Indiana -- Societies and clubs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
Richard S. Simons, Indianapolis Literary Club address
Collection — Folder S1187
Identifier: S1188
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the thirty page typewritten address, "Who's the Hoosier?" that Richard S. Simons delivered to the Indianapolis Literary Club on November 16, 1953. His address highlighted many men and women who were either native Hoosiers or spent an important period of their lives in Indiana. He stated that Indiana qualified as the "Mother of Vice Presidents" and noted that a large number of Hoosiers have filled presidential cabinet posts, have been prominent congressmen, and have...
Dates:
1953/11/16
Sarah Carmichael Harrell collection
Collection
Identifier: L398
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings and scrapbooks from Sarah Carmichael Harrell in Indiana ranging from 1825 to 1927 regarding the Columbian Exposition (or otherwise known as the Chicago World's Fair), Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana history, poetry and stories.
There is also a World's Columbian Exposition Commission appointment certificate and letter to Sarah Carmichael Harrell dated March 18, 1891 (OBC147).
There is also a World's Columbian Exposition Commission appointment certificate and letter to Sarah Carmichael Harrell dated March 18, 1891 (OBC147).
Dates:
1825-1927
Scotus Gaul Picti collection
Collection
Identifier: L214
Scope and Contents
This collection includes organizational documents, memorabilia, programs, financial documents, newspaper clippings and program information from Scotus Gaul Picti (SGP) in Brookville, Indiana, ranging from 1891 to 1908, regarding the organization's founding, goals, activities and history. There is also a list of members for the F. and A. M. Harmony Lodge No. 11 of Brookville in a notebook with a list of SGP members and an article of agreement regarding Oshawnee Tribe No. 220 of the Improved...
Dates:
1892-1899
Sons of Liberty newspaper clipping
Collection — Folder S1618
Identifier: S1618
Scope and Contents
This collection comrpises one newspaper sheet, printed on both sides, of the Indianapolis Daily Journal on August 2, 1864 regarding the exposure of the Sons of Liberty as an anti-Lincoln group of men in the Midwest. The report identifies the society's leadership, goals, rituals, and passwords.
Dates:
1864
Spencer County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1694
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the following items related to Spencer County, Indiana: a two-page handwritten transcription by Caroline E. Pfeifer in circa 1930 of the November 20, 1884, February 5, 1885, and February 13, 1885 minutes from the Bluff City Rebekah Lodge no. 239; a clipping of "An Old Letter," an article published in The Monitor (Grandview, Ind.) on May 21, 1931 that reprinted an August 5, 1822 letter from John Morgan of Rockport to his wife,...
Dates:
1834-1943
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Spencer County collection
Switzerland County collection
Collection — Folder S1697
Identifier: S1697
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the constitution of the Switzerland County Agricultural Society dated January 29, 1866 and signed by the organization's secretary Thomas H. Downey and a program for the May 11, 1933 commencement exercises from the common school graduates of Pleasant and Craig Townships.
Dates:
1866-1933
Thais Heinzerling letter
Collection — Folder S627
Identifier: S0627
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter from Thais Heinzerling to the Indiana State Library in 1972. The letter describes the 1970 founding of the Garrett Historical Society of Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana and it includes a handwritten note that mentions publicity for the organization.
Dates:
1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thais Heinzerling letter
The Indiana Weavers Guild collection
Collection
Identifier: L569
Scope and Contents
The collection contains mainly newsletters and correspondence from the Indiana Weavers Guild ranging from 1943 to 1992. Within the newsletters are instructions on how to create weaving patterns and designs. The newsletters also include weaving samples from members with information on how they were created. Also included are account ledgers, membership rolls, yearbooks, a History of the Guild (1943-1983), newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, woven ribbon and bookmarks, the President’s sash, meeting...
Dates:
1943-1992
The Service Club of Indianapolis newsletters
Collection
Identifier: L215
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the weekly newsletter, The Grenade, from The Service Club of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1953 to 1968, regarding club business and members.
Dates:
1953-1968
Turnfest photographs
Collection — Folder SP146
Identifier: SP146
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs of teams of athletes performing at Turnfest hosted by the North American Gymnastics Association and local turnverein in Indianapolis, Indiana in June 1905.
Dates:
1905 June
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Turnfest photographs
