Cities and towns

Model Cities Program, Indianapolis, Indiana and Des Moines, Iowa financial records

Collection — Folder S2874

Identifier: S2874

Scope and Contents The collection consists of financial records from the citizens’ councils of regions 4 and 5 of Model Cities Program in Des Moines, Iowa and Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1969 to 1974, largely regarding expenditures for training activities.

Dates: 1969-1974

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Model Cities Program, Indianapolis, Indiana and Des Moines, Iowa financial 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 / Oscar Schmidt manuscript

Paris, Indiana history

Collection — Folder S2435

Identifier: S2435

Scope and Contents This collection contains a Golden Rod paper notebook 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 / 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

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Public Service Company of Indiana broadsides

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

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Richmond, Indiana collection

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

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Ripley County, Indiana collection

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

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Speedway, Indiana history collection

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