Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ezra G. Hayes personal narrative
Collection — Folder S614
Identifier: S0614
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three typewritten copies of the life story of Ezra G. Hayes that he dictated to Caroline M. Hayes. Hayes' narrative ranges from 1705 to the early 1900s. This collection was made from a copy owned by Mrs. Jacob Bauer of Lawrenceburg, Indiana in 1933 and it includes Mr. Hayes' family history, his many business pursuits, early history of Dearborn County, Indiana, and his viewpoints on the politics and elections during his lifetime. Also included are three copies of a poem...
Dates:
circa 1910
Horne family collection
Collection
Identifier: L327
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, glass plate negatives, correspondence, papers, clippings, certificates, and an unbound scrapbook from Edwin Fletcher Horne and Cora Calhoun Horne and their family in New York and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from circa 1865 to 1941, concerning the family, African-American civil rights, slavery, politics, travel abroad to Europe, and civic engagement. The correspondence includes a handwritten letter from Benjamin Harrison denying any intention to...
Dates:
circa 1865-1941
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Horne family collection
Schuyler Colfax collection
Collection
Identifier: L036
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection consists of Schuyler Colfax's correspondence from 1841 to 1884 regarding Whig and Republican Party politics in Indiana and nationally. Also included are letters from Indiana officers in the U.S. Civil War regarding promotions and assignments; Colfax's letters on routine business as Speaker of the House and Vice President; his letters regarding speaking engagements; letters to his wife regarding his role in the "Credit Mobilier" affair in 1875; and letters...
Dates:
1782-1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Schuyler Colfax collection