Love-letters

Content Description This collection includes 79 letters from Carness Elmer Owen and Ruth L. Mundy, his future wife, in Indiana ranging from 1920 to 1922 regarding their budding courtship andthe buildup for them to be married. The first 2 folders comprise Mundy's letters to Owen and the third are the replies from Owen to Mundy.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters written from 1845 to 1876, with an envelope date stamped 1880. A number of families are represented, including Hole, Dunkerly, Clark, Poorman, Slinkard, Douthil, Sisis, and Caffenderix. Letters pass to and from Hutsonville, Robinson, and Darwin, Illinois; Drakesville, Iowa; and Covington and Newberry, Indiana.The topics discussed are mostly social, with a few love letters (from George Dunkerly to Rachel Hole). There is an account of a fight,...

Scope and Contents This collection contains letters written by Weil to his fiancee and then wife, Nellie Schloss. During this time he was away working in Lexintgon, Kentucky, Terre Haute, Indiana, and Gary, Indiana while she was in Fort Wayne. The letters primarily discuss their relationship and daily activities.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy of a letter written in 1902 by Rial S. Benjamin to his sweetheart Miss Tini Hawkins. He discusses his love for her, a meeting of noted authors of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, at which James Whitcomb Riley attended, and the chance meeting of a childhood friend Will Frimmer at this meeting.

Scope and Contents This collection includes Valentine`s Day cards from Hazel Hopper in Indiana ranging from 1881 to 1931.

Scope and Contents This collection includes original letters and photocopied diary entries from William S. Bradford of Indiana from 1861 to 1862. It also includes a tintype photograph and print of tintype of William S. Bradford, a carte de visite of Lucy Bradford, newspaper clippings (), and a metal stencil of Capt. Bradford's name, rank, and regiment, likely used for military documentation and communication.