Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:
John Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: L283
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records from 1853-1933, though the bulk of the materials cover 1880-1900. The first two folders consist mainly of papers related to the Keystone Lodge and contain minutes, reports, and financial documents. These two folders also contain some Johnson family papers as well, including receipts, estate papers, and family correspondence. The third folder contains mostly Albert Johnson, son of John Johnson, family correspondence and papers. The final folder consists...
Dates:
1853-1933
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Johnson collection
John McCoy letters
Collection — Folder S871
Identifier: S0871
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three letters, two from John McCoy in Knox County, Indiana and a third from William McCoy in Princeton, Indiana, ranging from 1801 to 1835. The first letter, written by John McCoy to his mother and brother, Sarah and Robert McCoy, in Pendleton County, Virginia on February 17, 1801 concerning his famiy's welfare, religion, the birth of his sons, local weather, and farming. Another letter, written by John McCoy on Octover 26, 1811 regarding his health, military life...
Dates:
1801-1835
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John McCoy letters
John R. Simpson papers
Collection
Identifier: L144
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters and business correspondence from John R. Simpson and his family and friends in Paoli, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1822 to 1875 regarding family matters, patents, and land grants.
Dates:
1822-1875
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John R. Simpson papers
John Tenbrook Campbell collection
Collection
Identifier: L258
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the writings of John TenBrook Campbell ranging from 1840 to 1909 and undated. They include a family history, papers relating to temperance, emancipation, and theology, poems, reports, surveys, and items related to other miscellaneous topics. Included in the collection are personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts sent to editors, and a photograph of John T. Campbell.
Dates:
1840-1909, undated
Johnston family collection
Collection — Folder S3102
Identifier: S3102
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided between items relating to L.S. Ayres and Company and items relating to the Johnston family (1898-1908). The materials relating to the Johnston family (1876-1908) includes a pocket edition of the New Testament (distributed by The Pocket Testament League of Philadelphia), a Cradle Roll certificate from the Sixth Presbyterian Sunday School of Indianapolis, one dedal, two pins, and two commemorative crosses. The medal and the crosses commemorate service in the Spanish...
Dates:
1898-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Johnston family collection
Joshua Lewis reminiscences
Collection — Folder S0861
Identifier: S0861
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of Joshua Lewis's reminiscences that he wrote in February of 1905. The manuscript was dedicated to James Madison Lewis and the copy was made September 11, 1952 for Harold Lewis. In the manuscript, Lewis relates biographical information and his experiences serving with Company H, 20th Indiana Infantry during the U.S. Civil War. Some of the battles he describes include his eyewitness account of the March 8-9, 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, also know as...
Dates:
1952/09/11
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joshua Lewis reminiscences
Joshua Reed and Lura Maria Giddings collection
Collection
Identifier: L332
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Joshua Giddings' letters to his daughter, wife, and other members of his family, written from Washington, D. C. (1840-1858) and Montreal, Canada (1862-1864), journals and diaries of Lura Maria Giddings (1858-1870), Lura's biography of her father, the memoirs of Joshua Giddings, and family photographs.
Dates:
1799-1870
Julia and John Seagley collection
Collection — Folder S1160
Identifier: S1160
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the biographical manuscript, “The Lives of Julia and John Seagley, My Great Grand Parents” by Birdena Voight. Voight wrote the manuscript on 26 Nov 1934 as part of a course requirement when she was a student. The collection includes two manuscripts, one original and one copy, 13 pages each, with an additional cover page.
Dates:
1830-1904
Kate Heron papers
Collection — Folder S0642
Identifier: S0642
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats and letters from Kate Heron in Connersville, Indiana, ranging from 1807 to 1932 regarding her family history and her research on Caleb Blood Smith.
Dates:
1807-1932
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kate Heron papers
Kate Milner Rabb clipping
Collection — Folder S0812
Identifier: S0812
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a clipping of Kate Milner Rabb's column, "A Hoosier Listening Post," printed in the Indianapolis Star on December 30, 1934. The article relates information that Mrs. Gene Lawrence sent to Rabb regarding her ancestor, John Adam Lawrence, and it includes a list of items offered for sale by Mr. Lawrence at an 1839 auction and his family genealogy.
Dates:
December 30, 1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kate Milner Rabb clipping
