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Literature -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Lavinia Robinson Lane collection

 Collection
Identifier: L389
Scope and Contents This collection includes hand-written book reviews, biographies, and miscellaneous drafts from Mary Lavinia Robinson Lane in Indianapolis ranging from 1896 to 1911 regarding various books, clubs, and people.
Dates: 1896-1911

Philomathean Society of the Blue River Academy records

 Collection — Folder S1608
Identifier: S1608
Scope and Contents This collection contains copies of handwritten minutes of the Philomathean Society of the Blue River Academy in Salem, Indiana ranging from January 1, 1865 to May 23, 1867, regarding the literary club's founding and its operations as well as the organization's constitution.
Dates: 1865-1867

Richard S. Simons, Indianapolis Literary Club address

 Collection — Folder S1187
Identifier: S1188
Scope and Contents This collection includes the thirty page typewritten address, "Who's the Hoosier?" that Richard S. Simons delivered to the Indianapolis Literary Club on November 16, 1953. His address highlighted many men and women who were either native Hoosiers or spent an important period of their lives in Indiana. He stated that Indiana qualified as the "Mother of Vice Presidents" and noted that a large number of Hoosiers have filled presidential cabinet posts, have been prominent congressmen, and have...
Dates: 1953/11/16