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Funeral rites and ceremonies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Ann V. Hammer photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP161
Identifier: SP161
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from Ann V. Hammer in Indiana ranging from 1946 to 1954 and undated, regarding the courthouse tree in Greensburg, Indiana Dunes State Park, Webster Lake in Kosciusko County, Lake Wawasee and the South Shore Inn in Syracuse, and a possible camp at Rivervale, Lawrence County. There are also postcards Grouseland in Vincennes, Mac's Famous Barbeuce in Evansville, Indiana Dunes State Park, and Hotel Van Orman and downtown Fort Wayne. An undated advertising item...
Dates: 1946-1954, undated

Benjamin Harrison clippings collection

 Collection — Folder OBC195
Identifier: OBC195
Scope and Contents This collection contains newspaper clippings regarding Benjamin Harrison ranging from 1888 to 1901. Some include news coverage of his funeral.
Dates: 1888-1901

Benjamin Harrison funeral photographs

 Collection — Folder SP104
Identifier: SP104
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the day of Benjamin Harrisons's funeral in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 16 and 17, 1901, depicting the exteriors of the Indiana Statehouse where Harrison's body lay in state in on the 16th and the Harrison house on the day of the funeral on March 17th. The images show parade formations and crowds lined up to enter the Indiana Statehouse as the casket was carried inside, as well as pallbearers conveying the coffin out of the Harrisons'...
Dates: 1901 March 16-17

Donald Barneclo photograph album

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P073
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photograph album from Donald Barneclo in Indianapolis, Indiana; Bourges, Paris and other places in France, 1918-1919 regarding Indianapolis street scenes, Barneclo in uniform, sights in France during and after World War I, tickets from sightseeing and travel, a telegram, snapshots of other soldiers and military life, the battlefields in France, destruction from war, including the damge to Reims Cathedral, and casualties.There are also photographs from...
Dates: 1889-circa 1950

Harry Guyer Leslie collection

 Collection — Folder S0824
Identifier: S0824
Scope and Contents This collection contains a December 18, 1928 certificate from the Purdue Association of Indianapolis recognizing Harry G. Leslie as on honorary member and a 3 x 5-inch card announcing the death of Governor Leslie on December 10, 1937. The card includes information about the funeral service and was sent to an individual who was requested to be an honorary pall bearer.
Dates: 1928-1937

James Whitcomb Riley photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP050
Identifier: SP050
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs and illustrations in Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to circa 1930 regarding author James Whitcomb Riley, people and places associated with him, his dog "Lockerbie", and his works. There are also photographs from his funeral and statue dedication in Greenfield, Indiana
Dates: circa 1860-circa 1930

Kern family collection

 Collection — Folder S2398
Identifier: S2398
Scope and Contents This collection includes a July 5, 1850 letter written by David G. Kern from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and sent to his brother Henry J. Kern at Milton, Wayne County, Indiana; a copy of the January 2, 1900 funeral address for David G. Kern presented by Rev. M. L. Haines, D.D.; and Barbara M. Kern's handwritten instructions regarding her funeral (undated).
Dates: 1850-1900, undated

Lincoln funeral train, Michigan City, Indiana photographs

 Collection — Folder SP101
Identifier: SP101
Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 black-and-white photographs showing the Abraham Lincoln funeral train stopped at Michigan City, Indiana on May 1, 1965, on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois. The images feature a large memorial arch.
Dates: 1865/05/01

Pierre Loyd Castator funeral remembrance poster

 Collection — Folder OBC156
Identifier: OBC156
Scope and Contents This collection contains a remembrance poster in memoriam of the death of Pierre Loyd Castator in September 1914.
Dates: 1914 September