State parks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Hugh A. Barnhart photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP157
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Hugh A. Barnhart in Indiana, the United States, and Japan, ranging from circa 1880 to 1953, regarding his career with the Indiana Department of Conservation, his political and social life, people he knew, current events, such as a Depression-era bread line, Indiana participants in war criminal trials in Japan post-World War II, and historic sites, including the Nancy Hanks Lincoln State Memorial and Richard Lieber's memorial at Turkey...
Dates:
circa 1880-1953
Indiana Department of Conservation manuscript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2046
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a manuscript about the early history of the area that became Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana (circa 1940s). Topics covered include the area's topography and geology; the history of the Native Americans who inhabited Indiana, both pre-historic and those that lived in the area prior to and during its conquest by the Spanish, French, English and Americans; Parke County pioneer history; and the story of Salmon Lusk and his family. There are also two earlier...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation photograph collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P076
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and its predecessor, the Department of Conservation, in Indiana ranging from 1921 to circa 1970 and undated, regarding the activities of the state agency, its personnel, and the resources under its oversight. Some of the photographs appear to have been used in a publication, possibly the department's periodical, Outdoor Indiana, with a few images featuring...
Dates:
1921-circa 1970, undated
Jack McCormick papers
Collection
Identifier: L095
Scope and Contents
This collection includes indexes, histories, photographs, pamphlets, maps and correspondence from Jack McCormick and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (formerly Indiana Department of Conservation) in Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1970 regarding Shades State Park, Pine Hills Nature Preserve, and other Indiana state parks.The oversize maps of the Alamo Quadrangle, Pine Hills, and Shades State Park and its surroundings range in dates from 1939 to 1950, though many are undated...
Dates:
1820-circa 1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jack McCormick papers
