Sullivan County (Ind.)

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.

Scope and Contents This collection includes photostat copies of "A Minute Book for the Christian Church on Busseron Creek," a record book for the church once located in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana. The bulk of the entries are names of members listed chronologically from 1859 to 1903 and often followed by remarks, including discharged, dismissed by letter, deceased, withdrawn, excluded, reclaimed, attached, removed, and moved away. There are a couple financial entries at the end of the record book...

Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of letters received by Ephriam Myers from his family, a receipt from the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company, and his daybook ranging from 1869 to 1885. Also included are photocopies of Sarah Myers' receipt from the Martinsville Milling Company (1907/10/31) and undated cards from D. Saucerman. M.D. announcing his practice in "Abbyville, Sullivan County, Indiana".

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Hamet N. Helms and Mary A. Helms and others in Haddon, Indiana; Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and Lansing, Iowa; as well as reminiscences and account books ranging from 1823 to 1890, regarding family and professional business.

Scope and Contents The only item in this collection is the marriage license for James Drake and Mary Riggs, issued in Sullivan County by Clerk, Thomas J. Mann on December 14, 1883. The marriage was performed the following day on December 15, 1883, by S. R. Fuson.

Scope and Contents This collection includes a October 10, 1872 letter written by John T. Gunn and sent to B. Wilson Smith. The letter contains information about a recent local election for the position of Sheriff in Sullivan, Indiana. Mr. Gunn reports on the results of polling and voting, as well as celebrating losses by the Democratic Party.

Scope and Contents This collection includes letters from brothers Peter and Charles Pressey of Carlisle, Indiana, to Daniel Pressey of Rockingham, New Hampshire, and later, West Newbury, Massachusetts, ranging from 1812 to 1826, regarding family life and finance. The collection also includes a probate record for Daniel Pressey, dated June 8, 1832, naming Anna Pressey as executrix.

Scope and Contents This 4 x 6” booklet with missing cover has 32 pages plus unnumbered pages of advertisements on pink paper. The title is: “Premium List of the Sullivan County Agricultural Society to be held at their fair grounds, September 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, 1887. Fair grounds, one hundred yards east of E. & T. H. Depot.”The headings in the booklet are: Officers for 1887, Programme, Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, Admission, Instruction to Judges, and General Regulations. ...

Scope and Contents This collection includes the following items related to Sullivan County, Indiana: an April 10, 1892 letter stating that Mattie Tarwater was a member in good standing with the Church of Christ at Shaker Prairie; two copies of "The History of Alum Cave," a historical essay by Bess M. Smith of Coalmont, Indiana that was copied November 7, 1931; and a handwritten copy made in 1950 of Dr. H. N. Helms's family history from Dr. James B. Maple's book, A Medical...

Scope and Contents This collection includes thirty-four letters written by Thomas N. McClung while he was a Union soldier during the Civil War to his family. Also included are three photographs, one newspaper clipping, and a copy of the "History of the Seventeenth Indiana: It's Marches and Battles."