Monroe County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Baptist church history collection
Collection
Identifier: L189
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records, both originals and photostat copies, of a number of Indiana Baptist churches. Included are records of Baptist churches at Attica, Fountain County (1870-1901); Aurora, Dearborn County (1871-1883); Bloomington, Monroe County (1825-1890); Brown’s Wonder Church, Boone County (1840-1873); Ebenezer and Clear Creek, Morgan County (1830-1891); Eel River District Association, Putnam County (1825-1951); Lick Creek, Fayette County (1814-1912); Little Mt. Zion Church,...
Dates:
1798-1912
Charles Bruce Millholland papers
Collection — Folder S0966
Identifier: S0966
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of documents used by Charles Bruce Millholland to write Limestone Town, an unpublished book he worked on while employed by the Indiana Federal Writers' Project in 1939. The documents range from 1922 to 1937 and contain quarry and mill worker wage scales; United States limestone producing areas data; and union membership, home owners' association, and economic assistance data for Lawrence and Monroe Counties. The collection also includes copies of "Origins of...
Dates:
1922-1939
Clear Creek Christian Church historical sketch
Collection — Folder S2210
Identifier: S2210
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of “History of Clear Creek Christian Church,” a five-page, typewritten historical sketch written by Henry F. Dillman and dated December 4, 1908. Dillman’s history includes a list of the twenty charter members, describes the process and cost of constructing the first church building, and mentions the preachers and other notable members of the congregation. The church history was copied in February 1949 from a copy owned by Miss Mabel Dodd, the granddaughter of...
Dates:
1908/12/04
Dr. Floyd Raymond Nicholas Carter collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-077
Scope and Contents
This collection includes research, charts, and photographs from Dr. F.R. Nicholas Carter in Indiana ranging from 1859 to 1973 regarding the Carter and other related families. Dr. Carter created an item level index located in the first two folders of the collection with corresponding numbers.
Dates:
1859 - 1976
Frank M. Hohenberger, Indiana State Department of Geology photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P037
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a series of photographs from negatives made for the Indiana State Department of Geology during the months of September and October, 1918, in Monroe, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Washington, Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford, Jefferson, Switzerland, Jennings, and Franklin counties, Indiana, by Frank W. Hohenberger, in Nashville, Indiana. The images largely depict natural sites, such as caves and rivers, but also mills, stone quarries, cemeteries, and other historic buildings.
Dates:
1918
Hawley family papers
Collection
Identifier: L064
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Hawley family and professional correspondence. Included is correspondence with his family in Bridgeport, Connecticut while elder Ransom Hawley was a student at Auburn Seminary (1825-1828), as well as correspondence of Hawley and his wife in Indiana with their families in Bridgeport (1828-ca. 1880), and letters to his sons Henry and Ransom and daughter Lucy Ing. The collection also contains letters to Hawley from Presbyterian ministers and other church people...
Dates:
1825-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hawley family papers
Hazel family history
Collection — Folder S619
Identifier: S0619
Scope and Contents
This collection is a 2-page, typewritten history of the Hazel family by Dean Hazel. It includes information about his father, John Bailey Hazel, his father's siblings and his grandfather, Kalob Hazel Jr.(1791-1854), Abraham Lincoln's teacher in Elizabethtown, Kentucky from 1815 to 1816.
Dates:
mid-1900s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hazel family history
Henry M. Riggs letters
Collection — Folder S1115
Identifier: S1115
Scope and Contents
There are four Civil War letters in this collection. They are all hand-written in ink to "Dear Parents" from Henry M. Riggs, in Company E, 39th Indiana Volunteer Regiment. The first letter is dated October 5, 1863, and is only one sheet written on both sides. He says that he "started from Indianapolis last Saturday."The next letter, dated October 17, 1863, tells his parents that he is "well satisfied and as fat and harty as I ever was." He expects to get horses soon and start for...
Dates:
1863-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry M. Riggs letters
Indiana libraries lantern slides
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P052
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides created by W.H. Bass Photo Company from Allen, Fulton, and Monroe counties in Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to circa 1920 regarding libraries, library stations, and bookmobiles.
Dates:
circa 1900-circa 1920
