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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
John Colton Sr. collection
Collection — Folder S286
Identifier: S0286
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of a notebook kept by Mr. Colton in the late 1870s and 1880s. In large part, it contains accounts of his journeys to and from the United States and England, complete with accurate accounting of time spent and miles traveled. In addition to the accounts, Mr. Colton took many notes on feats of engineering and sea exploration of the time. Of particular note, are sections on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty. The notebooks also contains a few...
Dates:
1883-1886
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Colton Sr. collection
Pepper family photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP138
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken by Kate Reifel Pepper and others from Franklin County, Indiana in ranging from circa 1914 to circa 1915 regarding the Pepper and Reifel families, bridge building, farming, and Peppertown, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1914-circa 1915
Robert H. Wyatt collection
Collection
Identifier: L484
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, other publications, reports, photographs, clippings, and other papers from Robert H. Wyatt in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1869 to 1972 (bulk 1948-1972) and undated regarding his career in education and work with professional organizations such as the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA), the National Education Association (NEA), and Future Teachers of America. There is also information about teachers' strikes...
Dates:
1869-1972, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert H. Wyatt collection
Smithers family photograph album
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: P036
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album containing photographs and photographic postcards of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad construction in Mier, Indiana; construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Medford, Blountsville and Muncie, including a photograph of the Delaware County Courthouse and passenger station; and construction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Winchester, Indiana.Also included are family photographs of the Smithers...
Dates:
circa 1900-1910s
Thomas Riley Marshall photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP153
Identifier: SP153
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs and clippings featuring Thomas Riley Marshall in Indiana, California, Washington, D.C., and other places in the the United States, as well as Geneva, Switzerland, ranging from circa 1860 to 1916 and undated, regarding Riley's daily life and political career, including several photographs from an unidentified ceremony at the construction of a large structure such as a building or bridge. There are also portrait photographs of the Marshall...
Dates:
circa 1860-1916, undated
Wilbur L. Stonex collection
Collection — Folder S1256
Identifier: S1256
Scope and Contents
This collection has xeroxed copies of letters written by Wilbur Stonex ranging from 1902 to 1913, concerning the expansion of the Elkhart Institute and its transformation into Goshen College.
Dates:
1902-1913
Young Abe Lincoln statue photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP156
Identifier: SP156
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Indiana Department of Conservation and others in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1963, depicting the installation of the Young Abe Lincoln statue, created by sculptor David Kresz Rubins, on the Indiana state government campus and the subsequent unveiling ceremony. There is also a photocopy of an undated newspaper clipping with a photograph of the statue and a caption.
Dates:
1963, undated
