Authors -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Richard S. Simons, Indianapolis Literary Club address
Collection — Folder S1187
Identifier: S1188
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the thirty page typewritten address, "Who's the Hoosier?" that Richard S. Simons delivered to the Indianapolis Literary Club on November 16, 1953. His address highlighted many men and women who were either native Hoosiers or spent an important period of their lives in Indiana. He stated that Indiana qualified as the "Mother of Vice Presidents" and noted that a large number of Hoosiers have filled presidential cabinet posts, have been prominent congressmen, and have...
Dates:
1953/11/16
Rita Kohn, Before the Shadows Flee play script
Collection — Folder S3498
Identifier: S3498
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a play script from Rita Kohn in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1996 for a one-person play in two acts she wrote about Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, while he was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1891.
Dates:
1996
Roberta June Wills collection
Collection — Folder S1177
Identifier: S1177
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a postcard from the American Poetry Association, Inc., postmarked June 5, 1938, and sent to Miss Betty Wariner of Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the publication of Roberta June Wills's first volume of poetry, Sea Shells. The collection also includes a photograph of Roberta June Wills (undated) and a handwritten copy of the poem "I Love My Old Clock", possibly written by Ms. Wills (undated).
Dates:
1938
Rodney C. Perkins collection
Collection
Identifier: L307
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 3 typewritten copies of "Camp and Community", an unpublished novel about the Civilian Conservation Corps written by Rodney C. Perkins (circa 1983). There are carbon copies of his first draft and final draft with corrections and a copy of the completed manuscript. An author's preface is also included with the final draft copies.
Dates:
circa 1983
Ross F. Lockridge Jr. letters
Collection — Folder S0845
Identifier: S0845
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two letters written by Ross F. Lockridge Jr. and sent to Mary E. Schell, an acquisitions librarian at the Indiana State Library, regarding a request by Schell for an autographed copy of his novel,Raintree County. The typewritten letters are dated October 8, 1947 and January 23, 1948 and include his handwritten signature. In the January 23rd letter, Lockridge mentions that he is "much harassed by sickness and family problems, along with the usual -- if not more than...
Dates:
1947-1948
Ross Franklin Lockridge collection
Collection
Identifier: L598
Scope and Contents
The collection includes papers regarding Ross Franklin Lockridge's duties as director of Hoosier Historic Memorial Activities, ranging from 1825 to 1950 and undated. The bulk of the collection concerns New Harmony, Indiana and members of the Owen community, as well as Indiana historical events and figures. Also included are speeches and papers written by Lockridge and his students on early Hoosiers, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and other Indiana and United States history...
Dates:
1877-1952
Solon Robinson collection
Collection
Identifier: L136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes songs, correspondence, notes, reviews, and articles from Solon Robinson in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1832 to 1931. The collection also includes a biography and bibliography of Solon Robinson.
Dates:
1832-1853
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Solon Robinson collection
Susan Wallace collection
Collection — Folder S1352
Identifier: S1352
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, both photocopies as well as 4 original letters from Susan Wallace ranging from 1861 to 1892, regarding the U.S. Civil War, family life, her husband's writing career, and politics. There are also a hand-written biography of Susan E. Wallace, beginning with her birth in 1830, and continuing through 1874 and two newspaper clippings, one from The Inter Ocean (undated) and one labeled Triple...
Dates:
1861-1892
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Susan Wallace collection
Theodore Roosevelt in Indiana photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP151
Identifier: SP151
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken during the Henry W. Lawton statue dedication in Indianapolis, Indiana. The photographs show the dedication ceremony in front of the courthouse and President Roosevelt addressing the crowd, as well as the parade and procession to or from Vice President Fairbanks' house. The images also include snapshots from the gathering at the house earlier in the day. There are also 3 clippings from newspapers showing scenes from Roosevelt's 1907,...
Dates:
1907/05/30; 1957-1971
Thomas J. Barry, "A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of Indiana Authors" dissertation
Collection
Identifier: L234
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of a dissertation from Thomas J. Barry at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in 1943 regarding Indiana authors' biographies and writings.
Dates:
1943
