Congresses and conventions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Alanson William Snyder collection
Collection — Folder S2981
Identifier: S2981
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the five letters, poetry, ribbons, ephemera, and a war diary from Alanson William Snyder in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1914, regarding Snyder's service in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, reunions for the 99th Indiana Regiment, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers conventions.
Dates:
1863-1914
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
Clara Barton and Julian B. Hubbell letters
Collection — Folder S0074
Identifier: S0074
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of an October 1, 1887 letter written to R.D.O. Smith in Washington D.C. by Julian B. Hubbell in which he describes his and Clara Barton's experiences at the 4th International Conference of the Red Cross Society in Carlsruhe, Germany. Also included are photocopies of an April 23, 1888 letter sent to Smith by Hubbell with an added paragraph by Clara and a separate letter she wrote to "Gussie" regarding the purchase of a house.
Dates:
1887-1888
Claypool Hotel records
Collection
Identifier: L325
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of the records of W. Bryan Karr, general manager, and his staff at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1943 to 1967, regarding the hotel, its business, operations, and renovations, as well as Karr's involvement in civic events and organizations in the city, as well as professional organizations and the National Hotel Company of Galveston, Texas, which owned the Claypool. Karr’s correspondence with the National Hotel Company staff concerns...
Dates:
1943-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Claypool Hotel records
Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Past Indiana Presidents Auxiliary collection
Collection
Identifier: L605
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four scrapbooks containing photographs, clippings, certificates, correspondence, ephemera, programs, newsletters, and other papers from the Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Past Presidents' Indiana State Council in Indiana ranging from 1943 to 1994, regarding ESA's past presidents, members, annual conventions, events, and activities.
Dates:
1943-1994
Fannie Gardner papers
Collection — Folder S2249
Identifier: S2249
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence sent to Miss Fannie Gardner, including an October 1892 letter from The Embalmer publication regarding women embalmers, several letters she received in 1896 regarding her election as president of the Indiana State Funeral Directors' Association, a February 9, 1898 letter from George Wagoner of St. Louis asking about her experience using "Uptimum Embalming Fluid," and a September 28, 1898 letter from the United...
Dates:
1892-1948
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fannie Gardner papers
Grand Army of the Republic state encampment, Anderson, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L037
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises account records, invitations, resolutions, meeting minutes, clippings, correspondence, ribbons, ephemera, and a scrapbook concerning the planning and hosting of the Grand Army of the Republic state encampment at Anderson, Indiana, ranging from 1902 to 1904. There is also a letter regarding the 1904 encampment.
Dates:
1902-1904
Indiana Department of Public Welfare collection
Collection
Identifier: L196
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, reports, essays, organizational histories, newsletters, and constitutions from Indiana Department of Public Welfare, and its predecessor, the Indiana Board of States Charities, ranging from 1847 to 1964 regarding charity work, welfare topics, vulnerable groups, and institutions in the state.
Dates:
1847-1964
Indiana Federation of Clubs collection
Collection
Identifier: L638
Scope and Contents
The collection includes records of the Indiana Federation of Clubs (IFC) ranging from 1889 to 2004. including trustee and executive committee minutes, convention programs and minutes, yearbooks, copies of the publication, Indiana Clubwoman, programs of the study and work of the IFC, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and histories of the club and districts. Some of the materials come directly from the...
Dates:
1889-2004
Indiana Society for Mental Hygiene collection
Collection
Identifier: L205
Scope and Contents
The collection include correspondence, clippings, lists, constitution, newsletters, press releases, programs, and other records from the Indiana Society for Mental Hygiene, ranging from 1916 to 1956, regarding the organization, its activities, and its annual conferences. The correspondence concerns communications from the society's secretaries regarding annual meetings and the re-organization of the society in 1940 (1916–1941), as well as with the Indiana Federation of Clubs and the Indiana...
Dates:
1916-1959
