Surveys
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Claude Mason photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P028
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album with snapshots from Claude Mason in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1901 to 1914 and undated regarding his day-to-day life, family, friends, holidays, recreational activities, and various sites concerning his work as a civil engineer. There is also an envelope with loose photographs from the album.
Dates:
1901-1914, undated
Collett family collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3370
Scope and Contents
This collection includes handwritten notes and maps from the Collett family in Indiana dated 1818-1820. Among the materials are surveying and field instruments and a book of instructions of Stephen S. Collett. Additionally, the field map of Josephus Collett shows parts of original survey of Hendricks, Boone, and Montgomery counties, while John Collett’s field map depicts parts of original surveys of Owen and Putnam counties.
Dates:
1818-1820
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Collett family collection
Community Surveys, Inc. collection
Collection — Folder S2116
Identifier: S2116
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a July 27, 1957 letter sent by Gerald R. Redding, president of Community Surveys, Inc., to Mrs. John Mason Moore of Zionsville regarding a report given to the organization by Dr. John R. Seeley on July 12. The collection includes the twenty-one page typewritten report by Dr. Seeley that discusses the three year research project on philanthropy in Indianapolis that culminated in the publication of the book Community Chest: A Case Study in...
Dates:
1957 July
Denver C. Harlan papers
Collection
Identifier: L238
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, maps, photographs, real estate descriptions, bills, Arbutus (Indiana University year book), documents concerning legislation and politics and college class notes from Denver C. Harlan and others in Indiana and Iowa from 1866 to 1927 regarding education, map selling, census taking, yearbook publishing, realty transactions, legislation and politics.There is also an oversize folder containing a map of western Oklahoma, a census document, both from...
Dates:
1866-1927, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Denver C. Harlan papers
Edward Tiffin letter
Collection — Folder S2472
Identifier: S2472
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten transcription of a November 28, 1827 letter sent by Edward Tiffin from the surveyor general's office at Chillicothe, Ohio to Indiana Governor James Brown Ray regarding the survey of the northern boundry line of Indiana.
Dates:
1827/11/28
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward Tiffin letter
General Federation of Woman's Clubs "Home Equipment Survey"
Collection — Folder S1522
Identifier: S1522
Scope and Contents
Collection processing completed 2019/12/09 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2019/12/09 by Laura Eliason.
Dates:
circa 1925-1926
Indiana Federation of Art Clubs art survey
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1566
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into three folders thus: Folder 1, A-F; Folder 2, G-P; and Folder 3: R-W. Each folders contains the two-page survey forms sent to the Indiana Federation of Art Clubs from public libraries in Indiana. The only document with a date is a letter from the Fayette County Federated Clubs, dated March 29, 1929, which informs Mrs. F. J. Sheehan, Gary, Indiana, that they have "431 prints of famous pictures" in their public library. None of the surveys is dated. The survey...
Dates:
1929
Kennedy Bridge, Rush County survey drawings
Collection — Folder S2726
Identifier: S2726
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of seven survey drawings of the Kennedy Bridge that spanned the Flat Rock River in Rush County, Indiana. The drawings were created by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and are dated January 25, 1934.
Dates:
1934/01/25
Richard Owen collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1036
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Richard Owen's fall geological survey notebook from 1859, photocopies of the December 22, 1860 administrator's sale notice for the Dr. David Dale Owen estate, and seven typewritten copies of letters written by Richard Owen to family members from 1860 to 1887 and transcribed and edited by William M. Hepburn in April, 1845. At the time of the transcription, the original letters were in the possession of the Purdue University Libraries.
Dates:
1859-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Owen collection
William Harris letter
Collection — Folder S0597
Identifier: S0597
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat copy of a September 8, 1817 letter sent by Deputy Surveyor William Harris to Surveyor General Edward Tiffin. The letter was written from Cincinnati and is a preliminary report regarding the survey Harris was conducting of the western and northwestern borders of Ohio and describes his difficulties surveying the area due to the weather, the swamp lands he found impassible for his horses, and his health issues. The collection also contains a photostat copy of a...
Dates:
1817/09/08
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Harris letter
