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Pike County (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 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

George Capehart day book

 Collection — Folder S0216
Identifier: S0216
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one blank book, measuring 7 ½” wide and 12 ¼” high, and having 122 pages, many of which are blank. The first numbered page is 13. Expense accountings fill most of the written pages. Pages 65, 66, and 67 record family births and deaths.
Dates: 1857-1889

Harland L. Osgatharp collection

 Collection
Identifier: L120
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Harland L. Osgatharp’s diaries during World War II from January 1942 to December 1945. The diaries describe Osgatharp’s work in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, his enlistment, training, service in military hospitals, and his return to Otwell, Indiana. Also included in the diaries are his reminiscences of service in World War I. The collection also contains an undated address book.
Dates: 1942-1945

John D. Gray papers

 Collection — Folder S3333
Identifier: S3333
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters and papers of John D. Gray from Petersburg, Indiana in 1918 relating the Democratic Party and elections, as well as the sale of War Savings Stamps and Thirft Stamps.
Dates: 1918

Orval Ferguson collection

 Collection — Folder S2311
Identifier: S2311
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of news clippings and letters from Corporal Orval Ferguson to his sister, Emma Shepard, ranging from 1917 to 1930, while he was stationed in Europe during World War I. Ferguson's obituary is also included.
Dates: 1917-1930

William L. Barker collection

 Collection
Identifier: L010
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of William L. Barker, ranging from 1872 to 1949, including: correspondence; writings; speeches; papers relating to the Southwestern Indiana Historical Society; county history research; Abraham Lincoln research which also includes the publication Lincoln Lore; and Barker's various research notes. Also included are papers relating to the Warrick County Centennial Celebration that includes newsletters and the pageant of Warrick...
Dates: 1872-1949