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Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:
James W. Daniels diary
Collection — Folder S2601
Identifier: S2601
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten transcription of a diary kept by James W. Daniels when he served with the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from September 1861 to December 1862, his entries are narratives of the movements and actions of his regiment.
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James W. Daniels diary
James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home hostess oral histories
Collection
Identifier: OH029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 6 audio cassette tapes and transcripts of interviews with hostesses at the James Whitcomb Riley Home in Greenfield, Indiana, including Lucinda Jean Arthur, Charlotte Barnett, Elizabeth Gappen, Edna Jacobs, Dorothy June WIlliams, and Ruth Williamson. Interviews were conducted by local teacher Carol Cummings during June-July 1987.
Dates:
1987 June-July
James Wilson biographical sketch
Collection — Folder S1850
Identifier: S1850
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a one-page typewritten transcription made from page 174 of the book, Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol 6 that was published in 1824. Transcribed on November 5, 1949 by H.P. (Homer Philip) Rogers of Pendleton, Oregon, the biographical sketch provides information about James Wilson's first wife, Rachel Bird, his second wife, Hannah Gray, and his seven children.
Dates:
1824, 1949
Jane Frazier diary
Collection — Folder S2988
Identifier: S2988
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a typed transcription of a portion of a diary with the title "Great-Grandmother of Goods and Hildebradt Tells of Her Capture and Release by Indians 2 Centuries Ago." The diary from which this 5-page typed transcription is taken was in the possession of John Good and his brothers near Lockport, a few miles west of Logansport, Indiana. The diary recounts Jane Frazier's captrue by Miami Indians, her treatment by those Indians, her adoption into the tribe, her escape...
Dates:
1755-1815, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jane Frazier diary
Jesse B. Connelly collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0289
Scope and Contents
The first of the three folders contains a handwritten copy of Mr. Connelly's Civil War diary as well as small, original diary from 1863. The second folder contains a copy of the transcript compiled by his daughter. The third folder contains the original transcript.The diary begins in August 1861 and goes to September 1863. During his service, Lt. Connelly fought under General Grant at Fort Donelson; at the Battle of Shiloh; at the siege of Corinth; and was in General Buell's army...
Dates:
1861-1863
John Patton will
Collection — Folder S1718
Identifier: S1718
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten transcription of John Patton's will made from the original documents loaned to the Indiana State Library by Mrs. Theodore Craven on January 5, 1931. Along with Mr. Patton's last will and testament dated July 17, 1809, there are also entries regarding probate from the Rockbridge (Virginia) Court dated October 2, 1809 and the inventory and appraisment of Patton's estate dated October 18, 1809 along with the statement by the county clerk that it was returned...
Dates:
1809, 1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Patton will
John Prichet journals
Collection
Identifier: L130
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three hand written journals (1849-1851) of John Prichet describing his journey from Indiana to California during the Gold Rush. His journals cover his trip from Centreville, Indiana to California by steamboat on the Ohio and Missouri rivers, and overland from Independence, Missouri to California using the Truckee River route; his life in the mining camps near Yuba City and Sacramento, California; and his return trip by ship from San Francisco through Panama, to New...
Dates:
1849-1851
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Prichet journals
Jonathon Jennings collection
Collection
Identifier: L079
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of photostat copies of Jonathan Jennings' correspondence ranging from 1806 to 1927. There are also a few original Jennings letters. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of J. Julian Baily regarding his research on Jonathan Jennings.Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Secretary of War John Armstrong, Secretary of War Lewis Cass, Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin, President James Madison, Soloman Manwaring, Dr. David G....
Dates:
1806-1834, 1927
Josiah C. Williams collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1427
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises typed transcripts of letters, military documents, and narratives from Josiah C. Williams in Indiana and the United States to his family, along with a few letters from E. R. Brown and family members, ranging from 1850 to 1887 and undated, regarding family life, personal business, his second trip to the East (circa 1850), service during the U.S. Civil War, and the history of the 27th Indiana Regiment and its veterans, as well as those from Warren County, Indiana. ...
Dates:
1850-1887
Josiah Hurty journal
Collection — Folder S2997
Identifier: S2997
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of a journal kept by Josiah Hurty from 1849 to 1864 and transcribed by his great-granddaughter Alice Austin Martin in 1998. The bulk of the journal ranges from January 1860 to September 1864 and consists of Hurty’s entries regarding his daily activities and travels. Of special note are his comments about the events leading up to and following the start of the Civil War. The collection also includes biographical sketches regarding Josiah, Ann and their...
Dates:
1849-1864, 1998
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Josiah Hurty journal
