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Tornadoes -- Indiana

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Edward D. Pierre collection

 Collection
Identifier: L611
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, clippings and other ephemera; architectural drawings and blueprints; photographs and photograph albums; scrapbooks and illustration boards from Edward D. Pierre and his architectural firms, Pierre and Wright and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1925 to 1962. The materials cover a surfeit of topics such as Pierre's architectural projects and contests, including the Indiana State Library and Historical...
Dates: circa 1925-1962

Indianapolis, Indiana tornado damage panoramic photograph

 Collection — Folder OBF015
Identifier: OBF015
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a black-and-white panormaic photograph taken by Starkey and Brown in Indianapolis, Indiana, showing several damaged and destroyed houses after a tornado that swept through the area on May 18, 1927. The photograph was most likely taken the day after the storm, which occurred at night. There are several people standing among the wreckage, including a few police officers.
Dates: 1927/05/18

Ruth Wade Mood collection

 Collection — Folder S0976
Identifier: S0976
Scope and Contents This collection contains an October 27, 1926 handwritten letter sent by Ruth Wade Mood to Dr. Sidney C. Hoffman of Indianapolis, Indiana and written on her husband's business letterhead for Motion Picture Outfits for School, Church and Farm Bureau. The letter was sent along with an August 1, 1913 promissory note signed by Hoffman who agreed to pay Virgil Mood $25.00 by August 1, 1915. Mood's letter asks if the note "slipped" his memory and that they had "lost so much in the tornado." This...
Dates: 1913-1926

Salter and Judd tornado damage stereograph cards

 Collection — Folder SP092
Identifier: SP092
Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 stereograph cards from photographers Salter and Judd in Indianapolis, Indiana during circa 1873-1875 regarding tornado damage in an unknown location.
Dates: circa 1873-1875

Walker family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L369
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, various documents, photographs, and memorabilia from the Walker family of New Albany, Indiana. The collection contains Francis Walker's Clermont (Ohio) Academy writings; his and his wife Mary's family correspondence (1851-1913); his correspondence from other Methodist ministers and DePauw University officials (1860s-1910); his and Mary's writings (1848-1901); and some letters and documents of his father, James Walker (1820-1837). The bulk of...
Dates: 1820-1988, undated