Terre Haute (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Kathryn S. Davis family papers
Collection
Identifier: L382
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, personal diaries, account books, and cassette tapes from Kathryn S. Davis and her husband, Neal P. Davis, in Terre Haute, Indiana, ranging from 1900 to 1976 and undated, regarding her daily life, daily expenses, and family. Her diaries record her everyday life, including her relationships with family members, illnesses, household chores, and her attempts to bring in additional income through boarders and other jobs. The account books are detailed records of...
Dates:
circa 1900-1976
Lowell Nussbaum postcard photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P002
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic prints and negatives of postcards from Lowell Nussbaum in Indiana ranging from circa 1910 to 1930s regarding Indianapolis buildings, street scenes and surrounding Indiana cities.
Dates:
circa 1910-1930s
Nathaniel Preston papers
Collection
Identifier: L129
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, copybooks, diaries, business account books, and papers from Nathaniel Preston in the United States, as well as naval account books, a diary, and correspondence from William M. Preston, all ranging from 1821 to 1918, regarding banking, personal affairs, and navy business.
Dates:
1821-1918
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Nathaniel Preston papers
Oscar Rankin letter
Collection — Folder S1735
Identifier: S1735
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed extract from a letter from Oscar Rankin in South Pass City, Washington
Territory, on March 3, 1868 regarding life in the Far West.
Dates:
1868/03/03
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Oscar Rankin letter
Peddle family collection
Collection — Folder S1048
Identifier: S1048
Scope and Contents
The collection includes comprises an unbound volume titled, "Letters of the Peddle Family: Civil War Period," which contains transcribed letters from members of the Peddle family, ranging from 1834 to 1901. The volume includes genealogical charts, background information, and a foreword by the compiler, Juliet Peddle, in Terre Haute, Indiana on February 1, 1947. The letters were found in a trunk belonging to Sarah Peddle Burton (1852-1939). There are also two photographic prints of collages of...
Dates:
1834-1901, 1947
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Peddle family collection
Poets' Study Club of Terre Haute collection
Collection
Identifier: L400
Scope and Contents
This collection includes minutes and treasurers' reports; copies of the round table newsletter; letters from Poets' Study Club of Terre Haute and members; bulletins for the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs; writings by Lillian Robertson Beck and miscellaneous papers and publications in Terre Haute and Crawfordsville, Indiana and elsewhere in the United States ranging from 1939 to 1976 regarding poetry, hymnody and writing.
Dates:
1939-1976
Richard W. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates:
1818-1931
Russell and Rainwater family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P007
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and two postcards from the Russell and Rainwater families in Parke County, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1940, undated regarding members of the family, their home, and their daily lives.
Dates:
circa 1860-1940, undated
S.G. Eyerly papers
Collection — Folder S448
Identifier: S0448
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from S.G. Eyerly in Crawford County, Illinois on 1844/07/09 regarding travel conditions from Terre Haute to Sullivan, Indiana.
Dates:
1844/07/04
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
S.G. Eyerly papers
Sibleytown School history and roster
Collection — Folder S2793
Identifier: S2793
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a one-page typscript history and roster from the Sibleytown School in Terre Haute, Indiana dated March 8, 1928, regarding schoolteachers and students of . There is also miscellaneous information concerning early schooling in Terre Haute at the bottom of the page.
Dates:
1928/03/08
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