Brown County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana nature scenes lantern slides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P021
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides from the Indiana Historical Commission in Indiana anging from circa 1916 regarding landscapes and nature scenes including state parks, caves, and lakes.
Dates:
circa 1916
Indiana state parks photograph album pages
Collection — Folder SP167
Identifier: SP167
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two pages with 6 black-and-white photographs from three Indiana state parks--Brown County State Park in Nashville, Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, and Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell--during the mid-20th century.
Dates:
circa 1930-circa 1950
Mary H. Vawter letter
Collection — Folder S2320
Identifier: S2320
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a one-page handwritten letter sent by Mary H. Vawter of Nashville, Brown County, Indiana to Miss Mary E. Schell of the Indiana State Library. Dated June 1947 and sent with two copies of her "little book of poems," the letter mentioned that visitors were welcome and included directions on how to find her home.
Dates:
1947/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary H. Vawter letter
Mrs. Paul Seehausen collection
Collection — Folder S1163
Identifier: S1163
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typed copies of two items, 23 pages total. The first item includes two letters written by Benjamin Franklin Sibert, Company A, Ninety-third Indiana Regiment, to his mother, Rebecca Sibert, in July of 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg. The letters, consisting of 11 pages, indicated that Sibert was stationed at Camp Bear Creek, fifteen miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The letters mention Generals Sherman and Joe Sherman, as well as his comrades John M....
Dates:
1863, 1891
Safe deposit boxes collection
Collection
Identifier: L291
Scope and Contents
This collection includes insurance policies, typed and signed personal correspondence, receipts, birth and baptism certificates, marriage certificates, photographs, diaries, Confederate States of America currency, other personal and legal documents and titles and land deeds from various individuals in Indiana ranging from 1849 to 1967.Notably, it contains a series of correspondences from William and Lucille Marlow, love letters and detailing their travels in 1935.The...
Dates:
1849-1967
Selma Neubacher Steele collection
Collection
Identifier: L148
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Selma Neubacher Steele's correspondence from the period 1926-1940, including correspondence regarding T.C. Steele’s paintings and exhibitions of his work; her shawl collection; her maintenance of the Brown County, Indiana property; her activities in the Indiana Federation of Art Clubs and other organizations; and family, personal, and social affairs.Correspondents include Alfred M. Brooks, William Lowe Bryan, Mary Q. Burnet, Frank Hohenberger,...
Dates:
1906-1940
William R. Overlease collection on Indiana State Parks
Collection
Identifier: L243
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials compiled by naturalist, William R. Overlease, regarding Spring Mill State Park, Brown County State Park, McCormick’s Creek State Park, and Turkey Run State Park. The collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, reports, notes, postcards, and some photographs ranging from Materials are grouped by park.There is also an oversize collection containing a Spring Mill Village State Park planting plan, dated May 1932 and a Bloomington,...
Dates:
1914-1977
