Monroe County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
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
This collection comprises 4 letters from Henry M. Riggs to his parents ranging from 1863 to 1864 regarding his military service during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1863-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry M. Riggs letters
Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), I-69 Corridor oral histories
Collection
Identifier: OH286
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises typed transcripts and audio CDs containing files from oral history interviews with six interviewees in Greene and Monroe counties, Indiana in 2015, regarding companies and individuals involved in the I-69 Section 4 mitigation. These interviews are as follows:1. Ronnie Wilcoxin interviewed by Melissa Burlock on 2015/02/19, regarding Clifty Church in Greene County and the surrounding community.2. Patrick J. Munson, interviewed by Melissa Burlock...
Dates:
2015-2019
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
John Herschel Lemon papers
Collection — Folder S0821
Identifier: S0821
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters to Indiana State Library employees, a personal narrative, and a manuscript from John Herschel Lemon in Indiana ranging from 1921 to 1930 regarding the U.S. Civil War, military service with the 54th Indiana Regiment, and history about various political groups during the war, including Butternuts, Copperheads, Knights of the Golden Circle, Democrats, and Unionists.
Dates:
1857-1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Herschel Lemon papers
John Sedwick travel journal
Collection — Folder S1162
Identifier: S1162
Scope and Contents
This item is a journal of the travel of John Sedwick during 1820 when his family from Calvert County, Maryland traveled by way of Baltimore to Brownsville, down the Ohio River to New London, then by land to Monroe County, Indiana. The family traveled a distance of 1,200 miles in thirty seven days.
Dates:
1820
L. C. Smith letter
Collection
Identifier: S1209
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from L. C. Smith to Simeon Chase in Wayne County, Indiana on December 2, 1818 regarding the county, health of the people, and his salary as a teacher.
Dates:
1818
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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L. C. Smith letter
Monroe County Conference of Social Forces constitution
Collection — Folder S1612
Identifier: S1612
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a two-page typed constitution of the Monroe County Conference of Social Forces, which consists of eight articles, followed by organizational bylaws.
Dates:
undated
Monroe County, Indiana collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2090
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the township trustee school record book for the Second District, Township 9, north of range 1 east in Monroe County, Indiana with entries ranging from 1840 to 1851 and 1865. The records include school finances, teachers hired, and the names of families and the children attending school. The record book was later used by Amanda Robertson and T.H. Dollsberry from 1885 to 1890 and undated. The collection also includes Bloomington Public Schools report cards for...
Dates:
1826-1945
Monroe County Library records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2247
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of the early record book of the Monroe County Library. Ranging from 1821 to 1855, the entries include the meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees, treasurer's reports, and bylaws. There is also an undated "Catalog of Books" that lists more than 830 books chronologically by the library's initial catalog numbering system.
Dates:
1821-1855
