Voyages and travels
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Cornelius H. Menger collection
Collection
Identifier: L105
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of correspondence to Jean Hornstein Menger from her husband Cornelius H. Menger. The letters date from when Cornelius served as captain in World War 1, and continue through after his time in the armed service (1917 to 1940). Letters from Menger originate from France, New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., Birmingham, Cleveland, Columbus, Pensacola, Omaha, and Indianapolis. Also included are letters to Mrs. Menger, then Jean Hornstein, from other World War I...
Dates:
1899-1957
Heineken family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several letters from members of the Heineken family, particularly to or from Christian, Samuel and Thomas Heineken, in Ohio, Indiana, and Great Britain ranging from 1810 to 1888 regarding settlement in Indiana and Ohio, family life, travel, weather, cholera epidemics, national politics, and farming. There is also a U.S. Civil War diary kept by Samuel Heineken during 1862-1863 and an 1888 roster of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Heineken family papers
Lazarus Noble collection
Collection
Identifier: L117
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Lazarus Noble’s business correspondence and papers from 1860 to 1868, when Noble lived in Indianapolis. Included are correspondence relating to the Indianapolis Copper Mining Company for which Noble was an investor. Also included are letters regarding business interests in Vincennes, requests for assistance in obtaining state and federal appoints, a 1865 family vacation to Montreal (Canada), and Civil War related letters.
Dates:
1860-1869
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lazarus Noble collection
Miriam Hazzard letter
Collection — Folder S622
Identifier: S0622
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 6-page letter from Miriam Hazzard to family and friends in Indiana from Claquato, Lewis County, Washington Territory on June 20, 1882. Her letter relates the places she and her family traveled through during their train trip out west in April, 1882. She mentions several times the different snow sheds that the train passed through and that the family suffered "deathly illness" aboard ship traveling from San Fransico, California to Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Hazzard also...
Dates:
1882
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Miriam Hazzard letter
Robert Bowne Haines collection
Collection — Folder S565
Identifier: S0565
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a bound volume of typed transcriptions for 10 letters, dating from May 11, 1838 to June 11, 1849. The letters document a trip of exploration from author, Robert Bowne Haines, made with David Dale owen. Locations and sites mentioned in the letters are Blue Earth River; Waraja River; Little Rock River; Terre Blanche, and the Mississippi River; Stillwater Lake and St. Croix, near Galena and at Red Rock; Chippewa River, Mountain Island, and Prairie de Chien; Pine Creek,...
Dates:
1838-1849
