Indiana -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: L764
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs, pamphlets, and other items collected by Nancy Johnson from events she attended and from the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office where her husband Jim volunteered, ranging from 1983 to 2020 and undated. Most of the events, which included government swearing-in and award ceremonies, services, conferences, meetings, and celebrations for historic events and holidays, took place at the Indiana Statehouse. There are also materials about the Indiana Supreme Court and...
Dates:
1983-2020, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nancy Johnson collection
Posey County Water Pageant program
Collection — Folder S2241
Identifier: S2241
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the program for the Posey County Water Pageant that took place in September 1916 to celebrate Indiana's centennial. The front cover of the program has the handwritten name and address of Dr. Numa N. Williams, a participant of the pageant. His daughter, Catherine, later added a few notations in pencil. The program was in an envelope with a May 1966 postmark from Fort Wayne and addressed to a Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carmony of Bloomington, Indiana. The return...
Dates:
1916-1966
Stereograph cards collection
Collection
Identifier: P057
Scope and Contents
This collection includes stereograph cards from C. L. Jenney and Company, Frank M. Lackey, and R. Gordon in Indianapolis, Indiana and Sterro-Photo Co. in Dolgeville, New York, ranging from circa 1861 to 1916 regarding an enacted scene of a Union soldier leaving and returning to his paramour during the U.S. Civil War; the Indiana centennial pageant in Riverside Park in Indianapolis in October, 1916; and the exterior and interior of Pierce-Vinton-Krull house in Indianapolis.
Dates:
circa 1861-1916
Steuben County collection
Collection — Folder S1695
Identifier: S1695
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the circa 1948 document "Indiana Place Name Project," which consists of directions on how to establish of list of present and past place names and the origin and meaning of each and six pages of Steuben County place names listed in alphabetical order. The collection also includes photocopies of the following items: two newspaper clippings from January and April 1966 of "Sesquicentennial Scrapbook," a column written by Jim Guthrie, assistant director of the...
Dates:
circa 1948-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Steuben County collection
Teter family papers
Collection
Identifier: L404
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original letters and photocopies from various Teter family members and others; military records; obituaries; newspaper clippings; stamps; currency; a Civil War diary; medals; an Indiana centennial medal; coins; paper currency; a lock of human hair; cross-stitch pictures; and a leather wallet ranging from circa 1847 to 1988 regarding Teter family genealogy, family business, Indiana history and the U.S. Civil War.There is also an oversize folder containing...
Dates:
circa 1847-1988
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Teter family papers
Union County collection
Collection — Folder S1700
Identifier: S1700
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to Union County, Indiana, including a program for the tenth annual commencement of Harrison Township School held at Hanna's Creek Church on May 6, 1899, a program for Union County's June 15, 1916 centennial celebration, and a copy of "Beech Grove Academy," a historical sketch of the school written by Minnie Stanton Stivers in circa 1942.
Dates:
1899- circa 1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Union County collection
White County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1710
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the trustee's record book for Jackson Township, White County, Indiana containing entries ranging from 1867 to 1880. Also included is a copy of "Mansion of Memories," the script for the Wolcott Centennial Pageant that was presented in June 1961. Written by Dale T. Sheets and directed by Dolores English, Peg Martin Correll, and Ralph Helseth, the pageant script was photocopied and had numerous handwritten notes added to it prior to its duplication.
Dates:
1867-1880, 1961
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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White County collection
William L. Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L010
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of William L. Barker, ranging from 1872 to 1949, including: correspondence; writings; speeches; papers relating to the Southwestern Indiana historical Society; county history research; Abraham Lincoln research which also includes the publication "Lincoln Lore"; and Barker's various research notes. Also included are papers relating to the Warrick County Centennial Celebration that includes newsletters and the Pageant of Warrick County. The bulk of the...
Dates:
1872-1949
