Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 190 Collections and/or Records:
Horne family collection
Collection
Identifier: L327
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, glass plate negatives, correspondence, papers, clippings, certificates, and an unbound scrapbook from Edwin Fletcher Horne and Cora Calhoun Horne and their family in New York and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from circa 1865 to 1941, concerning the family, African-American civil rights, slavery, politics, travel abroad to Europe, and civic engagement. The correspondence includes a handwritten letter from Benjamin Harrison denying any intention to...
Dates:
circa 1865-1941
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Horne family collection
Howlett family history
Collection — Folder S2641
Identifier: S2641
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an eight-page typed Xerox copy of the family tree was prepared in 1926 by Elsie Howlett, with the assistance of Jane L. Howlett and Dr. William Howlett Garner. It begins with Parley Hewlett and lists the children by his wife Bathsheba: (1) Eunice; (2) Christiana; (3) Parley II; (4) Herman; (5) Martha; (6) Seneca; (7) Parker; and (8) Daniel. The descendants of Parker Parley are given from page four to the end. One page is a newspaper article from the...
Dates:
1926-1961
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Howlett family history
Ila Reinstedt family letter
Collection — Folder S2725
Identifier: S2725
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a typescript copy of a letter written by Mrs. Ila Reinstedt, who lived in Washington, Missouri, in 1936. In the letter, she relates what she knows of the genealogy of the Williams family from which she was descended. The original of her letter is the property of Harry Neimeyer. The genealogical information Mrs. Reinstedt relates centers around two personalities. The first is Rinda WIlliams (Rinda French, later Rinda Stockdale), who died in Samesa,...
Dates:
1936/10/11
Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH008
Scope and Contents
This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.
Dates:
1978-1987
Ira and Albert Hubbard papers
Collection — Folder S692
Identifier: S0692
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from Albert, Gertie [Gertrude], Ira, Leslie, and Mary Hubbard in Gering, Nebraska ranging from 1890 to 1893 regarding family matters and daily life.
Dates:
1890-1893
Isaac Newton McMillan collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0899
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat correspondence, certificates, and newspaper clippings relating to the McMillan family ranging from 1860 to 1874 relating to Civil War experiences and family matters.
Dates:
1860-1874
James F. Simpson family papers
Collection
Identifier: L355
Scope and Contents
This collection includes hand-written correspondence, newspaper clippings, real estate and insurance papers, photographs, family history, and account books from James F. Simpson ranging from 1810 to 1942, regarding life, business, Switzerland County, and Civil War veterans, pensions, battles, and reunions. Notable items include barbed wire from Fort Pompelle in France and 6th Indiana regiment flag fragments.
Dates:
1810-1942
James M. Guthrie collection
Collection — Folder S1887
Identifier: S1887
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a family history of some of the first settlers of Lawrence County, Indiana beginning with John and Daniel Guthrie and their brothers-in-law, Jacob and William Flinn. The history begins with their move to Kentucky in 1809, followed quickly by their move into Indiana in 1811. The history discusses the construction of their settlement, Leesville, and includes a description of a Pottawatomie Indian raid which was the only major Indian conflict in the county. During the raid...
Dates:
1967
James O. Leas letters
Collection — Folder S2681
Identifier: S2681
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two letters written from Eaten to “My Dear Children.” The letters, dated January 30, 1864 and March 27, 1865, discuss family news and health.
The letters reference Ella, Call Vandoren, Al Hubbard, Mitchell Walters, Kate Staggs, Aunt Elize, Hope Redman, Margaret Bruce, and George.
The letters reference Ella, Call Vandoren, Al Hubbard, Mitchell Walters, Kate Staggs, Aunt Elize, Hope Redman, Margaret Bruce, and George.
Dates:
1864-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James O. Leas letters
James S. Terwilliger collection
Collection — Folder S1295
Identifier: S1295
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of letters and papers regarding James S. Terwilliger in Indiana, Ohio and Arkansas, ranging from 1838 to 1890, regarding family life and business concerns.
Dates:
1838-1890
