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Actions and defenses

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Crime and law photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP120
Identifier: SP120
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Indiana and the United States, related to various crimes, criminals, and legal cases, such as a lawsuits between demolition companies and various criminal trials, ranging from 1921 to 1980 and undated. There are images of 3 members of the Reno Gang, Bonnie and Clyde, and several Hoosier criminals from the 20th century, as well as an FBI criminal "wanted notice" of car thief Fred Bowen (1938) sent to ...
Dates: 1921-1980, undated

Indianapolis Typographical Union collection

 Collection
Identifier: L642
Scope and Contents This collection contains minutes, correspondence, membership files, convention records, publications, histories, photographs, and realia created by the Indianapolis Typographical Union, its parent union, subsets and contract partners in Indiana from 1871 to 2013.

There is also a collage poster (OBE025).
Dates: 1871-2013

J. C. Norton papers

 Collection — Folder S1022
Identifier: S1022
Scope and Contents This collection contains copies of four typewritten letters sent to David Burroughs of Geneseo, New York requesting his testimony in a court case involving Russell & Company and J.C. Norton ranging from 1886 to 1887. The letters are from Attorney O.B. Houting of Dayton, Ohio on November 22, 1886, Attorney T.C. McIntosh of Indianapolis, Indiana on November 29, 1886), L.C. Royer of Dayton, Ohio on December 10, 1886 and January 1, 1887. This collection also includes a handwritten letter by...
Dates: 1886-1887

James L. Keach papers

 Collection — Folder S2312
Identifier: S2312
Scope and Contents This collection contains legal documents from 1885 related to a lawsuit filed against James L. Keach in the Marion County (Ind.) Superior Court by Ebenezer Edwards and Frederick H. Guhl of Chicago who were seeking payment for two carloads of potatoes ordered by Keach. Keach had paid $50.00 as a down payment, but when the produce arrived in Indianapolis, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railroad only allowed a partial unloading of one car due to a lack of proper paperwork. By the time...
Dates: 1885-1888

John Harris Baker letter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2646
Scope and Contents This collection contains one photocopy of a letter to Wilber from John Harris Baker dated August 7, 1876. The letter contains information about the case of Abbott v. Frost.

There is also an oversize folder with a mathematics notebook, a portrait, and an indenture regarding land in Fayette County dated 1826 (OB001).
Dates: 1876/08/07; 1826; undated

Joshua Leach collection

 Collection
Identifier: L242
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence to Joshua Leach’s brother James, who was a lawyer in Stamping Ground and New Castle, Kentucky. The correspondence covered politics, business transactions (railroad and land), and family matters. In addition, the collection also includes letters from Leach’s relatives in Weatherford, Texas (1860–1861) and Natchez, Mississippi (1867–1868).The collection contains business papers of the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Junction Railroad Company and...
Dates: 1831-1883

Lynch Corporation collection

 Collection
Identifier: L521
Scope and Contents This collection includes printed legal documents with annotations, such as briefs, judgements, testimony, and exhibits, from the case, United States vs. Hartford-Empire Company et al., to which Lynch Corporation was a party, first brought before the Ohio District Court and then the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., ranging from 1942 to 1945, regarding an antitrust action.
Dates: 1942-1945

Marion County Superior Court collection

 Collection — Folder S1898
Identifier: S1898
Scope and Contents This collection includes documents from the Marion County Circuit Court regarding a number of individuals accused of selling liquor without a license in October 1863 and from the Marion County Superior Court regarding a dispute in 1874 between plaintiffs Henry and John H. Monfort and defendent Charles Dollman for nonpayment of plastering services.
Dates: 1863-1874

Robert H. Wyatt collection

 Collection
Identifier: L484
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, other publications, reports, photographs, clippings, and other papers from Robert H. Wyatt in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1869 to 1972 (bulk 1948-1972) and undated regarding his career in education and work with professional organizations such as the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA), the National Education Association (NEA), and Future Teachers of America. There is also information about teachers' strikes...
Dates: 1869-1972, undated