and other short essays written by various students. The assignment book also has several undated lists of last names, presumably students, and an undated draft of a letter addressed to C. P. Ferguson by an unknown author.
Dates: 1865
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Barnett Academy assignment book

Edward C. Hughes letter

 Collection — Folder S2367
Identifier: S2367
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopy of a December 26, 1907 letter sent to E. C. Hughes of Charlestown, Indiana from J. B. Lewman on Mutual Construction Co. (Louisville, Ky.) letterhead. Lewman is presumed to be John Burel Lewman, Edward Hughes’ cousin. The letter discusses business dealings and finances and mentions the location of Eastman and Hamilton. Lewman also mentions "Winnie," most likely his brother Winn Clare “Winnie” Lewman.
Dates: 1907/12/26
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Edward C. Hughes letter

Flying Squadron Foundation letter

 Collection — Folder S1519
Identifier: S1519
Scope and Contents This collection includes a September 12, 1918 letter written by Edward E. Mittman, executive secretary and treasurer of the Flying Squadron Foundation, and sent to Rev. H.D. Sterrett of Charlestown, Indiana regarding an offering taken at a meeting that totaled $234.21.
Dates: 1918/09/12
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Flying Squadron Foundation letter

George Knight Hester collection

 Collection — Folder S2185
Identifier: S2185
Scope and Contents This collection includes three items related to George Knight Hester and the Hester family: a partial letter dated November 14 from Saguanche, Colorado with a typed transcript; a typed transcription of a personal narrative titled "Diary of Rev. George Knight Hester" (1851); and typed transcripts of papers relating to the Hester family compiled by the Indiana State Library in 1926.
Dates: 1851-1890, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George Knight Hester collection

James M. VanHook collection

 Collection
Identifier: L308
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and documents compiled by James M. VanHook during his activities with the Freemasons, the Samuel Simonson Post No. 226 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and the Clark County Historical Society (1783-1917). The collection includes land grants, indentures, and other legal documents from Charlestown and Clark County, Indiana; biographical and historical sketches; historical information about Blazing Star Masonic Lodge and the Charlestown Methodist...
Dates: 1796-1907, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / James M. VanHook collection

Roscoe R. Leak papers

 Collection
Identifier: L089
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, receipts, financial documents, essays, histories, research notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, periodicals, and other papers and ephemera from the Roscoe R. Leak and the Buzzard, Leach, and Leak families (also spelled Leake) ranging from 1842 to 1958 and undated, regarding family, business affairs, and Indiana history, specifically genealogy, history in Hendricks and Clark counties and church history, including the Disciples of...
Dates: 1842-1958, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Roscoe R. Leak papers

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