Family
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Hiram A. Pratt diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1943
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four diaries of Hiram A. Pratt of Waveland, Indiana. The diaries are from 1866, 1869, 1882, and 1887 and contain entries about Pratt's daily activities and expenditures, the weather, church attendance, and news about family and friends.
Dates:
1866-1887
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hiram A. Pratt diaries
Hulda Estes papers
Collection — Folder S435
Identifier: S0435
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from H.C. Estes in Richmond, Indiana on 1848/07/23 regarding family matters.
Dates:
1848/07/23
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hulda Estes papers
Ida E. Collom family album
Collection — Folder S2391
Identifier: S2391
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a small, soft cover album from the 1910s handmade by Ida Collom of La Crosse, Indiana. The album appears to have been sent as a gift and includes various family photographs with "Some Kodak pictures of our girlie Lavon, home and town from Mrs. Geo. Collom, La Crosse, Ind" written on a small Christmas card attached to the front cover.
Dates:
circa 1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ida E. Collom family album
Ignatius Brown papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1960
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed poems and writings, pencil drawings and official documents from Ignatius Brown and others in Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana; Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee ranging from 1856 to 1861 and regarding life, Civil War battles, and a vessel clearance from port.There is also an oversize folder containing editions of newspapers including the Weekly Indiana Citizen, the Central Normal News,...
Dates:
1856-1861, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ignatius Brown papers
Indianapolis aviation and family small photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP170
Identifier: SP170
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a positive print of film negatives and many of the film negatives of miscellanous portraits of men and women including Civil War soldiers, group snapshots, airplanes, an aerial view, a city street view, and agricultural scenes, ranging from circa 1861 to 1919 and undated.
Dates:
circa 1861-1919, undated
Indianapolis property transparency collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP134
Scope and Contents
This collection includes transparencies with colored, handwritten ink notations showing plat maps with property developments, city maps, photographs of houses, and family scenes from Indianapolis, Indiana, probably used in presentations with overhead projectors, ranging from circa 1950 to circa 1960.
Dates:
circa 1950-circa 1960
Jacob P. Peterson letter
Collection — Folder S3513
Identifier: S3513
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal, handwritten letter from Jacob P. Peterson of Greene County, Ohio, to John E. Horney in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, on September 9, 1865. The letter discussed Peterson’s trip from Lafayette, Indiana, to Xenia, Ohio, commenting on the weather and illnesses in his family. The letter mentions an "Aunt Ann"--likely Peterson’s wife Mary Anna Peterson--and Horney's brother-in-law, Israel Daugherty.
Dates:
1865/09/24
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jacob P. Peterson letter
James H. Dixon letter
Collection — Folder S179
Identifier: S0179
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one copy of a letter from James H. Dixon of Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana from Lafayette, Tennessee on April 16, 1865 regarding his supper, the death of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, the end of the U.S. Civil War, and family matters.
Dates:
1865/04/16
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James H. Dixon letter
James O. Walton collection
Collection — Folder S1355
Identifier: S1355
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed copies of letters which James O. Walton sent to his wife Mary Ann ranging from February 1864 to January 1865 during the American Civil War, with information about military life, Generals William Sherman and John Bell Hood, the presidential election, and health.
Dates:
1864-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James O. Walton collection
Jesse D. Bright papers
Collection — Folder S165
Identifier: S0165
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an original autographed, signed letter and three photostats of autographed, signed letters from Jesse D. Bright in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Indiana ranging from 1847 to 1856 regarding family matters.
Dates:
1847-1856
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jesse D. Bright papers
