Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:
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 papers
Collection
Identifier: L206
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Lucille Lipps Gaynor and various people in Indiana and elsewhere; Gaynor's school papers and textbooks; religious memorabilia; family papers, a metal Indiana license plate from the Sesquicentennial in 1966; and advertisements from various Indianapolis businesses ranging from 1884 to 1979 regarding family matters, school life and work, life during various wars, Indiana and Indianapolis business advertising, religious art and organization life.
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
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Mary Durham collection
Mary Hughes Martin collection
Collection
Identifier: L623
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one family photograph album and two autograph albums from Mary Hughes Martin and the Hughes family in Gessie, Indiana and Danville, Illinois ranging from circa 1888-1911.
Dates:
circa 1888-1911
Mary J. English family Bible records
Collection — Folder S2412
Identifier: S2412
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of the family Bible records of Mary Jane English, including the Bible's title page and the pages used to record the mother and father, births, marriages, and deaths. The Bible was published in 1856 but also records family births and marriages that occured prior to that date. The last entry to the Bible was made to record Mrs. English's death on July 22, 1892.
Dates:
1856-1892
