Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 190 Collections and/or Records:
Lara Paul Good "The Way it Was: An Autobiography"
Collection — Volume 166
Identifier: V166
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an autobiography of Lara Paul Good, completed in 1967, includes photographs, personal papers, and genealogical records. The autobiography covers the first quarter of Good's life and family history. The title of the autobiography states it is "part 1," there is no part 2 within the collection.
Dates:
1967
Lealie Samantha Hulen Reeve "Early Days" manuscript
Collection — Folder S173
Identifier: S0173
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript written by Lealie Samantha Hulen Reeve in 1938 telling about her early life. This 14-page typed manuscript gives her childhood memories until her father died and she went to live with her aunt, who was not very kind to her. Lealie Samantha Hulen Reeve wrote this story of her childhood at the request of her children. Her father came from Davies County and married three four, first to Eliza Jane Keith, second to Elizabeth Patton, and third to Lealie's mother. In...
Dates:
1938
Lewis Bradford Richardson collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1112
Scope and Contents
There are three files in this collection. The first folder had family documents from 1874 through 1943. Bluford Richardson, supervisor on road work in Johnson County, kept a list of men who worked on the road, how many days, and how much they were paid, in 1874. In 1928, Lewis and his wife Hesper purchased property in Johnson County. The birth certificate of their daughter, Carolyn Dianne Richardson, born January 21, 1943, in also in the first folder. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #317...
Dates:
1874-1947
Lucille Lipps Gaynor collection
Collection
Identifier: L206
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, postcards, holiday cards, school papers, ephemera, pamphlets, certificates, religious iconography, advertising cards, trade catalogs, and advertising objects from Lucille Lipps Gaynor and family and friends in Indianapolis, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1884 to 1979, regarding her work and school life, the two world wars, the Indianapolis Fire Department, the Veterans of World War I, businesses in Indianapolis, and her family and friends.
Dates:
1884-1979, undated
Lucinda Pearce collection
Collection — Folder S1722
Identifier: S1722
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of an autographed, signed letter from Mathilda Pearce in Benton
County, Indiana on February 26, 1854 regarding family matters.
Dates:
1854
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lucinda Pearce collection
Lucius C. Embree papers
Collection
Identifier: L052
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of business, political, and personal papers of Elisha, James T., David F., and Lucius Embree ranging from 1800 to 1930. Elisha Embree's papers include receipts, accounts, land indentures, and other financial papers relating to his land and business interests; correspondence regarding his legal business in Princeton, Evansville, and other southwestern Indiana towns, including retained copies of Embree's letters and correspondence of his partners Samuel Hall and Charles...
Dates:
1800-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lucius C. Embree papers
Maggie Moore photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P048
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a photograph album given to Maggie Moore by Mrs. Calvine Moore in Indiana in 1862. Inside the album is a clipping regarding Civil War songs, as well as 11 undated, unidenfitied carte de visite photograph and a tintype.
Dates:
1862, undated
Maria Hubbell papers
Collection — Folder S693
Identifier: S0693
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of an autographed, typed letter from Maria Hubbell in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 1850/02/14 regarding family matters and education.
Dates:
1850/02/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Maria Hubbell papers
Martha Moomaw papers
Collection
Identifier: L265
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from Samuel J. Keller in California; biographical information about the Keller family; newspaper articles about Kellers and other subjects; high school yearbooks and scrapbooks; and photograph albums from Martha Moomaw ranging from 1876 to 1931 regarding high school and social life, Earl Edward "Red" Moomaw's athletic career, and family history.
Dates:
1876-1931, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Martha Moomaw papers
Mary Durham collection
Collection — Folder S394
Identifier: S0394
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and clippings pertaining to the Durham family, from 1820 through 1908. The oldest document is a letter by J. Durham in Vallonia, Indiana to William Graham, Esq., in Corydon, Indiana dated December 19, 1820, about the trial of Captain Rogers who faces court martial. On December 16, 1831, J. B. Durham in Indianapolis wrote to Walter Benton about "the removal of the Michigan Road so as to take it from Indianapolis to Columbus,...
Dates:
1820-1908
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Mary Durham collection
