Vincennes (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Duesterberg Funeral Home photographs
Collection — Folder SP140
Identifier: SP140
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Duesterberg Funeral Home in Vincennes, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to circa 1915 regarding the Duesterberg family, their funeral home, and its hearses.
Dates:
Majority of material found in circa 1860-circa 1915
E. S. Guilbert collection
Collection — Folder S0557
Identifier: S0557
Scope and Contents
In March 1830, Abraham Lincoln journeyed from southern Indiana to Illinois with his parents. When they went through Vincennes, legend has it that Abraham toured the Western Sun and General Advertiser newspaper office, where he saw his first printing press, and talked to Editor Stout. Mr. Guilbert wrote to Roy H. Garrigus, editor of the Vincennes Sun-Commercial to verify this story, which Mr. Garrigus could not do.Abraham often went to Rockport and borrowed books from Judge John...
Dates:
1828-1830
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
E. S. Guilbert collection
Early Indiana photographic slides
Collection — Folder SP038
Identifier: SP038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35mm slides in Indiana circa 1950s regarding people, such as Father Pierre Gibault, Little Turtle, Tecumseh, William Henry Harrison, George Rapp, Robert Owen, Oliver P. Morton, James Whitcomb Riley, and Levi Cotton, and places like Vincennes, Corydon, New Harmony, and Indianapolis, significant to early history of Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1950
"First Day of Issue" 150th Anniversary of Indiana Territory commemorative stamp poster
Collection — Folder OBC209
Identifier: OBC209
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a poster version of the "First Day of Issue" commemorative stamp commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Indiana Territory.
Dates:
1950/07/04
Francis Vigo indentures and bond
Collection — Folder S1341
Identifier: S1341
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a Photostat indenture transferring land from Francis Vigo to John Healy of Menongolia County, Virginia, dated May 12, 1800; a Photostat indenture transferring land from John Healy of Morgantown, Pennsylvania to John Healy of Adams County, Pennsylvania, dated June 21, 1800; a bond signed by Francis Vigo as administrator and John Price Jones as surety, dated 1801; and a typed explanation of the "attached bond" written by Guy Morrison Walker on January 23, 1917.
Dates:
1800-1801, circa 1917
Frank M. Hohenberger photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs and a few clippings and pamphlets from Frank M. Hohenberger in Indiana and Kentucky ranging from 1916 to 1935 and undated regarding landscapes, nature scenes in state parks and other locations, local buildings, houses of important figures, historic sites, and some people.
Dates:
1916-1935, undated
George Rogers Clark Memorial collection
Collection — Folder S2180
Identifier: S2180
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items regarding George Rogers Clark and the George Rogers Clark Memorial located in Vincennes, Indiana, including two copies of the list of contents in the cornerstone of the Memorial Building that was sealed on September 3, 1933; two copies of the pamphlet George Rogers Clark: The Neglected Hero of the American Revolution from 1927; photographs taken by L.B. Read in March 1941 of five of the seven murals in the Memorial; 2...
Dates:
1926-1941, undated
George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission invitation
Collection — Folder S3399
Identifier: S3399
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one invitation from the George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission in Vincennes, Indiana from 1929 to commemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sackville.
Dates:
1929
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park quarter launch ceremony collection
Collection — Folder S0973
Identifier: S0973
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a signed program by designer and illustrator, Frank Morris and color photocopies of photographs from the November 14, 2017 George Rogers Clark National Historical Park quarter launch ceremony in Vincennes, Indiana. The collection also has a three-coin set of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park quarter that includes one uncirculated coin from the United States Mint at Philadelphia, one uncirculated coin from the U.S. Mint at Denver, and one proof coin from...
Dates:
2017/11/14
Grouseland Foundation collection
Collection — Folder S2049
Identifier: S2049
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "Grouseland Foundation Request to Protect History," a spiral bound booklet containing copies of seven letters sent in 2006 to Dr. Richard Helton, President of Vincennes University, in support of the Grouseland Foundation's request to the university that it donate land once known as "Walnut Grove" and was the site of historic meetings between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh. The booklet also includes photocopies of two newspaper...
Dates:
2006-circa 2010
