Boone County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Allie Kinkaid letter
Collection — Folder S0780
Identifier: S0780
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a March 11, 1882 letter written by Allie Kinkaid from Colfax, Indiana and sent to her family at home near Thorntown, Indiana. In the letter Miss Kinkaid mentions saloons and the comings and goings at the train depot. She also discusses attending Sunday school and the home where she is boarding.
Dates:
1882/03/11
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Allie Kinkaid letter
Baptist church history collection
Collection
Identifier: L189
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records, both originals and photostat copies, of a number of Indiana Baptist churches. Included are records of Baptist churches at Attica, Fountain County (1870-1901); Aurora, Dearborn County (1871-1883); Bloomington, Monroe County (1825-1890); Brown’s Wonder Church, Boone County (1840-1873); Ebenezer and Clear Creek, Morgan County (1830-1891); Eel River District Association, Putnam County (1825-1951); Lick Creek, Fayette County (1814-1912); Little Mt. Zion Church,...
Dates:
1798-1912
Boone County collection
Collection — Folder S1649
Identifier: S1649
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the following items related to Boone County, Indiana: a program for the Free Exhibit of Vegetables and Flowers contest for school children sponsored by the Civic League and held at the Lebanon Courthouse in September 1917, a copy of the May 1920 "Know Your Community Better Study" report created for Sugar Creek Township and Thorntown under the auspicies of the American Red Cross, and Mrs. Myrtle Pratt's handwritten history of the "Old Union Church" in Jackson Township...
Dates:
1917-1938
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Boone County collection
Bucks Addition, Whitestown, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S1929
Identifier: S1929
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two items regarding lot no. 7, Bucks 1st Addition, Whitestown, Indiana. The first document is a November 15, 1872 warranty deed transferring ownership of the lot from Albert and Martha A. Thayer to James Peters and later recorded with the county on February 14, 1873. The second item is a December 12, 1877 document regarding the sale of lot no. 7 to Elizabeth McKinley and signed by Philip Buck, a commissioner appointed by the Boone County Circuit Court judge to conduct...
Dates:
1872-1877
Edward Beecher Bender oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH036
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history with Edward Beecher Bender conducted with Tom Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 31, 1968. Bender discusses growing up on a farm, his association with the Ku Klux Klan and Indiana politics during the 1920s, the Boone County R.E.M.C. and farming in the 1960s.
Dates:
1968/10/31
Isaac and David Leap photograph and envelope
Collection — Folder SP162
Identifier: SP162
Scope and Contents
This collection includes tintype photograph of Isaac and David Leap in Indiana circa 1860. There is also an accompanying envelope which carried the photograph from bookseller Raoul Renault in Quebec, Canada to museum curator Verne Patty in Carmel, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1860
James Miller oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH201
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcript and audiotape reel from an oral history interview with Reverend James Miller, conducted by Thomas Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 2, 1968, at Waugh, Boone County, Indiana. The interview covers his experiences in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War, life following the war, conversion and life as a preacher, and discusses the Ku Klux Klan and its effects on his ministry.
Dates:
1968/10/02
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Miller oral history
John T. Waters collection
Collection
Identifier: L175
Scope and Contents
The collection includes account books for the Waters furniture store (1885-1891, 1904-1908) and funeral business (1875-1891); Isaac White's account of fines collected as justice of the peace (1881-1883); John T. Waters's business papers and correspondence (1882-1917), including receipts and correspondence regarding his bicycling interests (1880s-1890s), and family letters from Brownsburg, Hendricks County and Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana (1888-1889); and photocopies of Waters family papers...
Dates:
1815-1908
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John T. Waters collection
Larken L. Beeman collection
Collection — Folder S0096
Identifier: S0096
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a 32 page (not all pages are numbered, several chapters are numbered 1-,last page), typed and photocopied document with handwritten corrections, written by Larken L. Beeman and dated 8-24-1964 and 12-16-1964, entitled “Rural Life” in and around school district 3, Marion Township, Boone County, IN from 1876-1900.Chapter 1 is about the school, which was named Baker’s Corner in honor of Mr. Baker. Teachers named were Mr. Jones; Jacob Cobb, a local man;...
Dates:
1900-1976
