Steuben County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Edward H. Shoop papers
Collection — Folder S3104
Identifier: S3104
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two documents, both dated November 17, 1922. The first, written in ink, is the last will and testament of Edward H. Shoop of Steuben County, Indiana, in which he bequeaths to his wife Della, to Gilbert and to [Kedirly?], after a settlement of Edward's person debts, his rights and interests in real estate and a store building in Sabettia, Kansas -- those interests being an undivided third -- and all monies in the Angola Bank Trust Company in Indiana and the First Bank...
Dates:
1922/11/17
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward H. Shoop papers
Harry Willis Miller autobiography
Collection — Folder S1900
Identifier: S1900
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a handwritten autobiography written by Harry Willis Miller in 1936. At the time of the donation, the original copy was housed at the Area Research Center, River Falls, Wisconsin.
Dates:
1936
Helen S. Bates collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0077
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence of the Hammond family of Fort Wayne (Allen County), Indiana and Swan (Noble County), Indiana (1841-1867), correspondence and other papers regarding the Orr family in DeKalb and Steuben Counties, Indiana (1869-1904) and two issues of the Ashley-Hudson Times, Indiana newspaper (1916, 1932).Helen [S] Bates wrote 2 letters in 1967 to Mrs. Hopper regarding old papers and letters which she was reviewing for a friend.There are letters...
Dates:
1841-1932
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen S. Bates collection
Indiana nature photographic slides
Collection — Folder SP039
Identifier: SP039
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35mm slides of nature scenes in Indiana circa 1950s, including rivers, waterfalls, caves, and state parks. These slides are dupllicates of the collection Indiana nature scenes lantern slides (P021).
Dates:
circa 1950
Major D. Northrup letter
Collection — Folder S2375
Identifier: S2375
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a February 10, 1848 letter written by Major D. Northrup of Galway, Saratoga County, New York and sent to the county clerk of Steuben County, Indiana. Northrup was inquiring into land he had purchased in the county and whether the taxes had been paid. Northrup had been sending money to a Mr. Chauncy to pay the taxes, but he had not received any receipts or notifications that they were paid after 1844. Also included is a photocopy of the recipient's address...
Dates:
1848
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Major D. Northrup letter
Orville Haines Moody collection
Collection
Identifier: L714
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scrapbook created by Nancy L. (Sutton) Moody Cross of Angola, Indiana documenting her husband Orville Haines Moody's political career, with materials ranging from 1934 to 2019. Within the scrapbook's first page, a photograph of James A. Moody, Orville's grandfather, and a note states, "James A. Moody, elected to the Indiana State Legislature exactly 50 years to the day before Orville. He won the nomination on May 8, 1934 and Orville won the nomination on May 8, 1984."...
Dates:
1934-2019
Steuben County collection
Collection — Folder S1695
Identifier: S1695
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the circa 1948 document "Indiana Place Name Project," which consists of directions on how to establish of list of present and past place names and the origin and meaning of each and six pages of Steuben County place names listed in alphabetical order. The collection also includes photocopies of the following items: two newspaper clippings from January and April 1966 of "Sesquicentennial Scrapbook," a column written by Jim Guthrie, assistant director of the...
Dates:
circa 1948-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Steuben County collection
Steuben County, Pleasant Lake lithograph
Collection — Folder OBD057
Identifier: OBD057
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one lithograph of Pleasant Lake in Steuben County, likely from the 19th century.
Dates:
19th century
William Tasker diary
Collection — Folder S1283
Identifier: S1283
Scope and Contents
This is a xerox copy of the small diary handwritten by William Tasker in 1865, during and after his service in the Civil War. Although someone has numbered the photocopies, they do not go in order of the dates, because page 21 has an entry for November 23, 1864, whereas page 3 has the date January 26, 1865. The page 3 entry states: "Started from Charleston and got to Chatanooga." He does not mention when he heard the war ended in April entries. Most of the entries are about drill, marching,...
Dates:
1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Tasker diary
