Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Sanford Foster collection
Collection — Folder S3337
Identifier: S3337
Scope and Contents
This collection includes items pertaining to Robert Sanford Foster, including a 3-page, typed biography by Nikki Schofield for the Sons of Union Veterans program at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana on May 27, 2013; a copy of a photograph of Foster in his Union uniform; a plot map of section 15, lot 11 of Crown Hill Cemetery showing the place of internment for the Foster family; two lot internment orders for Clarence M. Foster (1930) and Mary Roberts Foster (1934); and copies of two...
Dates:
1973-2013
Sara Ellis biography
Collection — Folder S1800
Identifier: S1800
Scope and Contents
The main item in this collection is a three-page biography of Sara Catherine Deborah Ellis, the postmistress of Loco, Indiana. The first part of this biography was written by Sara’s sister, Martha Ellis Hopkins; and the second part was written by her nephew, Ellis A. Hopkins. Also included are two envelopes sent by J.B. Ellis.
Dates:
1896-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sara Ellis biography
Schellschmidt family biographies
Collection — Folder S1911
Identifier: S1911
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three biographies, one of Adolph Schellschmidt, one of Berta Schellschmidt, and one of Emma Schellschmidt. Adolph's biography was cut from an unidentified publication and is dated July 10, 1897; Bertha's and Emma's biographies have both been written in pencil on two pieces of note paper (one sheet to each subject). The two remaining items in the collection are a list of names, places, and amounts, possibly for musical engagements of Adolph Schellschmidt,...
Dates:
circa 1897
Silas H. Farry biographical sketch
Collection — Folder S2316
Identifier: S2316
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a six-page handwritten biographical sketch of Silas H. Farry. Transcribed by an unknown author from Combination Atlas Map of Fulton County, Indiana by A. L. Kingman, published 1883 (pp. 48-49). The biography includes information about Farry's parents, his wive's parents, and his children. The sketch was written on sheets of paper with the letterhead for Archie F. Young, painter and decorator of Chicago, Illinois from the 1910s. Archibald...
Dates:
1883-circa 1910
Sluyter-Dibra family collection
Collection
Identifier: L554
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, public record documents, photographs, biographical notes, and other family documents regarding the Sluyter-Dibra family of White County, Indiana ranging from 1839 to 2007. The bulk of the clippings, public records, and documents are photocopies and a large number of the photographs are unidentified. Some items of note include publicity photographs, vaudeville artist cards, and manager instructions for "Mighty" Cameron Bennett's escape...
Dates:
1839-2007
Stephen S. Harding biographical clippings
Collection — Folder S0587
Identifier: S0587
Scope and Contents
This collection includes clippings from Kate Milner Rabb's column from 1928 regarding Stephen S. Harding's letters from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1928
Susan Wallace collection
Collection — Folder S1352
Identifier: S1352
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, both photocopies as well as 4 original letters from Susan Wallace ranging from 1861 to 1892, regarding the U.S. Civil War, family life, her husband's writing career, and politics. There are also a hand-written biography of Susan E. Wallace, beginning with her birth in 1830, and continuing through 1874 and two newspaper clippings, one from The Inter Ocean (undated) and one labeled Triple...
Dates:
1861-1892
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Susan Wallace collection
Theodore Stempfel collection
Collection — Folder S1246
Identifier: S1246
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a 42-page manuscript written by Theodore Stempfel circa 1935 regarding the two German sculptors, Karl Bitter and Rudolf Schwarz, the creators of the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, Indiana, whom he knew personally. Eberhard Reichmann edited this manuscript for publication in 2002 for publication on the 100th anniversary of the monument's dedication.
Dates:
circa 1935
W. H. H. Terrell, "Governor Oliver P. Morton" essays
Collection — Folder S1913
Identifier: S1913
Scope and Contents
This collection includes handwritten drafts of essays by William H. H. Terrell regarding Governor Oliver P. Morton. Written in pencil and ink (circa 1870s), the topics covered include difficulties with a man named Watson (most likely Peter H. Watson) at the War Department who wouldn't give Terrell an audience and resulting in Governor Morton having to leave his meeting with President Lincoln to resolve the matter; Governor Morton's proposal to Lincoln to raise a force of men to open the...
Dates:
circa 1870s
W. Otto Miessner collection
Collection — Folder S948
Identifier: S0948
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a one page typed biography of W. Otto Miessner.
Dates:
undated
