Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:
Milton Wright papers
Collection — Folder S1461
Identifier: S1461
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from Milton Wright in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ranging from 1875 to 1902 regarding his family.
Dates:
1875-1909
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Milton Wright papers
Mitchell family collection
Collection — Folder S2506
Identifier: S2506
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an assortment of printed flyers, advertisements, trade cards, and copies of genealogical material ranging from 1899 to 1922 regarding farming, agriculture, and family life. The family history material consist of a biography of Chalkley Emerson Hunt (1842-1918) and autobiographical reminscences of an unnamed person. Among the printed items are publications from Hoosier Mineral Feed, Indiana Mutual Cylone Insurance Co., E. Rauh and Sons Animal Feed Co., and Swine Breeders...
Dates:
1899-1922
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mitchell family collection
Moore and Johnston family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P020
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, photographic postcards, and glass plate negatives from Bertha B. Johnston, Alma Turner Moore, and Beatrice J. Johnston in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1871 to 1934 and undated, regarding the Johnston, Moore, Turner, and James families and their daily lives. There are also a few other items including: an Otis Turner's Attractions advertising sheet; an article titled "The Great Birthday Party" which includes photographs by Clyde T. Moore; and a...
Dates:
1871-1934, undated
Mrs. Chauncey Jane Ivison Scott collection
Collection — Folder S1155
Identifier: S1155
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a 17 page manuscript, including a cover page and two pages of notes, titled the "Autobiography of Jane Ivison Scott (Mrs. Chauncey Scott)”, dated March 16, 1877.
Dates:
1877
Mrs. D. G. Hayes collection
Collection — Folder S0613
Identifier: S0613
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of papers that belonged to Stroud Evans and James Akers, great-grandfathers of Mrs. D.G. Hayes, that range from 1827 to 1863. The items in this collection include Board of Trustee records for the appointment of James Akers as supervisor for Road District 27 in Floyd County, Indiana, church records from the Greenville (Indiana) Regular Baptist Church, a letter written by Thomas Akers to his brother from Chatham, Canada West; and a letter to Jerry Sigler from...
Dates:
1827-1865
Mrs. Noble C. Pearl Parker Trueblood collection
Collection — Folder S1322
Identifier: S1322
Scope and Contents
The oldest document is an indenture made February 19, 1818 between Samuel Lindley and William Hobbs. A newspaper article dated January 16, 1914 has the headline, "Old Documents, A Letter One Hundred Years Old Still in the Possession of E. Hicks Trueblood -- The Most Remote Ancestors." The letter mentions Nathan Trueblood who was the great-grandfather of Noble. The article also reprinted the will of John Trueblood, dated May 7, 1692. An article dated October 17, 1914, is headlined: "Quaker's...
Dates:
1818-1965
Myers family collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3281
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several warranty deeds and quit claim deeds of property owned by the Myers family in Marion County, Indiana (1858-1871). Included is a brief history of the Myers family origins, land records, and marriage records (1954). The third component of the collection is approximately sixty pages of pedigree charts of the Myers, Freshour, and related families (1984). There are also oversize materials including a handwritten letter pertaining to the lineage of Jacob...
Dates:
1790-1984
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myers family collection
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
Nancy Maze personal narrative
Collection — Folder S2198
Identifier: S2198
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a copy of a 20-page, typed manuscript, entitled "Looking Backward," with handwritten edits, by Nancy Catherine (Goar) Maze written late in her life, concerning her family history and recollections of growing up in Tiption County.
Dates:
circa 1900 to 1946
Nathan Dix Coffin letters
Collection — Folder S277
Identifier: S0277
Scope and Contents
This collection includes five copies of hand-written letters. The oldest is dated August 15, 1840. Three were written in 1847. One has no year, although August 28 and 29 are on the letter. The letters are addressed to Nathan D. Coffin in Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, in 1840, and in Charlotteville, also Hancock County, in 1847. The letters are written by Alfred and Lydia Wheeler in Guilford County, North Carolina, where Nathan was born. The greeting is "Respected brother and sister." The...
Dates:
1840-1847
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nathan Dix Coffin letters
