Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:
Pallas Houser collection
Collection
Identifier: G-091
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical records, photographs and correspondence compiled by Pallas Houser between the years 2005 and 2011. The main focus of the collection is the descendants of Levin Knight, with additional research on other families. A large majority of this collection consists of photocopied materials. Many photographs feature gravestones. Some of the research included has been compiled by others, and much has been transcribed from other sources. Houser concentrated her...
Dates:
1865 - 2011
Found in:
Genealogy
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Pallas Houser collection
Paul Dresser and Theodore Dreiser collection
Collection — Folder S0381
Identifier: S0381
Scope and Contents
The oldest item is the Old Mill time book, which Johann Paul Dreiser, Sr., manager of the Sullivan Woolen Mills, kept from March 1895 to 1901. A. R. Markle wrote a 9-page, typed article entitled “Paul Dresser‟s Birthplace.” There are several newspaper articles, which have been photocopied, about the family. A two-page article from The Rendells, Inc., entitled “Dreiser Answers Legal Objections to the Highly Controversial Text of His America Is Worth Saving‟ reports that he wrote the book in 1940...
Dates:
1895-1949
Pearl Lloyd papers
Collection
Identifier: L092
Scope and Contents
This collection includes school compositions, financial documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, greeting and sympathy cards, business advertisements, certificates of completion, and school event programs from Pearl Lloyd and others in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York and elsewhere ranging from 1869 to 1956, regarding teachers, education, family matters, and financial matters.
Dates:
1869-1956, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pearl Lloyd papers
Pering and Carter families collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1052
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Alfred Pering's correspondence with his fiancée, Eda Carter, while he was in Salem and she was in Bloomington (1852-1953); his letters while he was traveling to Louisville, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City (1869); land documents of the Pering and Carter families in Monroe and Washington counties (1821-ca. 1900); newspaper clippings (1829-1920); other family and business letters; and transcripts of letters written by Pering’s father, Cornelius Pering, from Bloomington to...
Dates:
1821-1920
Philpott and Ludlow family papers
Collection — Folder S0858
Identifier: S0858
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three documents regarding a dispute over 1,016 pounds of crop tobacco between Elizabeth Philpott and Hugh Mitchell from Charles County, Maryland (1752-1754); a settlement document for the closing of Ross Smiley's business (May 29, 1820); a letter sent to John Philpott of Fayette County, Indiana from Richard A. Buckner of Greensburg, Kentucky inquiring if Philpott would like him to represent him in determining if he's entitled to part of the proceeds from an estate of a...
Dates:
1752-1909
Pippenger and Pittenger family collection
Collection
Identifier: L562
Scope and Contents
Collection contains genealogical material relating to Wesley E. Pippenger’s research papers and correspondence of the Pippenger and Pittenger families of New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri. The material covers family of Richard Pittenger (circa 1642-1715) including family trees, maps, letters, notes by family researchers, copies of articles and books relating to the family, copies of wills and historical documents and records, family group sheets, family histories, and other papers...
Dates:
1640-1995
Pitzer family history
Collection — Folder S1139
Identifier: S1139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a three-page biography from Mrs. William E. Schoefield ranging from 1771 to 1896 regarding the the Joseph Baker Pitzer family history.
Dates:
1771-1896
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pitzer family history
Pleasant Carney papers
Collection — Folder S226
Identifier: S0226
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of an autographed, signed copybook from Pleasant Carney ranging from 1813 to 1820 regarding arithmetic and family matters.
Dates:
1815-1820
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pleasant Carney papers
Reeder family collection
Collection
Identifier: L027
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogy research documents and notes, correspondence, stock certificates, an estate document, photographs, and photograph albums, from the Reeder, Miles, Ploch, and Poynter families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1884 to 1958 and undated, regarding the families and their history. There is also a folder of oversize materials: a marriage certificate for Carl A. Ploch and Maude L. Poynter on June 12, 1912; a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1960s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reeder family collection
Ripley County, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed transcripts of original diaries, correspondence, newspaper articles, poems, and other papers concerning Ripley County, Indiana ranging from 1822 to 1937, as well as articles and histories about specific aspects of the county's history, including churches, towns, schools, organizations, events, families, and the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1937
