Woodwork

Scope and Contents This collection contains a patent for Eleazer Coffin for a dovetailing machine dated 1861 and a patent for Lafayette D. Railsback for an ice making machine dated 1892.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises a transcription of an account book from Gibson Teas in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana rainging from 1853 to 1856, regarding the activities and correspondence of his business of broom and wood tool manufacturing. The account book was transcribed by R. A. Stubbs of Long Lake, Minnesota.

Content Description This collection includes photographs, posters, ephemera, and artifacts, including a full-size wooden baseball bat, a small American flag made of baseball bats, a wooden finial, and a croquet mallet and ball from the Indiana Handle Company in Paoli, Indiana, ranging from 1988 to 2005, regarding the activities of the company, its products, and the organizaiton's connection to Don Mattingly, Major League Baseball player and coach.

Scope and Contents This collection includes the daybook of William Nail of Lawrence County, Indiana. The entries range from 1854 to 1874 and contain information about his carpentry and coffin making business and farming activities.