Cities and towns
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Collection — Folder S1141
Identifier: S1141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed manuscript, with handwritten edits, entitled "Echoes" by Oscar Schmidt in Spencer, Indiana regarding a story about narrator Dick Wheeler, who along with several friends, visits the estate home of Mrs. Ellen Gilbert in southern Indiana, presumably in New Harmony. The story provides a detailed narrative of the immigration of George Rapp and his followers from Germany to western Pennsylvania in 1803, and their move to Harmony, Indiana in 1814.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Paris, Indiana history
Collection — Folder S2435
Identifier: S2435
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a Golden Rod paper tablet used by Elmer Wilson of Deputy, Indiana to record "many historical facts" about Paris, Indiana that were presented at the September 11, 1926 meeting of the Jennings County Historical Society held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Paris.
Dates:
1926/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paris, Indiana history
Public Service Company of Indiana broadsides
Collection
Identifier: B091
Scope and Contents
This collection includes broadsides (series 85, 87-98, 100, 109) from Public Service Company of Indiana in Plainfield, Indiana ranging from 1955 to 1956 and undated, regarding the company's activities and sights and scenes of interest around Indiana.
Dates:
1955-1956, undated
Richmond, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S3108
Identifier: S3108
Scope and Contents
The collection is an assortment of documents dated from 1888 and 1962 to 1967, relating to Richmond, Indiana community and cultural organizations. Organizations represented include the Richmond Civic Theatre, the Art Association of Richmond, Richmond Parks Club, the Tax Research Bureau of the Richmond Board of Realtors, Jaycees of Richmond, Old Settlers, American Friends Service Committee, Hayes Regional Arboretum, Society for the Preservation and Use of Resources, and Richmond's Committee of...
Dates:
1888, 1962-1967
Ripley County, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed transcripts of original diaries, correspondence, newspaper articles, poems, and other papers concerning Ripley County, Indiana ranging from 1822 to 1937, as well as articles and histories about specific aspects of the county's history, including churches, towns, schools, organizations, events, families, and the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1937
Speedway, Indiana history collection
Collection — Folder S1602
Identifier: S1602
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a copy of the Marion County Commissioners meeting minutes in Indiana on July 14, 1926 regarding the incorporation of the town of Speedway, Indiana and including a survey of Speedway, a census of the heads of families living there, and copies of the petition and notice text presented to the commissioners.
Dates:
1926/07/14
