Teachers -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Ada Perry Beinhacker collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0098
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items from Ada Perry Beinhacker, including an undated sample advertisement and envelope for the “Zonas Corn Leaf” plaster manufactured by Johnson and Johnson; an undated “The Readers Friend” bookmark from the George W. Shults, Jr. drugstore of Cambridge City, Indiana; 2 teacher’s licenses issued to Flora Harvey to teach in Marion County, Indiana dated March 26, 1887 and March 31, 1888; clippings of the January 23, 1934 newspaper articles, “Artist Pays Tribute to...
Dates:
1887-1945, undated
Albert Mock collection
Collection
Identifier: L470
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of Dr. Albert Mock's unpublished manuscripts, "Three Centuries of Hoosier Education" and "Three Centuries American Life" compiled and written circa 1960s. The collection includes typewritten drafts; typewritten and handwritten rough drafts; newspaper clippings; research notes; and various publications regarding education ranging from 1856 to 1967. Items of note include a copy of the 1856 "A Sketch of the Educational History of Wayne County, and the...
Dates:
1856-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Albert Mock collection
Alida E. Morris letter
Collection — Folder S0987
Identifier: S0987
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter from Alida E. Morris to the Indiana State Library on June 13, 1944, concerning biographies of Hoosier pioneer women teachers and a newspaper article about the biographies.
Dates:
1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alida E. Morris letter
Allen Jay autograph album
Collection — Folder S2396
Identifier: S2396
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an autograph album published by J. C. Riker of New York and used by Allen Jay. The entries range from 1852 to 1860 and include poems, personal notes, and signatures addressed to Jay. The bulk of the entries were written by individuals associated with Farmers Institute, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Dates:
1852-1860
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Allen Jay autograph album
Benjamin Wilson Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L146
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Benjamin WIlson Smith’s writings about the history of Warrick, Spencer, and White counties, Indiana and Harrison County, West Virginia, Manchester Academy and the postal system. Also included are his accounts of a trip from Virginia to White County in 1846 and an autobiography. Also, his scrapbook of clippings and notes on politics, his advice to students in Dearborn County, Daughters of the American Revolution applications for his family, correspondence with his...
Dates:
1858-1949
Blanche Stillson papers
Collection — Folder S2443
Identifier: S2443
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of an article published in the February 25, 1930 Indianapolis News that was written by Blanche Stillson about two portraits of Dr. and Mrs. C. G. McLean that were given to the Herron Art Institute. The article relates Dr. McLean's background and the history of the McLean Female Institute, a seminary for women in Indianapolis that operated for about 15 years before closing shortly after the U.S. Civil War. The article...
Dates:
circa 1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Blanche Stillson papers
Brayton family papers
Collection
Identifier: L411
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of personal correspondence of the Springer and Brayton families from 1842 to 1940. Included are William Springer’s letters to his wife while serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Also included is the personal correspondence of the John Brayton family and related families in Warren County, New York and Washington, Indiana. There are also a significant amount of papers on Margaret Brayton (1895-1986) of Muncie, Indiana. Papers...
Dates:
1820-1969
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Brayton family papers
Captain John L. Tyler advertising card
Collection — Folder S1325
Identifier: S1325
Scope and Contents
This advertising card states, "The Well-Known Card Writer and Penman, Captain Tyler, Teacher of Penmanship, Fort Wayne, Ind. Public Schools." On the back, it says "Mr. Dunn. Please have the slates ready for me Wednesday afternoon first thing at 1:30 and oblige. Respt. Capt. Tyler."
Dates:
circa 1880-1900s
Charles L. White diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1390
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a World War I diary, a photograph, and other items from Charles L. White, ranging from 1918 to 1919, during World War I. The diary contains White's account of military life, including trials of army life in France, specifically mentioning the food, weather, and living conditions. There are also a photocopy and a typed transcript copy of the diary, as well as a small photograph, positive print and negative, of a soldier, a document to his mother, and a French war bond...
Dates:
1918-1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Charles L. White diary
Erastus Test letter
Collection — Folder S1297
Identifier: S1297
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a letter from Erastus Test in Indiana to Ada Baldwin on July 26, 1856, mentioning how she had been missed in grammar class and other news about school.
Dates:
1856
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Erastus Test letter
