Whitewater Valley (Ind. and Ohio)

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence and business papers of Amos W. Butler, ranging from 1818 to 1936. Specifically, the collection comprises of several business receipts and accounts, some relating to the Brookville and Metamora Hydraulic Company and a folder pertaining to Brookville College where Butler graduated. Also included are 4 account books (1866–1869) and a letter-copying book (1876–1890) (V450).

Scope and Contents This collection includes "The National Road across Wayne County" by Thomas B. Searight, 1894, 2 copies; a letter to Dr. Bernhard Knollenberg dated April 22, 1942, from the Library of Congress; maps of Whitewater Valley Country by Harry O. Garman, 1942; a note from Mr. Hill to Bernhardt dated August 6, 1942; an article entitled "Letter Written by Mr. Johann Wolfgang Schreyer" edited by Donald F. Carmony, pp. 283-306, Indiana Magazine of History, September 1944; a photostat of a map showing...

Scope and Contents This collection is Lawlis’ 1946 M.A. thesis on patterns of migration to the Whitewater Valley during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Folder 1. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp1-56

Folder 2. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp57-112

Folder 3. Migration to the Whitewater Valley 1800-1860, pp112-167

Scope and Contents This collection contains three stocks certificates issued by the White Water Valley Canal Company on January 13, 1843, November 20, 1843, and October 1, 1844. The one, two, and five dollar stock certificates are each signed by the company's secretary L. B. Tupper and company president Meredith Helm.