Richmond (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Lora B. Kempton scrapbooks
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L697
Scope and Contents
The name "Lora B. Kempton" is inscribed in one of the two scrapbooks within this collection. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, advertisements and greeting cards from Richmond, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio, ranging from circa 1881-1900s.Many of the pages include imagery of domestic animals, such as birds, dogs, cats and horses. There are 3 envelopes and 1 oversize folder to accomodate loose material no longer adhered to the scrapbooks. A 1900 advertisement for the Indiana...
Dates:
circa 1881-1900s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lora B. Kempton scrapbooks
Lowell Nussbaum postcard photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P002
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic prints and negatives of postcards from Lowell Nussbaum in Indiana ranging from circa 1910 to 1930s regarding Indianapolis buildings, street scenes and surrounding Indiana cities.
Dates:
circa 1910-1930s
"Pictures of Scenes and Activities in Indiana connected with the World War" photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P044
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes panoramic photographs in a photogrpah album by: Moorefield, Bretzman, W. L. Dalbey Photography Company, Wallace, Pierce, Bass Photography Company, and William A. Swift. Photographs include the following subjects: Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1st Contingent in front of the Vocational Training Detachment National Army Headquarters; Soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, entertained by Catholic women of Indianapolis at the Knights of Columbus Club House.;...
Dates:
1917-1919
Richmond, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S3108
Identifier: S3108
Scope and Contents
The collection is an assortment of documents dated from 1888 and 1962 to 1967, relating to Richmond, Indiana community and cultural organizations. Organizations represented include the Richmond Civic Theatre, the Art Association of Richmond, Richmond Parks Club, the Tax Research Bureau of the Richmond Board of Realtors, Jaycees of Richmond, Old Settlers, American Friends Service Committee, Hayes Regional Arboretum, Society for the Preservation and Use of Resources, and Richmond's Committee of...
Dates:
1888, 1962-1967
Samuel W. Gaar collection
Collection
Identifier: V035
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a daybook and ledger owned by Samuel W. Gaar of Richmond, Indiana. The bulk of the entries range from 1883 to 1884 and seem to be practice entries for his school work at the Richmond Business College. The ledger includes several pages with entries ranging from 1886 to 1888 regarding expenses paid to O. Yates, W.P. Lough, Jason Oakley and others during the construction of Mr. Gaar's home. The ledger also has one additional page that records $17.50 for "one suit of...
Dates:
1883-1894
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel W. Gaar collection
Starr Piano Company collection
Collection — Folder S2013
Identifier: S2013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a printed card from Starr Piano Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, regarding business advertising.
Dates:
1872-1919
Stephen Swaine collection
Collection — Folder S1277
Identifier: S1277
Scope and Contents
Two items in this collection are original hand-written documents in ink on long paper. The slightly smaller document is dated April 13, 1836, and is written by Samuel Fleming of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. Samuel promises to pay Stephen Swaine "of the same place" $800.00 for Lot #50 in the Borough of Richmond.
The second document has entries starting in 1827 and ending in 1842, listing payments made by Stephen Swaine to Dr. A. Alexander until the account was settled.
The second document has entries starting in 1827 and ending in 1842, listing payments made by Stephen Swaine to Dr. A. Alexander until the account was settled.
Dates:
1827-1842
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Stephen Swaine collection
Wayne County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1708
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items related to education in Wayne County, Indiana, including Joshua Williams's "Articles of Agreement" contract to teach school in the county for twelve months starting on November 3, 1828, photostat copies of articles of agreement to teach school for William Boroughs in 1835 and Vernon Ham 1837, a photostat copy of James Donelan's attendance records for his students in District 5 from 1849, Louisa A. Culbertson's teaching certificate signed by examiner A.C....
Dates:
1828-1957, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wayne County collection
Whitewater Monthly Meeting of Friends history
Collection — Folder S2446
Identifier: S2446
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "History of Our Local Meeting: Its Founding, Activities and Workers," a ten-page history about the Whitewater Monthly Meeting of Friends of Richmond, Indiana written by Mary P. Thorpe and dated October 6, 1916. The copy of the history in this collection was typed from a copy loaned by Willard Heiss in November 1949.
Dates:
1916, 1949
William Dudley Foulke papers
Collection
Identifier: L056
Scope and Contents
The collection includes William Dudley Foulke's correspondence relating to civil service reform, the women's rights movement, Indiana and national Republican Party politics, the Progressive Party in 1912 and 1916, American involvement in the Philippine Islands, and his work on behalf of American preparedness in World War I, and on behalf of the World Court, the League to Enforce Peace, and the League of Nations; copies of his extensive correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt regarding civil...
Dates:
1849-1932
