Wabash County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Van Arsdale autobiography
Collection — Folder S1335
Identifier: S1335
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a biographical sketch from Peter Van Arsdale ranging from 1787-1857. Peter Van Arsdale wrote an autobiography of his life in order to provide for his family. He wrote about his early life with his father's death, working as a blacksmith until he was twenty-one, getting married and having children, as well as trying to find ways to provide a house and money in order to take care of his family.
Dates:
1787-1857
Robert N. Printy collection
Collection — Folder S2431
Identifier: S2431
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items collected by Robert "Bob" Printy related to the Lagro, Indiana public schools, including a program from the May 1896 high school commencement, an invitation for the 1913 high school commencement, a circa 1935 booklet listing the graduates of the high school from 1883 to 1935, and a copy of First Annual Catalogue, Public Schools of Lagro, Indiana, 1885-86. The catalogue includes a prospectus for 1886-1887 and lists...
Dates:
1885-1975
Wabash Carnegie Public Library oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH033
Scope and Contents
This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with 45 individuals, conducted by George Dingledy for the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Project ranging from 1971 to 1986, regarding their lives and the history of Wabash, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Dates:
1971-1986
Wabash County - Civil War history
Collection — Folder S2697
Identifier: S2697
Scope and Contents
This hand-written history is divided into three envelopes. The first envelope has information beginning on April 15, 1861 and continuing through February 1865. There are lists of the dead, as follows: 8th Regiment, Company F – pages 13 and 14Company I – pages 14 and 1517th Infantry – half of page 1646th Infantry – page 1747th Infantry, Company B – pages 23-25Company D – pages 25-27The second envelope begins...
Dates:
1861-1865
Wabash County collection
Collection — Folder S1704
Identifier: S1704
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items related to Wabash County, Indiana, including two copies of a reprint of the twenty-fifth in a series of old time stories that appeared in the September 17, 1925 North Manchester News-Journal; a "wooden nickel" certificate created to commemorate the July 1935 Wabash County centennial; a copy of "Hopewell in Wabash County: Birthplace of Gene Stratton-Porter," a small, undated souvenir booklet containing...
Dates:
1925-1935, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wabash County collection
Wabash County Historical Society newsletter
Collection — Folder S1979
Identifier: S2128
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one item from Ronald Woodward in Wabash County from 1979 regarding Wabash County Historical Society, including an autobiography of Nathan Macy, article on Captain J.H. Fountian, and diary portions of Newton Fowler.
Dates:
1979
Wabash County, Soldiers Memorial collection
Collection — Folder S2019
Identifier: S2019
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a fabric ribbon from Memorial to Soldiers in Wabash County, Indiana on 1899/11/02 regarding dedication.
Dates:
1899/11/02