Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:
Maurice S. Lafuze papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0796
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of manuscripts compiled and written by Maurice S. Lafuze ranging from 1952 to 1973. His manuscripts, "Whitewater Presbytery: A Brief History" (1952) and "Early Presbyterianism in Southeastern Indiana" (1967), include historical information of the presbytery and churches, biographical information of church pastors, lists of members, photographs, and a map with locations and founding dates of early Presbyterian churches. Lafuze compiled a sixty-one page...
Dates:
1952-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Maurice S. Lafuze papers
Maurice Thompson collection
Collection — Folder S1307
Identifier: S1307
Scope and Contents
This collection contains hand-written letters and documents by Maurice Thompson, as well as three letters written to him in 1897 by Dr. Richard Gordon Gatling, inventor of the Gatling Gun. A hand-written manuscript entitled "The Spirit of Specialization" is enclosed in a blue folder. The "Hoosier Listening Post" article dated November 18, 1934, published in the Indianapolis Star, describes Maurice and his brother Will going hunting with bows...
Dates:
1882-1934
Miriam E. Mason collection
Collection
Identifier: L528
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material ranging from 1916 to 1973 compiled by Miriam E. Mason over the course of her literary career. Her personal papers include school compositions, bibliographies of sources consulted, biographical information, documents related to children’s reading interests, clippings on various topics, documents and instructional handouts from conferences and workshops, correspondence from children and publishers, and notes regarding story ideas. The bulk of the collection...
Dates:
1905-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Miriam E. Mason collection
Monon Railroad collection
Collection
Identifier: L317
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters; typed, signed letters; autographed documents; company information; maps; an incomplete dissertation; notes; and newspaper and magazine information from Leland S. Van Scoyoc in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company and Monon Railroad Company in Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky, ranging from 1842 to 1957 and regarding the railroad's history.
Dates:
1842-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Monon Railroad collection
Mrs. Chauncey Jane Ivison Scott collection
Collection — Folder S1155
Identifier: S1155
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a 17 page manuscript, including a cover page and two pages of notes, titled the "Autobiography of Jane Ivison Scott (Mrs. Chauncey Scott)”, dated March 16, 1877.
Dates:
1877
Mrs. Hubert E. Brown papers
Collection — Folder S178
Identifier: S0178
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed copy from Mrs. Hubert E. Brown in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1828 to 1917 regarding the life of John Henry Vajen, Jr.
Dates:
1861-1864
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
New Albany steamboats collection
Collection — Folder S0349
Identifier: S0349
Scope and Contents
This collection includes undated documents and articles from different authors in Indiana regarding the history of steamboats, such as the Natchez, and their contstruction in New Albany, Indiana.
Dates:
1807-1929
Olga Mae Schiemann collection
Collection — Folder S1140
Identifier: S1140
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 14-page manuscript entitled "Roads Across Old Bailly Town," a paper written by Olga Mae Schiemann and read before the Duneland Historical Scoiety of Chesterton, Indiana on September, 20, 1951, concerning the settlement of Baillytown, Indiana in Porter County. There is also a newspaper clipping from the Chesterton Tribune on September 27, 1951 about Schiemann's talk at the historical society and a letter from Schiemann to the Indiana State Library about the donation of...
Dates:
1951
Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Collection — Folder S1141
Identifier: S1141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed manuscript, with handwritten edits, entitled "Echoes" by Oscar Schmidt in Spencer, Indiana regarding a story about narrator Dick Wheeler, who along with several friends, visits the estate home of Mrs. Ellen Gilbert in southern Indiana, presumably in New Harmony. The story provides a detailed narrative of the immigration of George Rapp and his followers from Germany to western Pennsylvania in 1803, and their move to Harmony, Indiana in 1814.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oscar Schmidt manuscript
