Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:
George T. Williams manuscript
Collection — Folder S2332
Identifier: S2332
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed, 40-page manuscript, including a 4-page addendum, by Dr. George T. Williams in Crawfordsville, Indiana, from 1942, titled "Pioneer Physicians and Surgeons of Montgomery County, Indiana." The manuscript chronicles Montgomery County's earliest physicians, organized by township.
Dates:
1942
Golda Clay Walter historical sketch
Collection — Folder S2818
Identifier: S2818
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of Golda Clay Walter's historical sketch, "Wakarusa, Indiana Was 100 Years Old in 1952". Written circa 1952, Walter's sketch is a nine page typewritten article that relates the early history of Olive Township and the establishment of Wakarusa. The article mentions early settlers, local businesses and town physicians, and also relates "the one outstanding tragical event of the Town", a fire that occurred on October 29, 1899 and burned down the south east...
Dates:
circa 1952
Harry M. Stoops papers
Collection
Identifier: L150
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies and photocopies of documents from Harry M. Stoops and others in Brookville, Indiana and elsewhere; manuscripts written by Harry M. Stoops; awards, diplomas, business papers, wills and family histories; greeting cards and newspaper clippings; poetry and songs; and National Recovery Administration placards ranging from 1804 to 1958 regarding family history, property disposal, business information, and miscellaneous.There are also National...
Dates:
circa 1750-1958; undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry M. Stoops papers
Henry A. Pershing, Communistic Settlements in Indiana collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1054
Scope and Contents
This collection, by Henry A. Pershing regarding socialism in Indiana, includes two folders: one folder includes two original 79 page manuscripts of "The Twelve Socialistic Experiments or The Twelve Social Settlements in Indiana"; the other folder includes a signed and bound edition titled "Communistic Settlements in Indiana".
Dates:
1931-1937
"History of Historical Mounds of Indiana" manuscript
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L277
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one manuscript created by Edward P. Lacey in Indiana from an unknown date, circa 1930. The manuscript, entitled "History of Historical Mounds of Indiana" discusses the history of historical mounds found in Indiana by county.
Dates:
circa 1930
Howard Johnson papers
Collection — Folder S731
Identifier: S0731
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed manuscript from Howard Johnson in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from the 1870s to the 1890s regarding life and education in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dates:
1870s-1890s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Howard Johnson papers
Hugh R. Foss papers
Collection — Folder S482
Identifier: S0482
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed narrative from Hugh R. Foss in France on March 17, 1919 regarding his visit to the Riviera during World War I.
Dates:
1919/03/17
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hugh R. Foss papers
Ida Husted Harper papers
Collection — Folder S0595
Identifier: S0595
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Ida Husted Harper's manuscript, The Associated Work of the Women of Indiana. The handwritten manuscript is 140 pages long and contains 45 chapters that relate information and statistics regarding the many missionary societies, temperance unions, literary clubs, and other organizations managed by women in Indiana up to April 1893. The collection also includes a letter sent by Mrs. Harper to Ed Hawkins regarding the publishing of her...
Dates:
1893
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ida Husted Harper papers
Indiana Sesquicentennial Manuscript Project collection
Collection
Identifier: L209
Scope and Contents
This collection includes originals and copies of letters, account books, diaries, journals, accounts of life in prison, military records, minutes of organizations, regimental histories, reminiscences and memoirs, sermons, and speeches and printed documents such as commencement programs, business and industrial catalogs, broadsides, maps and pamphlets from citizens in Indiana ranging from 1772 to 1967, undated regarding personal and civic life and business activities. Also included are oversize...
Dates:
1772-1967, undated
Irvin Franklin Stratton collection
Collection — Folder S1262
Identifier: S1262
Scope and Contents
This typed manuscript has 61 pages copied from the books kept by Irvin Stratton, the first Superintendent of Schools in Wabash County, from 1873-1875, with summaries done in 1879-1880. Mr. Stratton wrote the location of the school, the teacher, the number of pupils, and his observations. In Addie Carver's class of 58 pupils, a switch was kept to punish students in "emergencies" (page 1). Prof. Baker's class in LaGro had "too many idle pupils" and they "spit upon the floor" (page 2). A school in...
Dates:
1873-1880
