Vigo County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Fort Harrison collection
Collection — Folder S1878
Identifier: S1878
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of letters from the collection of J. T. Scovell of Terre Haute. Ranging from 1900 to 1912. The letters were written by descendents of men associated with Fort Harrison: Joseph Liston, Maj. John T. Chunn, and Maj. William Bruce. The collection also includes photocopies of undated documents related to Fort Harrison: a brief family history of the Joseph Richarson family; a paper about the Old Indiana Trail from Post Vincennes to Fort Harrison written by Lida...
Dates:
1900-1912, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fort Harrison collection
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
Indiana kindergarten photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP078
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs relating to kindergartens in Indianapolis, Mishawaka, Richmond, and Terre Haute, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1925 regarding school children, some of whom were immigrants, teachers, classrooms, school activities, and buildings.
Dates:
circa 1900-1925
James Nelson Shepherd collection
Collection
Identifier: L311
Scope and Contents
This collection contains James Nelson Shepherd's Bible (1855); his pocket diary (1861-1866) with entries from his service in the Civil War and his personal accounts; his letters to his fiancée, Arminda Rhyan of New Goshen, Vigo County, Indiana and a couple of her needlepoint items, with one using human hair (1860-1862); Civil War letters to Shepherd from his brothers, Thomas E. Shepherd of the 31st Indiana and Edgar M. Shepherd from home (1862); Shepherd's farm ledgers (1864-1866), including...
Dates:
1855-1958, undated
John Dickson family collection
Collection — Folder S2791
Identifier: S2791
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two indentures for John Dickson (1816/9/31 and 1816/10/30); typewritten copies of a United States grant to Canadian Volunteers for two quarter-sections of land assigned to Lambert and Dickson families (1817/10/26); and an account of the Dickson family tradition about the miracle that saved Fort Harrison during the siege of 1812 by Sarah Elizabeth Chandler Dickson (undated), which was published in the Terre Haute Gazette on March 30,...
Dates:
1816-1818
Joseph Jenckes journal
Collection — Folder OB178
Identifier: OB178
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the journals of Joseph Jenckes, beginning in January of 1821 and continuing through October of 1822. Jenckes includes accounts of work accomplished by hired farm hands, weather conditions, and social life in Vigo County.
Dates:
1821-1822
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Jenckes journal
Kathryn S. Davis family papers
Collection
Identifier: L382
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, personal diaries, account books, and cassette tapes from Kathryn S. Davis and her husband, Neal P. Davis, in Terre Haute, Indiana, ranging from 1900 to 1976 and undated, regarding her daily life, daily expenses, and family. Her diaries record her everyday life, including her relationships with family members, illnesses, household chores, and her attempts to bring in additional income through boarders and other jobs. The account books are detailed records of...
Dates:
circa 1900-1976
Maxine P. Brown collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research and family records from throughout the United States ranging from ca. 1910 to ca. 1995 regarding Maxine Louise Price Brown, the Etchison, Van Arsdale, Brown, and Price families, and other related families.
Dates:
ca. 1910-ca. 1995
Found in:
Genealogy
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Maxine P. Brown collection
Moody Chamberlain papers
Collection — Folder S246
Identifier: S0246
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a carbon copy of a typed document from Ira Hill in St. Albans, New Hampshire in 1813 regarding a teaching license and an autographed, signed document from Joseph Luttrell in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana on 1837/08/10 regarding working out taxes.
Dates:
1813-1837
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Moody Chamberlain papers
Patrons of Husbandry certificate
Collection — Folder S2132
Identifier: S2132
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two photostat copies of the Patron of Husbandry certificate given to the Otter Creek Grange of Vigo County, Indiana. The certificate was issued by the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry and signed at Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1874. It was received and signed by the State Grange of Indiana on February 2, 1875.
Dates:
1874-1875
