Vigo County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Terre Haute Volunteer Fire Department history
Collection — Folder S2788
Identifier: S2788
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 10-age typed history from The Terre Haute Volunteer Fire Department in Terre Haute, Indiana dated December 9, 1934, regarding the history of firefighting in Terre Haute from 1847 to 1860, tracing the formation of various companies and reviewing early firefighting equipment purchased (the equipment is identified by name), uniforms worn, social affairs sponsored, and prominent personnel (engine captains and fire chiefs); as well as the financing of the firefighting...
Dates:
1934/12/19
Valentine Morgan account book
Collection — Folder S0984
Identifier: S0984
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photocopy of Valentine Morgan’s account book for 1856-1856, in which he recorded financial transactions, debts, and purchases.
Dates:
1856-1857
Vigo County drawings and prints
Collection — Folder OB118
Identifier: OB118
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 2 prints of Fort Harrison in 1812, a drawing of the Indiana State Teachers College from 7th Street by Charles D. Wendholt, and a black and white print of a covered bridge signed "V.E.B. 1971".
Dates:
1848-1971
Vigo County, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S2363
Identifier: S2363
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items related to Vigo County, Indiana: an undated advertisement for C. D. Hansel's mill (the old Markle mill) in North Terre Haute; the top section of the letter head from the Hotel Deming from the 1920s when Thomas Callen was the vice president and general manager; and an undated copy of a print depicting how Fort Harrison looked in 1812.
Dates:
circa 1920, undated
"Vigo County Politics since the War" manuscript
Collection — Volume V286
Identifier: V286
Scope and Contents
The "Vigo County Politics since the War" manuscript was created by J. A. Willison, a druggist in Terre Haute, Indiana. It includes a review of political contests in the county since the close of the Civil War to 1893.
Dates:
1865-1893
Vigo County Public Library, Donald Eugene Foltz oral history
Collection — Box 73, Folder: OH173
Identifier: OH172
Dates:
1981/06/29
Vigo County roads documents
Collection — Folder S2795
Identifier: S2795
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two items, dating from November 1830: a petition to the Vigo County commissioners requesting that a road be built in Section 27 of Township 12, signed by John Jackson and others, and a note from Jeremiah Rappleye(?) and James Dickson to the county commissioners regarding the land to be used in building the road.
Dates:
1830 November
Vigo Post Office receipts
Collection — Folder OB204
Identifier: OB204
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a list of receipts of registered mail in Vigo County, Indiana dated 1872-1873.
Dates:
1872-1873
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Vigo Post Office receipts
