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LaPorte County (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham P. Andrew letters

 Collection — Folder S2454
Identifier: S2454
Scope and Contents This collection contains photostats of fifteen letters written by Abraham P. Andrew and sent to his wife, Viola, from 1832 to 1839. His correspondence includes comments regarding the Black Hawk War, the early development of northern Indiana, conditions of travel both inside and outside Indiana, economic conditions, his experiences in New York, and his frustration over failing to raise the needed capital for a railroad venture. The first two letters were written from South Bend, Indiana and sent...
Dates: 1832-1839

Florence Doty collection

 Collection — Folder S2164
Identifier: S2164
Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy of the April 23, 1942 issue of The Pellet Press (Vol. 2, no. 15), a weekly paper published by the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant that was located in LaPorte County, Indiana. The front page of the newspaper has an article regarding a “Slogan Contest” and includes a photograph of Florence Doty as one of the four winners. The collection also includes a 1939 newspaper clipping of an obituary for Mrs. A. J. (Jennie) Douglas, the mother of...
Dates: 1939-1942

Frank W. Olin collection

 Collection
Identifier: L301
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, circulars, reports, papers, and diaries from Frank W. Olin in Indianapolis and Peru, Indiana ranging from 1833 to 1941, and undated regarding his life, business, and activities. Included in the documents are insurance and other business papers, including papers related to the Indiana Association of Life Underwriters (1908). There are also political papers, many relating to the Republican Party in Indianapolis (1900s-1910s) and the Citizen's Non-Partisan...
Dates: 1833-1941, undated

Ida E. Collom family album

 Collection — Folder S2391
Identifier: S2391
Scope and Contents This collection contains a small, soft cover album from the 1910s handmade by Ida Collom of La Crosse, Indiana. The album appears to have been sent as a gift and includes various family photographs with "Some Kodak pictures of our girlie Lavon, home and town from Mrs. Geo. Collom, La Crosse, Ind" written on a small Christmas card attached to the front cover.
Dates: circa 1910

James L. Monahan collection

 Collection — Folder S0974
Identifier: S0974
Scope and Contents This collection contains a typewritten copy of a narrative given by LaPorte County, Indiana pioneer James L. Monahan and written down by James W. Lester, secretary of the Gary Historical Society, in the spring of 1923 when Monahan was 98 years old. The narrative relates his childhood experiences as a pioneer living among the Potawatomi and gives an eyewitness account of their forced removal from Northern Indiana. He noted that he "saw a great many of the first things started here" and mentioned...
Dates: 1923-1973

Joseph Ballard letters

 Collection — Folder S0062
Identifier: S0062
Dates: 1837-1838

LaPorte County collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2084
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of copies of articles related to the history of LaPorte County, Indiana. They include "Prehistoric LaPorte" by Warren C. Ransburg, "Old Mills of LaPorte County" by Dr. S. Arthur Stewart, an obituary of Mrs. Viola Andrew Cochran from the LaPorte Herald Argus on March 13, 1930, "History of the Trail Creek Region", "Michigan City's First Hundred Years", "A Survey of Michigan City", and...
Dates: 1893-1956

Lorenz G. Schumm collection

 Collection — Folder S1926
Identifier: S1926
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters, postcards, and a brochure regarding Indiana politics and history collected by Lorenz G. Schumm. The political documents include a postcard promoting an October 21, 1940 Republican rally in LaPorte County; a card with the 1948 Indiana Republican gubernatorial candidates - Alvan V. Burch, Hobart Creighton, Walter E. Helmke, and William E. Jenner - listed with boxes for "1st Choice" and "2nd Choice"; a June 11, 1851 letter sent by James G....
Dates: 1940-1958