Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Musicians research collection
Collection — Folder S1629
Identifier: S1629
Scope and Contents
The letters were written in response to a request for information from Indiana composers. The original request letter is not included, but, based on the answers, must have asked for biographical information, where that person studied music, professional music work, and awards in competitions. Some of the responses include lists of the songs they composed and their publishers. Most of these Hoosier musicians lived in other states. Among the songs listed are cello solos, piano arrangements,...
Dates:
1934-1936
Myron R. Bone collection
Collection — Folder S2488
Identifier: S2488
Scope and Contents
The collection includes three pages from a Purdue University alumni newsletter from Indiana in 1918 regarding interesting accomplishments from alumni. There is also a note from 1974 about Myron R. Bone's life and his family's whereabouts.
Dates:
1918, 1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myron R. Bone collection
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church collection
Collection — Folder S2280
Identifier: S2280
Scope and Contents
This collection contains “A History of the North Indiana Conference, Formerly ‘The Wabash Conference’”, written and submitted by conference secretary Alex H. Widney of Rensselaer, Indiana in 1868. The handwritten history was compiled by Widney from “Authentic Papers” and includes a geographical sketch of the North Indiana Conference, historical sketches of the conference sessions from September 1846 to August 1867, a biography of Rev. Samuel W. Widney, a biography of Rev. Thomas Wheat, and an...
Dates:
1857- circa 1918, undated
Paul Hunt Keyes papers
Collection — Folder S0774
Identifier: S0774
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a carbon typescript copy of Dr. Paul Hunt Keyes' notes regarding Indiana men of science, circa 1933. Using information gleamed from multiple sources that included American Men of Science, Encyclopedia of Biography of Indiana (George Irving Reed, ed.),The National Cyclopedia American Biography, Indiana and Indianans (Jacob Piatt Dunn), and...
Dates:
circa 1933
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul Hunt Keyes papers
Peddle family collection
Collection — Folder S1048
Identifier: S1048
Scope and Contents
The collection includes comprises an unbound volume titled, "Letters of the Peddle Family: Civil War Period," which contains transcribed letters from members of the Peddle family, ranging from 1834 to 1901. The volume includes genealogical charts, background information, and a foreword by the compiler, Juliet Peddle, in Terre Haute, Indiana on February 1, 1947. The letters were found in a trunk belonging to Sarah Peddle Burton (1852-1939). There are also two photographic prints of collages of...
Dates:
1834-1901, 1947
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Peddle family collection
Pleas E. Greenlee papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2388
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten copies of the following speeches given by Pleas E. Greenlee: a July 11, 1934 address before the Democratic candidates for state legislature in Indianapolis; a circa 1935 speech given in Lake County, Indiana; a May 25, 1946 address to the Democratic Editorial Association at their spring meeting; and a February 28, 1948 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner address given at the Murat Temple in Indianapolis. The collection also includes a typewritten copy of...
Dates:
1934-1948
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pleas E. Greenlee papers
Reverend James Miller biography
Collection — Folder S0956
Identifier: S0956
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a 1968 ten page typewritten biography of James Miller of Boone County, Indiana. The biography describes Miller's experiences serving in the Philippines from 1899 to 1901with Company B, 34th Regiment Volunteer Infantry during the Philippine-American War. This military conflict occured following the Spanish-American War of 1898 and its resulting Treaty of Paris that transferred Philippine control from Spain to the United States.
Dates:
1968
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert H. Wyatt collection
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
