Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:
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
Sexton family papers
Collection — Folder S1165
Identifier: S1165
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a family history originally created by Dr. Marshall Sexton and put into an abridged copy by H. C. Sexton ranging from 1880 to 1902.
Dates:
1880-1902
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sexton family papers
Silas H. Farry biographical sketch
Collection — Folder S2316
Identifier: S2316
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a six-page handwritten biographical sketch of Silas H. Farry. Transcribed by an unknown author from Combination Atlas Map of Fulton County, Indiana by A. L. Kingman, published 1883 (pp. 48-49). The biography includes information about Farry's parents, his wive's parents, and his children. The sketch was written on sheets of paper with the letterhead for Archie F. Young, painter and decorator of Chicago, Illinois from the 1910s. Archibald...
Dates:
1883-circa 1910
Sluyter-Dibra family collection
Collection
Identifier: L554
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper clippings, public record documents, photographs, biographical notes, and other family documents regarding the Sluyter-Dibra family of White County, Indiana ranging from 1839 to 2007. The bulk of the clippings, public records, and documents are photocopies and a large number of the photographs are unidentified. Some items of note include publicity photographs, vaudeville artist cards, and manager instructions for "Mighty" Cameron Bennett's escape...
Dates:
1839-2007
Smith family collection
Collection — Folder S1827
Identifier: S1827
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the following items from the Smith family: John W. Smith's February 11, 1867 certificate for "Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret 32," a degree of the Scottish Rite; the May 30, 1976 marriage certificate of Peter J. Hiddinger and Adeline Koller; a handwritten will of Ann J. Allen signed February 5, 1897; the June 10, 1903 marriage license of Albert Millington and Laura M. Smith; a June 12, 1912 handwritten document regarding the presentation of an Odd Fellows jewel to...
Dates:
1867-1976
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Smith family collection
Sullivan County collection
Collection — Folder S1696
Identifier: S1696
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the following items related to Sullivan County, Indiana: an April 10, 1892 letter stating that Mattie Tarwater was a member in good standing with the Church of Christ at Shaker Prairie; two copies of "The History of Alum Cave," a historical essay by Bess M. Smith of Coalmont, Indiana that was copied November 7, 1931; and a handwritten copy made in 1950 of Dr. H. N. Helms's family history from Dr. James B. Maple's book, A Medical...
Dates:
1892-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sullivan County collection
Teter family papers
Collection
Identifier: L404
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original letters and photocopies from various Teter family members and others; military records; obituaries; newspaper clippings; stamps; currency; a Civil War diary; medals; an Indiana centennial medal; coins; paper currency; a lock of human hair; cross-stitch pictures; and a leather wallet ranging from circa 1847 to 1988 regarding Teter family genealogy, family business, Indiana history and the U.S. Civil War.There is also an oversize folder containing...
Dates:
circa 1847-1988
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Teter family papers
Thomas B. Helm diaries
Collection
Identifier: L066
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 26 diaries from Thomas B. Helm in Logansport, Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1888, regarding weather, family, and local events.
Dates:
1862-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas B. Helm diaries
Thomas J. Dillingham collection
Collection — Folder S1968
Identifier: S1968
Scope and Contents
This collection includes carbon copies of "Warrick County Historical Almanac 1948" and “Warrick County Historical Almanac 1949,” both compiled by Thomas J. Dillingham, with the 1948 almanac signed and dated November 11, 1947 and the 1949 almanac signed and dated November 30, 1948. The collection also includes a brief letter written by Dillingham on December 5, 1948 and sent to Miss Dorothy Riker at the Indiana Historical Bureau. The letter was sent with a clipping of the December 4,...
Dates:
1947-1948
Thomas Morrison papers
Collection — Folder S0991
Identifier: S0991
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a Photostat copy of a typewritten transcript of Morrison’s memoirs covering his family history and life through May 1826. Morrison writes of his early life and adventures traveling from Pennsylvania to Indiana and his work in construction. There is also a transcript of a letter written to Morrison from his brother in Indianapolis in 1876.
Dates:
1826, 1876
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas Morrison papers
