Indiana -- Societies and clubs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
Otis R. Bowen photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P004
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and film negatives from Otis R. Bowen in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1945 to 1980, mainly regarding his time as governor of Indiana. The images depict him fulfilling his executive duties, including swearing in ceremonies for judicial and political appointees, the presentation of awards and proclamations, bill signings, and dedications of highways, buildings, and institutions. Other photographs show award ceremonies, Republican Party functions, and...
Dates:
1945-1980
Paul V. McNutt for President in 1940 Club records
Collection
Identifier: L293
Scope and Contents
This collection includes meeting minutes, officers' correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and membership information from the Paul V. McNutt for President in 1940 Club ranging from 1933 to 1937.
Dates:
1933-1937
Philomathean Society of the Blue River Academy records
Collection — Folder S1608
Identifier: S1608
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of handwritten minutes of the Philomathean Society of the Blue River Academy in Salem, Indiana ranging from January 1, 1865 to May 23, 1867, regarding the literary club's founding and its operations as well as the organization's constitution.
Dates:
1865-1867
Poets' Corner history
Collection — Folder S2899
Identifier: S2899
Scope and Contents
The collection includes an extensive compilation of materials concerning the development and history of Indiana’s Poets’ Corner, Inc., including two copies of the "History of the Poets' Corner", by Clifford Hays (8 pages each); and 25 additional Poets Corner items (all copies), including the Poets' Corner agreement; constitution; appraisal; Law of Poets’ Corner; and miscellaneous notes, correspondence, and membership lists.
Dates:
circa 1943-1961
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Poets' Corner history
Poplar Ridge Horse Thief and Detective Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L213
Scope and Contents
The collection contains record and minute books, a certificate of appointment (1906), a ribbon from a National Horse Thief Detective Association conference, lists, and ephemera from the Poplar Ridge Horse Thief and Detective Company in Hamilton County, Indiana ranging from 1875 to 1925, regarding the organization and its activities.
Dates:
1875-1925
Porcelain Art School of Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L440
Scope and Contents
This collection includes legal documents, bylaws, correspondence; meeting minutes, financial reports, newspaper and magazine articles, flyers, registration information, recipes for firing painting on porcelain china, and photographs from the Porcelain Art School, the Indiana China Painting School, and the Indiana Art School in Indiana, ranging from 1989 to 2005, regarding organizational business and painting on porcelain china.
Dates:
1991-2005
Porter-Griffin family papers
Collection
Identifier: L535
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises correspondence, papers, accounts, school and organizational papers, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, broadsides, ephemera, and business records from the Porter and Griffin families, as well as their business enterprises, in Corydon, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1813 to 1983, regarding their lives and businesses, as well as related family and friends, and the history of Harrison County and Indiana. The collection is organized in eight...
Dates:
1813-1983
Program collection
Collection
Identifier: L658
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs from throughout Indiana ranging from 1836 to 2017 and undated regarding the following subjects:Series 1: Music- Includes programs related to concerts, recitals, and music schools.Series 2: Religion- Includes programs related to religious services, conferences, and events.Series 3: Art- Includes programs related to galleries and exhibits, art schools, antiques, and architecture.Series 4: Dance- Includes programs...
Dates:
1836-2017, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Program collection
Republican Victory League of Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S1616
Identifier: S1616
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises an undated letter to Mr. Ward is signed by William G. Irwin, president of the Republican Victory League of Indiana regarding the organization's refusal to support any particular political candidate or group and its mission to oppose "the Roosevelt-New-Deal institutions."
Dates:
circa 1930s
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
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