Personal memoirs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Maude Stines Crockett memoir
Collection — Folder S1844
Identifier: S1844
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two copies of a paper by Maude Stines Crockett in Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the founding of the Brightwood neighborhood and her experiences growing up in Indianapolis.
Dates:
undated
Mooresville, Indiana reminiscences
Collection — Folder S1901
Identifier: S1901
Scope and Contents
This collection includes handwritten reminiscences by an unknown author regarding experiences from his childhood in Mooresville, Indiana. His first story describes meeting a boy named "Hurshall" who was traveling with a group performing "The Last Days of Pompeii" when the author was about 6 years old. The second story with the faint title, "How I Got the Reward," is incomplete and involves the town's efforts to catch some thieves and his involvement with reporting some suspicious men to a...
Dates:
19th century-20th century
Pierce-Krull family papers
Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence (both originals and typed transcripts), writings, sheet music, financial records, journals, papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, clippings, pamphlets, and realia from the Pierce, Krull, Vinton, and Moore families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana; Genesso, Illinois; California; and the United States, ranging from 1834 to 1963, regarding their family, friends, business interests, education, careers, recreational and social...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
Raymond T. Bosler memoirs
Collection — Folder S2308
Identifier: S2308
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of New Wine Bursting Old Skins: Memories of an Old Priest Longing for a New Church, a self-published memoir written by Rev. Msgr. Raymond Thomas Bosler of Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992. The memoir includes Father Bosler's signature on the title page and a typewritten biographical sketch written by James. E. Farmer on June 9, 1993 and added to the inside front cover.
Dates:
1992-1993
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Raymond T. Bosler memoirs
Samuel J. Keller papers
Collection
Identifier: L285
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, a war diary, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, advertising cards, photographs, receipts, ephemera, and business, legal and financial papers from Samuel J. Keller and the Keller family in Bluffton, Indiana, California, Minnesota, and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1972, concerning Keller's daily life, business concerns, family, and military service in the U.S.-Mexican and Civil wars.There is also an oversize appointment certificate for...
Dates:
1848-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel J. Keller papers
Sidney family papers
Collection — Folder S1186
Identifier: S1186
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of biographical information regarding William Edwin Sidney, Sr. and the genealogy of the Sidney family. The copies are made from handwritten pages and are not always legible. The collection also includes a selection of typewritten pages from William E. Sidney, Jr.'s memoirs and a short biographical sketch of his professional career by his granddaughter, Dorothy Sidney Smith. Mr. Sidney's partial memoir relates his experiences while employed at the Haynes...
Dates:
circa 1960s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sidney family papers
Thomas Riley Marshall papers
Collection
Identifier: L100
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials from Thomas Riley Marhsall ranging from 1863 to 1934, although the bulk of the materials date from 1868 to 1925. Materials include Marshall's speeches on Democratic politics and state and national affairs (1880s-1925); speeches to Masons and other fraternal organizations; speeches on law, schools, and history; and a manuscript draft of his Recollections. The correspondence covers his political affairs (1908-1925); letters of...
Dates:
1863-1934
William Baird memoir
Collection — Folder S0052
Identifier: S0052
Scope and Contents
This collection is a transcription of a brief memoir of William Baird's experiences during the War of 1812.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Baird memoir
