Mills and mill-work
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
LaGrange County collection
Collection — Folder S1683-01
Identifier: S1683
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three items from LaGrange County, Indiana, including an undated advertising card for the Lima Manufacturing Company's Queen windmill in Lima, Indiana (currently Howe); a short, typed history of the LaGrange courthouse of 1843 and an account of a gavel made of the wood from the 1843 courthouse, which the LaGrange de Lafayette chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) returned to LaGrange County, after 1923; and a seven-page, typed narrative by Dan Wisel...
Dates:
1843-1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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LaGrange County collection
Mills, Grant and Miami Counties collection
Collection — Folder S2047
Identifier: S2047
Scope and Contents
The collection includes two photocopied typesc1ipt recollections by King about mills in Miami and
Grant Counties dated 1966 and 1970. Included are descriptions of two events, changing
ownership of the Peoria and Conners mills and technological changes that took place within and
near the mills. Technological changes include switching from the use of water power to the use of
steam and cylinder gasoline engines and from the use of bmT stones for flour or grist (feed)
production to the use of...
Dates:
1966, 1970
Orange County, Indiana diary
Collection — Folder S2479
Identifier: S2479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a daily diary kept by a teenager living in Orange County, Indiana from June 1856 to February 1858. The author never identifies himself, but the diary may have been kept by Francis M. Morris, the son of Washington and Mary Catherine (Jackson) Morris. The diary entries are usually short and mention the weather, farm activities, going to town and the mill, going to "meeting," and his father's activities. Some names of relatives mentioned include his uncles...
Dates:
1856-1899
Posey County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1687
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to Posey County, Indiana, comprising copies of handwritten minutes and constitution of the Society of New Harmony Community of Equality, New Harmony, Indiana (1825-1826); a typed, translated copy of a February 1, 1837 letter from Prince Maximilian von Wied to Charles Lesueur of New Harmony, Indiana regarding a visit to New Harmon y in 1832-1833 (original at Indiana Historical Society); a handwritten letter from W.H. Watkins in New Harmony to A.M....
Dates:
1825-1959
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Posey County collection
Putnam County collection
Collection — Folder S1688
Identifier: S1688
Scope and Contents
The collection includes miscellaneous historical papers and documents of Putnam County, Indiana, including advertising cards from Russelville and Greencastle, Indiana; manuscripts and narratives about courthouses, African-American citizens in Greencastle, and various county personalities; handwritten legal documents, including land records, indentures, warrants, and estate papers (1831-1886); and a January 27, 1963 letter from Mrs. John R. Stevens to Mr. Guthrie regarding an article about a...
Dates:
1831-1886
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Putnam County collection
Robert G. Bradshaw, Delphi, Indiana photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP133
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white print photographs, many taken by photographer A. W. Wolever, with extensive typed descriptions from Robert G. Bradshaw on the backs. The images are from Delphi, Indiana ranging from circa 1864 to 1933, showing public buildings and spaces, businesses, churches, homes, streets, and the public square. There are also a few photographs with people, including a group portrait of the Graham brothers and a reunion of Civil War veterans from the 72nd Indiana...
Dates:
1864-1933
Samuel Moore papers
Collection
Identifier: L110
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the business and personal papers and correspondence of Samuel Moore ranging from 1823 to 1953. The papers include information on Moore’s dry goods store, indentures, deeds, transportation expenses for goods, stock certificates, and investment papers. Also included, are family correspondence, a diary, correspondence regarding state and national politics, the Whig Party, and the work of the Indiana legislature.Correspondents include Hervey Bates, 19 June 1843,...
Dates:
1823-1953
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Moore papers
Samuel Taggart advertisement
Collection — Folder OB147
Identifier: OB147
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one double-sided advertisement for Samuel Taggart's manufacturing business. Taggart created mill furnishings in Indianapolis, Indiana in the late 19th and early 20th century, including bran dusters, water-wheels, and flour-packers. This advertisement is likely from 1905.
Dates:
circa 1905
Thomas Silver collection
Collection
Identifier: L143
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Thomas Silver’s personal correspondence, receipts, accounts, daybook, deeds, and other business papers related to his store, ranging from 1828 to 1866. Also included are accounts with wholesale merchants in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and receipts, accounts, and business papers for Pendleton merchant and brother William Silver.
Dates:
1828-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas Silver collection
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
