Veterans -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Carness and Ruth Owen collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3501
Content Description
This collection includes 79 letters from Carness Elmer Owen and Ruth L. Mundy, his future wife, in Indiana ranging from 1920 to 1922 regarding their budding courtship andthe buildup for them to be married. The first 2 folders comprise Mundy's letters to Owen and the third are the replies from Owen to Mundy.
Dates:
1920-1922
Civil War collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1512
Scope and Contents
This collection includes various badges (ribbons) from regimental reunions and veterans organizations' meetings, such as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps (WRC),in Indiana ranging from 1877 to 1921. There is also a postcard to John A. Cottman from William W. Dudley in Richmond, Indiana on June 20, 1873 regarding badges of the "Iron Brigade," which included the 19th Indiana Regiment. "3 bound volumes containing photo-offset copies of original...
Dates:
1873-1921
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Civil War collection
Claude Douglass Funk collection
Collection
Identifier: L271
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, financial documents, reunion programs, reports, a roster, a pamphlet, certificates, and photographs from Charles D. Funk and Ralph W. Wick in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1907 to 1971 and undated, largely regarding the Third Battery Field Artillery, Second Officers' Training Camp from World War I.
There is also two certificates from Ralph W. Wick (1907-1917) and a map of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1918 (OBE016).
There is also two certificates from Ralph W. Wick (1907-1917) and a map of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1918 (OBE016).
Dates:
1909-1971, undated
Conarroe family papers
Collection
Identifier: L182
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, programs, pamphlets, publications, Bible and family history records, obituaries, papers, photographs, two scrapbooks, and a laminated certificate of military service from Joe and Sue Conarroe in Indianapolis, Indiana, Missouri, and the United States, ranging from 1800 to 2007, regarding family life and history, military service, education, and genealogy of the Black family.There are also a May 11, 1949 Indianapolis...
Dates:
1800-2007
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Conarroe family papers
Dan Ewing collection
Collection — Folder S2179
Identifier: S2179
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "71 Years after Enlisting - Still Assisting; Indiana State Library Volunteer on Honor Flight," an article written by Georgean C. Johnson-Coffey about Dan Ewing and printed in the May 17, 2017 edition of the Indiana State Library weekly Wednesday Word e-newsletter. The article relates information about his volunteer work with the Talking Book Repair Program and his participation in the 23rd Honor Flight to Washington,...
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dan Ewing collection
David Henry Harrison Shewmaker collection
Collection — Folder S1175
Identifier: S1175
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a 24-page pamphlet published in 1904 of the address, "What War Has Done" by D.H.H. Shewmaker, that he gave at the eighth annual reunion of the Delaware County Veterans. In his address, Shewmaker discusses the American Civil War and other historic wars that influenced nations and the individuals involved. This collection also includes a one-page handwritten biography of Shewmaker circa 1967.
Dates:
1904-1967
David McCormick, Indiana Department of Conservation permit
Collection — Folder S3178
Identifier: S3178
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one free permit to hunt, fish, and trap without a license issued to David J. McCormick, dated July 21, 1928, by the Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game. This special free permit, "issued only to honorably discharged ex-service men residents of Indiana" was issued to the 79-year-old McCormick as a discharged veteran of the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
1928/07/31
Francis Marion Van Pelt family collection
Collection
Identifier: L168
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Van Pelt family correspondence ranging from 1863 to 1929 and includes letters written by Frank, Madge and their children; letters sent to Frank's mother, Almira Van Pelt Smith, by her children and grandchildren; and letters sent by Madge's relatives in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. Family documents range from 1879 to 1936 and include Frank's promotion and resignation certificates from the Railway Mail Service; "The Bee-Hive" cover pages from College Temple of...
Dates:
1861-1936
Frank L. Hiatt "We Who Served" manuscript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1282
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of Frank L. Hiatt's manuscript, "We Who Served", in print and on a CD-R sound disc. Compiled in 2008, the family military history was created to honor and remember those of Hiatt's extended family who served the United States in all the branches of the military during the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Iraq War, and during peace time. Hiatt's manuscript contains copies of certificates, correspondence, military documents, news articles, personal...
Dates:
2008
General William Harrison Kemper papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0769
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter, a photograph, a scrapbook, clippings, certificates, ephemera, a gallery book, a war diary, military documents, and photocopies of political party election tickets from General William Harrison Kemper in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1854 to 1922, regarding his career as a physician, military service during the U.S. Civil War, Indiana politics, and a variety of interests.Miscellaneous items inlcude a letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes,...
Dates:
1854-1922
