Photostats
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:
James A. McDonald letters
Collection — Folder S879
Identifier: S0879
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two photostat letters written to James A. McDonald in Logansport, Indiana in 1838 and 1840.
Dates:
1838, 1840
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James A. McDonald letters
James D. Davidson collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0334
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats and typed copies of letters sent to James D. Davidson by his brothers, Alexander Davidson and Charles Baker (C.B.), his nephew Preston Davidson, and other Indiana residents regarding family news, economic conditions, elections, secession, slavery, the Civil War, money issues, and Noah Noble's estate. Also included are letters sent to other Davidson family members, three letters sent to C.H. and W.S. McCormick from an A.D. Hagen (?) regarding McCormick reaper...
Dates:
1837-1866
Jay S. Hoar Civil War veterans list
Collection — Folder S2852
Identifier: S2852
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a three-page typed list of Indiana Civil War veterans collected by Jay S. Hoar in 1980, and a photocopied clipping showing Jay Hoar presenting his book on Civil War veterans. The list contains the names of fifty veterans and their hometown, military unit, "last sunset," and age at death. Hoar states that fully detailed human interest biographical essays may be found in his book: The South’s Last Boys in Gray: An Epic Prose Elegy: A...
Dates:
1980-1982
Jean Simmonds collection of Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S2833
Identifier: S2833
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of letters written from 1861 to 1873. Most of the letters were written by William Innis to his wife, Mary Ann during the Civil War, but there are also some letters from other correspondents, presumably members of their extended family. Locations on the letters include Camp Shiloh, Camp Wood, and Georgetown, Ohio.
Dates:
1861-1873
Jennie McDowell papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0880
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of land grant, family letters, and poems from the Lindley and Woody families in Indiana, Maryland, and North Carolina ranging from 1813 to 1884.
Dates:
1813-1865, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jennie McDowell papers
John B. Niles papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L116
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of photostat copies of John B. Niles’ correspondence ranging from 1837 to 1902, regarding his legal practice. There is some correspondence regarding the Indiana Medical College and a number of letters between Niles and his father-in-law, William Polke. There are also several original documents included in the collection, which are described below.
Dates:
1837-1902
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John B. Niles papers
John H. Towner collection
Collection — Folder S1317
Identifier: S1317
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three copies of an account from John H. Towner in Indiana--including a bound photostat, loose photostats, and xeroxed pages of the preface and first chapter--regarding his trip to the California Gold Rush during 1849-1850. The last entry is about his visit to the Art Union gallery in Cincinnati and the Greek slave statue, which was on exhibit there.
Dates:
1849-1850
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John H. Towner collection
John Hays collection
Collection — Folder S1820
Identifier: S1820
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostatic copies of correspondence, treaty proceedings, and speeches related to the activities of Indian agent John Hays that were obtained by the Indiana State Library from the National Archives. The first two folders contain correspondence dated from September 15, 1819 to November 13, 1821 that covers the transfer of the Fort Wayne post from William Turner to Hays. Much of the correspondence is among Indiana agents Turner, Hays, John Johnston and B.F. (Benjamin...
Dates:
1819-1823
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Hays collection
John McGowan letter
Collection — Folder S886
Identifier: S0886
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat of a letter written by John McGowan to his parents on May 24, 1832 regarding a trip to Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1832/05/24
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John McGowan letter
John Wise indenture
Collection — Folder OB193
Identifier: OB193
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photostat copy of an indenture for property purchased by John Wise in Vincennes, Indiana on September 28, 1849.
Dates:
1849/09/28
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Wise indenture
