Businesspeople -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
James H. Luther collection
Collection
Identifier: L094
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily contains Luther family correspondence, including Civil War letters from James H. Luther's three sons while in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Tennessee. Also included are letters from Luther's children working in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, and California, as well as letters written to James’ wife while attempting to establish a business in San Francisco, California (1869–1870). Additional correspondence includes letters from John E. Luther to...
Dates:
1861-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James H. Luther collection
James Sheil account books
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2511
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises copies of account books kept by James Sheil for his general store in Sheilville (later named Buena Vista, then Atlanta), Hamilton County, Indiana ranging from 1855 to 1872, with notations about dry goods and grocery purchases, land transactions, rent collections, and estate settlements, including those of William Roads, John Murray, and John S. Wolff.
Dates:
1855-1872
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Sheil account books
John Kline Burgess collection
Collection
Identifier: L022
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of legal documents and letters between a drilling company’s partners and the land lessor. Also included is correspondence with E. G. Cottingham concerning the drilling progress and receipts from drilling company suppliers.
Dates:
1920-1924
Jonas B. Berkey collection
Collection — Folder S0110
Identifier: S0110
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 21 photocopies of materials from Salem, Indianan. Included are papers dealing with Morgan's Raid, stock shares in various Salem businesses and schools, and receipts. Also included is a 9-page copy of coffin accounts, 1873-1880, of Washington County, Indiana, listing coffin sales to individuals.
Dates:
1852-1880
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jonas B. Berkey collection
Joseph Beeler collection
Collection
Identifier: L014
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family letters of the Beeler family ranging from 1823 to 1850. The letters relate to family activities, description of Illinois legislature, and general correspondence. The collection also contains two letters from a World War I soldier. Also included in the collection are several volumes: diaries of George M. Beeler (Joseph's son), Joseph Beeler's account book (1836–1849), Fielding Beeler's account books (1847–1879), records of the Northport and Mars Hill Gravel Road...
Dates:
1778-1890s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Beeler collection
Lazarus Noble collection
Collection
Identifier: L117
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Lazarus Noble’s business correspondence and papers from 1860 to 1868, when Noble lived in Indianapolis. Included are correspondence relating to the Indianapolis Copper Mining Company for which Noble was an investor. Also included are letters regarding business interests in Vincennes, requests for assistance in obtaining state and federal appoints, a 1865 family vacation to Montreal (Canada), and Civil War related letters.
Dates:
1860-1869
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lazarus Noble collection
Lucille Lipps Gaynor papers
Collection
Identifier: L206
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Lucille Lipps Gaynor and various people in Indiana and elsewhere; Gaynor's school papers and textbooks; religious memorabilia; family papers, a metal Indiana license plate from the Sesquicentennial in 1966; and advertisements from various Indianapolis businesses ranging from 1884 to 1979 regarding family matters, school life and work, life during various wars, Indiana and Indianapolis business advertising, religious art and organization life.
Dates:
1884-1979, undated
Miscellaneous oversize portrait prints
Collection — Folder OB116
Identifier: OB116
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises 6 prints of portraits of individuals from the United States. The original artwork was created between circa 1830 to 1934, while the prints were created later. Identified subjects in the portraits are as follows: composer Stephen Collins Foster (2 different paintings), Dr. Mary Angela Spink, architect Ithiel Town, entrepreneur Hugh J. McGowen, Abraham Lincoln, Robert K. Kyle (by artist Alexander Rosenfeld), and Lew Wallace.
Dates:
circa 1830-1934, undated
Robert Beaty ledgers
Collection
Identifier: L182
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two autographed transaction ledgers from Robert Beaty in Greene County, Indiana ranging from 1816 to 1817, regarding financial transactions and lists of weights and measures.
Dates:
circa 1816-1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert Beaty ledgers
Romena O. Elder collection
Collection
Identifier: L050
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of account books and financial records of the Indianapolis jewelry store she owned and the Greenwood property managed by Romena Elder. The collection also contains personal papers and family accounts. Included are papers and accounts of Alexander M. Hannah (1821–1895), a farmer who resided in Marion County, and letters of Ingram Fletcher regarding land speculation in the Orlando, Florida area (1884–1888).
Dates:
1857-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Romena O. Elder collection
