Evansville (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
Steamer Allen Collier collection
Collection — Folder S2450
Identifier: S2450
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents ranging from 1863 to 1870 related to claims submitted to the United States government regarding the seizure of the steamer Allen Collier at Evansville, Indiana and its impressed service September 7-17, 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. Documents include the steamer’s enrollment form, license, inspectors' certificate, and receipt given at Louisville, Kentucky; correspondence and documents of E. R. (Edson R.)...
Dates:
1863-1876
Vance Hartke letters and newsletters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0606
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one letter sent to Vance Hartke from Harry S. Truman in 1958 and five letters sent by Hartke and his staff to constituents ranging from 1965 to 1973, regarding visits to Indiana, public policy, and Senator Hartke's continuing concerns about the war in Cambodia. It also includes newsletters from Senator Vance Hartke's Washington, D.C. office from 1960 to 1973.
Dates:
1958-1973
Vanderburgh County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1701
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of documents related to Vanderburgh County, Indiana, including an indenture of apprenticeship binding James Alexander Robinson to Moses P. Morgan dated June 6, 1853; a circa 1860 clipping of illustrations of Evansville and Indianapolis sites with the caption "City of Evansville - The Commercial Metropolis of Indiana"; documents related to the local precinct activities of Republicans in 1876-1877; correspondence of James H. McNeely from 1877; and a letterhead...
Dates:
1853-1951, undated
Walker family collection
Collection
Identifier: L369
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, various documents, photographs, and memorabilia from the Walker family of New Albany, Indiana. The collection contains Francis Walker's Clermont (Ohio) Academy writings; his and his wife Mary's family correspondence (1851-1913); his correspondence from other Methodist ministers and DePauw University officials (1860s-1910); his and Mary's writings (1848-1901); and some letters and documents of his father, James Walker (1820-1837). The bulk of...
Dates:
1820-1988, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Walker family collection
Walter E. Barton oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH017
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 3 copies of a transcript, 5 cassette tapes, and a reel-to-reel audiotape of interviews conducted with Walter E. Barton by Jerry Handfield as part of the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on November 6 and December 21, 1978 and June 4, 1981. There are also clippings and papers from 1965 to 1982.During the first interview, Barton discusses his family heritage and Kentucky; childhood and chores; education and travel in the West; law practice, taxes, and...
Dates:
1978;1981
W.D. Ewing papers
Collection — Folder S446
Identifier: S0446
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from W.D. Ewing in Evansville, Indiana on 1891/02/03 regarding the remustering of the regiment and the election of officers.
Dates:
1891/02/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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W.D. Ewing papers
William Momberger and V. Balch lithographs
Collection — Folder OB119
Identifier: OB119
Scope and Contents
This collection contains four colored lithographs by William Momberger and V. Balch from 1869. They are entitled as follows: "St. Mary, St. Joseph, and Maumee Rivers", "Wabash River, Near Vincennes, Ind.", and "Evansville, on the Ohio".
Dates:
1869
