Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
Edwardsport, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S1106
Identifier: S1106
Scope and Contents
Melvin French wrote this typed manuscript about the history of Edwardsport, Indiana, from 1830-1910. This collection is one typed manuscript, which has been photocopied, containing 63 numbered pages with three additional pages, which are 18A, 35A and 54A. The history of Edwardsport, Indiana, begins in 1830 when 418 acres were allotted from Knox County for a town site named Edwards. This name changed to Edwardsville, and then changed to Edwardsport. The first citizen of Edwardsport...
Dates:
1830-1910
Elias Kizer collection
Collection — Folder S1433
Identifier: S1433
Scope and Contents
This two-page, typed manuscript was written by Elias Kizer in Indiana on June 9, 1866, the year before he died. He recounted his early life in a log cabin in Indiana and the hardships he endured. He stated that the hardest times were when the children were small. He raised flax for his wife to spin and weave in order to make their clothing. They did not have much time to go to church, because he went hunting on Sunday. Elias wrote: "with all those hardships we kept in good spirits."
Dates:
1800-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Elias Kizer collection
Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood collection
Collection
Identifier: L057
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence and research notes regarding Elisabeth H. Friermood’s manuscript, "Doc Dudley's Daughter." Also included is the first draft, last typed copy, and printer's proof of the manuscript.
Dates:
1898-1959
Evans W. Cottman manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: L038
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three autobiographical typescripts of Evans W. Cottman, two of which were later published. Cottman's "Green Cross Doctuh" was published in 1963 as "Out Island Doctor", and his work, "Early Twentieth Century Irvington" was published as "Oh Little Town of Irvington" in 1990.
Dates:
1963-1973
Florence Emerson Heffley manuscript
Collection — Folder S624
Identifier: S0624
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a draft of the manuscript, "A Little Girl of the Sixties," by Florence Emerson Heffley. The manuscript is 48 typewritten pages and includes handwritten corrections and a few pages of additional notes. Heffley's narrative relates stories and genealogical information about her great-grandparents, Abraham and Sarah Dayton Jacobus, her grandparents Hettie and Luke Allen Emerson, and her mother, Almira Georgiana Herbert, the "Little Girl of the Sixties," from 1818 to 1938. ...
Dates:
1818-1938
Frank C. Stewart essay
Collection — Folder S1252
Identifier: S1252
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a 12-page typed essay entitled "Yesterdays" by Dr. Frank C. Steward circa 1910 regarding Stewart's road trip with his daughter, uncle and aunt to visit places he remembered as a child around Peru and La Fontaine, Indiana. He presented his paper to the Century Club of Indianapolis.
Dates:
circa 1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frank C. Stewart essay
Frederick Landis collection
Collection
Identifier: L604
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials from Frederick K. Landis and his family dating from 1855 to 2000, including clippings, scrapbooks, radio scripts, and manuscripts. The bulk of the collection is clippings about the political and editorial careers of Frederick Landis. The majority of the radio scripts are undated but were made during the late 1920s and early 1930s and have been left in the order in which they were found. Topics include the military conflicts of the time, economics, politics,...
Dates:
1855-2000
Gene Stratton-Porter papers
Collection — Folder S1069
Identifier: S1069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Gene Stratton-Porter and several other materials, ranging from 1902 to 1979, regarding her work as an author, photographer, and filmmaker, in addition to her personal life. The collection includes an undated portrait photograph of Stratton-Porter posing outdoors; an advertisement from Good Housekeeping; a typed copy of an article, "The Old Institution of Home" (1922); and a portrait postcard printed circa 1979.
Dates:
1902-1933
George Ade collection
Collection
Identifier: S0007
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to the life and work of George Ade ranging from 1928 to 1944, such as his correspondence with Esther McNitt, Cyril Clemens, Hazel B. Warren, John T. McCutcheon, C.A. Kiler, Ella McCray and Willis Lyman. This collection also contains several copies of handwritten manuscripts, such as "Bessie", "Regarding Pie”, and “The Fun of Handling Crowds”. There is also a copy of Ade’s will, a manuscript copy of a booklet designed by Ade for the Indiana...
Dates:
1928-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Ade collection
George Barr McCutcheon collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0883
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a manuscript draft of "Quill's Window" and correspondence relating to George Barr McCutcheon ranging from 1911-1925.
Dates:
1911-1925