LaPorte (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred R. Winter letters
Collection — Folder S2335
Identifier: S2335
Scope and Contents
The collection includes three letters, dated March 2, 1839, May 16, 1845, and August 3, 1848, from A.R. Winter of Lake County, Indiana addressed to his father and other family members in Belchertown, Massachusetts. The letters chronicle Winter’s family life near Laporte, with his wife, Cornelia, and children.
Dates:
1839-1848
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alfred R. Winter letters
Almon Brown Strowger collection
Collection — Folder S1268
Identifier: S1268
Scope and Contents
There are two items in this collection. The first item is a photo of the gravestone of Almon B. Strowger in Greenwood Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Florida. The information below the picture was typed by W. H. Adkins, 3118 East 102 Street, Cleveland, Ohio. He wrote: "Under this stone of the unkept grave lies the dust of what was mortal of Almon B. Strowger; who died May 26th 1902. Friends say he died with a broken heart; for 1898 he sold his dream of 1887 to Leon Bailey for ten thousand dollars and...
Dates:
1902-1939
Lowell Nussbaum postcard photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P002
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic prints and negatives of postcards from Lowell Nussbaum in Indiana ranging from circa 1910 to 1930s regarding Indianapolis buildings, street scenes and surrounding Indiana cities.
Dates:
circa 1910-1930s
Paper currency collection
Collection
Identifier: L393
Scope and Contents
This collection contains fractional currency, interest bearing notes, and other forms of paper currency of various denominations, ranging from 1807 to 1863). The bulk of the collection contains state bank notes, both circulated and uncirculated, from Indiana during the "Free Banking Era" (1837-1863). The collection also includes bank notes from Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (1835-1863); United States issued currency (1830-1863); a certificate of deposit...
Dates:
1807-1949, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paper currency collection
Potawatomi Indians collection
Collection — Folder S1561
Identifier: S1561
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostatic copies of letters, land registers and other documents from Indian agents in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions and three commissioners of Indian Affairs, Carey A Harris (1836-1838) and Thomas Hartley Crawford (1838-1845) and Luke Lea (1850-1853) of the Office of Indian Affairs in Indiana, Washington, D.C., and other places in the Midwest ranging from 1835 to 1852. The documents concern the situation and locations of the Potawatomi people and their lands in...
Dates:
1835-1852
Soldiers Relief Society records book
Collection — Folder S2406
Identifier: S2406
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a bound volume containing the records of the Soldiers Relief Society of La Porte County, Indiana ranging from 1861 to 1865. The book was created circa 1894 by Arthur W. Cochran from a 1869 copy made by his mother, H.V. (Andrew) Cochran, a member and assistant to the secretary of the society. The book contains the organization's constitution and an article about the society written for publication by the secretary. During the U.S. Civil War, the society sent a total of...
Dates:
circa 1894
