Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
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This collection contains three typewritten drafts of "Camp and Community", an unpublished novel about the Civilian Conservation Corps written by Rodney C. Perkins in Indiana circa 1983.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
Sam B. Woods papers
Collection
Identifier: L181
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, periodicals, articles, clippings, speeches, and other papers from Sam B. Woods in Lake County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1941 and undated, regarding the Woods family, Lake County history, and politics. There are also 1903 issues of Milk News (OB247).
Dates:
1848-1941, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sam B. Woods papers
Sarah Bovard papers
Collection — Folder S146
Identifier: S0146
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed diary from Sarah Bovard in Indiana ranging from 1859 to 1871 and a typed copy of "The Bovards of California and U.S.A." and "Six Biographic Sketches" by Reverend John Gabrielson of California, undated.
Dates:
1859-1871
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sarah Bovard papers
Stanley H. Murdock correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1067
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from 1968 as well as an original 18-page draft and 6 photographs for Murdock’s manuscript, "A Story of Indiana Geology." Correspondence includes 3 letters between Murdock and John B. Patton, State Geologist with the Indiana Geological Survey, regarding suggestions and comments for the manuscript; a fourth letter is from Robert Shaver, Soil Conservation Service, granting permission to use fossil illustrations. Also included is the business card for...
Dates:
1968
Theodore Stempfel collection
Collection — Folder S1246
Identifier: S1246
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a 42-page manuscript written by Theodore Stempfel circa 1935 regarding the two German sculptors, Karl Bitter and Rudolf Schwarz, the creators of the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, Indiana, whom he knew personally. Eberhard Reichmann edited this manuscript for publication in 2002 for publication on the 100th anniversary of the monument's dedication.
Dates:
circa 1935
