United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 464 Collections and/or Records:
Winifred L. Henninger collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2255
Scope and Contents
The collection contains primarily personal letters exchanged between Winifred L. Henninger and the Nelson family of Jefferson County, Indiana ranging from 1877 to 1933, concerning their family history and original settlement there. There is also a Civil War-era letter written by Clara Nelson to a Union soldier stationed at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. Other documents include a program for a Sunday School convention of the Second District Marion County Sunday School Association at the Hall...
Dates:
1877-1913
Woman's Relief Corps collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3296
Scope and Contents
This collection includes speeches given at a meeting of the 9th District of Indiana in Crawfordsville, dated 1937/09/23, one Christmas card, and several newspaper clippings circa 1942.The 2 oversize folders (OB045) comprise 102 pages of a deconstructed scrapbook that includes newspaper clippings, photographs, ribbons, programs and other materials covering the activities of the Woman's Relief Corps and the Grand Army of the Republic from 1942 to 1943. The scrapbook is organized under...
Dates:
1937-1943
Yandes family papers
Collection — Folder S1479
Identifier: S1479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from the Yandes family in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, and Cuba ranging from 1833 to 1891 regarding local and family news, women's education, business, the Indiana State House, national and local politics, and the Civil War. Mary Yandes' letter to Ann Hampson on July 15, 1837 mentions Zerelda Gray Sanders' marriage to Governor David Wallace of Indiana (one year prior). There are also trade cards for Yandes family businesses in Indianapolis, Indiana, two blank greeting...
Dates:
1833-1891
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Yandes family papers
Zerelda Hood papers
Collection — Folder S0679
Identifier: S0679
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters predominantly written by James P. Dougherty to his sister, Zerelda Hood, during the Civil War from 1862 to 1865. The collection also contains letters written to Zerelda during the war by her brother William H. Dougherty, her sister, Elizabeth Beckett, Elizabeth's husband, R. T. Beckett, Mary Martha Alford of Greenfield, Indiana, and Dianna Hood. Two additional items within the collection are a writing assignment by Zerelda's daughter, Eliza Hood, from 1869 and...
Dates:
1862-1869, 1905
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Zerelda Hood papers
