Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
Peggy Simpson "Harbor Lights for Tiny Mites" manuscript
Collection — Folder S1189
Identifier: S1189
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten manuscript of the unpublished alphabet book "Harbor Lights for Tiny Mites" by Peggy Simpson and copyrighted by Margaret Elizabeth Simpson in 1952. Each entry in the book starts with a word that coordinates with a letter and then offers an inspirational message. For example, the entry for the letter "B" reads "Books, if they be good, are your friend and teacher. Lend your heart to them and in return you will learn how to grow!"
Dates:
circa 1952
Raymond Millholland collection
Collection
Identifier: L460
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, manuscripts, and copies of the published articles and short stories from Raymond “Ray” Millholland in Indiana, ranging from circa 1912 to 1971. The collection includes letters exchanged between Ray and Sara Milholland and their sons Robert and James while the sons served in the U.S. Army Air Forces and Navy during World War II (1942-1945); two sets of transcriptions of the letters written by Arthur “Mac” Millholland;...
Dates:
circa 1912-1971
Rebecca Parrish collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1041
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three letters, poems, and a manuscript belonging to Dr. Rebecca Parrish ranging from 1908 and 1947. The first letter dated November 25, 1908 was sent to Dr. Rebecca Parrish from A.J. McLaughlin, Acting Director of Health of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Health for the Philippine Islands, thanking the Mary J. Johnston Memorial Hospital for assisting the department with the cholera outbreak. In a second letter dated November 10, 1947 Dr. Parrish wrote...
Dates:
1908-1947, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rebecca Parrish collection
Richard Banta collection
Collection
Identifier: L631
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials created and compiled by Banta and his secretary, Mrs. Margaret Husting, between 1945 and 1949 during the writing and editing of Indiana Authors and Their Books: 1816-1916. The book was published in 1949 by Wabash College. Materials included are note cards with information about the 900-plus authors in the work, biographical sketches with bibliographies of each author's work, and correspondence related to gathering information about the authors from libraries...
Dates:
1945-1949
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Banta collection
Richard Lew Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: L043
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Richard Lew Dawson ranging from 1857 to 1921, including drafts of his larger poetry and essay collections; original handwritten stories, poems and music; editorials and newspaper columns written by Dawson; and advertisements and programs from his speaking engagements. Also included in the collection is a series of newspaper articles regarding the history of the modern calendar, together with Dawson's own homemade perpetual calendar. The correspondence...
Dates:
1857-1921
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Lew Dawson papers
Richard Lieber papers
Collection
Identifier: L091
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, financial documents, photographs and drawings, invitations, naturalization papers, outlines of right and left foot, maps, pamphlets and publications, and other papers from Richard Lieber and others, including government agencies, in the United States and Germany, ranging from 1892 to 1958. Materials concern the Abraham and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, monuments, Lieber family matters, the National Park Service, Indiana State Parks, Thomas Hart Benton, the...
Dates:
1892-1958
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Lieber papers
Robert and Alexander Miller, "True Stories of Pioneer Life in Jefferson County" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2806
Identifier: S2806
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a nine-page typed manuscript from Robert and Alexander Miller in Jefferson County, Indiana dated October 22, 1915, regarding pioneer life in Indiana.
Dates:
1915/10/22
Rodney C. Perkins collection
Collection
Identifier: L307
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three typewritten drafts of "Camp and Community", an unpublished novel about the Civilian Conservation Corps written by Rodney C. Perkins in Indiana circa 1983. There are carbon copies of his first draft and final draft with corrections and a copy of the completed manuscript. An author's preface is also included with the final draft copies.
Dates:
circa 1983
Ross Franklin Lockridge collection
Collection
Identifier: L598
Scope and Contents
The collection includes papers regarding Ross Franklin Lockridge's duties as director of Hoosier Historic Memorial Activities, ranging from 1825 to 1950 and undated. The bulk of the collection concerns New Harmony, Indiana and members of the Owen community, as well as Indiana historical events and figures. Also included are speeches and papers written by Lockridge and his students on early Hoosiers, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and other Indiana and United States history...
Dates:
1877-1952
Sallie Dayton collection
Collection — Folder S0344
Identifier: S0344
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed copy of the play, The Greenwood School from Sallie Dayton in Indiana in 1968 regarding students and a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in the 1890s.
Dates:
1968
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sallie Dayton collection
