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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

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

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

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

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