Obituaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Florence Doty collection
General William Harrison Kemper papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0769
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter, a photograph, a scrapbook, clippings, certificates, ephemera, a gallery book, a war diary, military documents, and photocopies of political party election tickets from General William Harrison Kemper in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1854 to 1922, regarding his career as a physician, military service during the U.S. Civil War, Indiana politics, and a variety of interests.Miscellaneous items inlcude a letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes,...
Dates:
1854-1922
George Ade collection
Collection
Identifier: S0007
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to the life and work of George Ade ranging from 1928 to 1944, such as his correspondence with Esther McNitt, Cyril Clemens, Hazel B. Warren, John T. McCutcheon, C.A. Kiler, Ella McCray and Willis Lyman. This collection also contains several copies of handwritten manuscripts, such as "Bessie", "Regarding Pie”, and “The Fun of Handling Crowds”. There is also a copy of Ade’s will, a manuscript copy of a booklet designed by Ade for the Indiana...
Dates:
1928-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Ade collection
Gilbert Harris collection
Collection — Folder S3105
Identifier: S3105
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of various materials concerning Gilbert Harris from Indiana ranging from 1905 to 1946, relating to World War II and local concerns as well as deaths. Among the items relating to World War II are a ship's newspaper, a broadside welcoming returning troops to their voyage home on the S.S. Tristram Dalton, and newspaper and magazine clippings. The clippings are obituaries and announcements of an award and of a visit home. The collection...
Dates:
1905-1946
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gilbert Harris collection
Governor Henry A. Wise collection
Collection — Folder S1416
Identifier: S1416
Scope and Contents
There are two items in this collection. The first is a certificate from the Commonwealth of Virginia, to William P. Kimbel, commissioning him as Colonel of the 119th Regiment, 10th Brigade, 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia, from the 24th of September 1858, and signed by Governor Henry A. Wise on October 5, 1858. A green state seal is in the lower left corner. The other item is a printed page from the "Library Scrapbook" with an engraving of Governor Wise along with a biography,...
Dates:
1858 and 1876
Helen Hollingsworth papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0672
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of and original typed documents from Helen Hollingsworth in Indiana ranging from 1970 to 1973 regarding recollections of New Year's Eve, 1899 (also photocopies of street car routes, address listings and a map and brochures from Dennison Manufacturing Company) and a tribute to Mary Quinn Sullivan, with a copy of the sale catalog from her collection in 1939 and photocopies of her obituaries and sale results.
Dates:
1899/12/31-1973/03/01
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen Hollingsworth papers
Indianapolis Matinee Musicale records
Collection
Identifier: L506
Scope and Contents
This collection includes meeting minutes, programs, memberships lists, treasury reports, correspondence, newspapers, active membership booklets, awards, constitutions, bylaws, photographs and miscellaneous documents from the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, ranging from 1877 to 2021, regarding the organization's purpose and activities.
Dates:
1877-2021
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
James S. Black collection
Collection — Folder S3235
Identifier: S3235
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of several photographs and three newspaper clippings regarding Professor James Smith Black in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1910 and undated, concerning Black, his family, and Item Listing:n.d. - 4 cyanotypes of an artist gentleman in his home and studios (James or Charles Black?)n.d. - 1 portrait of Professor James Blackn.d. - 1 photograph of Professor Black in his home in Indianapolisn.d. - 3 photographs of Charles...
Dates:
1910, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James S. Black collection
John Aleksa papers
Collection — Folder S3004
Identifier: S3004
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters, typed documents, a report of the case Willoughby v. State, newspaper articles and obituaries, school year book pictures, and photographs from John Aleksa and Paul Hamilton in Oaklandon, Indiana ranging from 1933 to 1985 regarding a history of Oaklandon, personal recollections of growing up, family and friends and family history.
Dates:
1933-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Aleksa papers
