Daviess County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 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
Amory K. Allen letters
Collection — Folder S016
Identifier: S0016
Scope and Contents
This collections contains letters (copy) written by Amory K. Allen to his wife during the Civil War. They were photo statically copied in 1935 by the Indiana State Library and were published in the Indiana Magazine of History in December of that same year. In these letters, Allen tells his wife about life as a soldier. In his last letter, he complains of a shoulder wound he received while serving in the Union Army. He also briefly mentions the death of President Lincoln, and how he had been...
Dates:
1861-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Amory K. Allen letters
"Gardening Without Cultivation" advertisements
Collection — Folder S2438
Identifier: S2438
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two advertisment cards for Thomas E. Doyle's "Gardening Without Cultivation" business. The first card is from circa 1976 and includes photographic images of Doyle's blackberry bush and the blackberries on one side and a paragraph about "Doyle's Thornless Blackberry" on the reverse side. The second card is from 1978 and includes a photograph of the branches of the blackberry bush on one side and information regarding the prices of his blackberry plants and his toxic free...
Dates:
circa 1976-1978
Hawley family papers
Collection
Identifier: L064
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Hawley family and professional correspondence. Included is correspondence with his family in Bridgeport, Connecticut while elder Ransom Hawley was a student at Auburn Seminary (1825-1828), as well as correspondence of Hawley and his wife in Indiana with their families in Bridgeport (1828-ca. 1880), and letters to his sons Henry and Ransom and daughter Lucy Ing. The collection also contains letters to Hawley from Presbyterian ministers and other church people...
Dates:
1825-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hawley family papers
Jackman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-018
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogy research about the Jackman and related families ranging from 1893 to 1996. The collection also contains a DAR application, newspaper clippings from Indianapolis and photographs of the Zinkan, Jackman, Kidwell,and Truelove families.
Dates:
1893- 1996
Found in:
Genealogy
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Jackman collection
John L. Brattain papers
Collection
Identifier: S0158
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a handwritten, signed letter from John L. Brattain on October 2, 1850 regarding health, money and family matters.
Dates:
1821
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John L. Brattain papers
John M. Tomey diary and papers
Collection — Folder S3002
Identifier: S3002
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a typed transcript of the diary kept by John M. Tomey during his military service from January 1, 1864 through September 15, 1864, during the U.S. Civil War. Also included are photocopies of a map of the 27th Regiment's travels and a typescript poem, "Flags of the Twenty-Seventh" by E. R. Brown.
Dates:
1864
Joseph G. Wood "Plowshares and Powder" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2339
Identifier: S2339
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed 21 page manuscript from Joseph G. Wood presented for the Indianapolis Literary Club, October 1942, regarding the local history and folklore of Daviess and Martin Counties of Indiana. Some names are included in Wood’s narrative.
Dates:
1942
Plainville Christian Church history
Collection — Folder S2080
Identifier: S2080
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "History of Plainville Christian Church, July 16, 1888 to July 16, 1938," a five-page typed essay written by Miss Goldie Witsman, a lifelong member of the church and daughter of founding member James M. Witsman.
Dates:
1938
Reverend Thomas A. Long, "Recollections of Daviess County Methodists" collection
Collection — Folder S2555
Identifier: S2555
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of articles written by Rev. Thomas A. Long and printed in the Washington Gazette (Ind.) from March 30 to June 1, 1897 under the title "Recollections of Daviess County Methodists." The series final article was to be Rev. Long's personal account of his life, but he passed away a few days before it was to be published. Included in the collection is this final article that was printed in the June 5, 1897 ...
Dates:
1897
