Transcriptions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Elkanah Watson memoir transcription
Collection — Folder S1916
Identifier: S1916
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an undated, handwritten transcription of the last paragraph of chapter 1 and most of chapter 2 of Elkanah Watson's published memoirs Men and Times of the Revolution; or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, Including Journals of Travels in Europe and America, from 1777 to 1842, with His Correspondence with Public Men and Reminiscences and Incidents of the Revolution (1856). Written on three sheets of paper, originally folded with 12 sides of text,...
Dates:
19th century-20th century
Emma Louise Brown Repp journal transcripts
Collection
Identifier: L710
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the typewritten transcripts of the "Daily Journals of Emma Louise (Brown) Repp, 1926-1955," transcribed by Mrs. Repp's youngest grandchild, Marily Louise Torborg, and completed in 2017. A number of clippings of obituaries, movie ads, and other news items found attached to the journal were photocopied and added to the published narrative. In addition, family photographs, letters and recollections of family members, especially of Carolyn Repp Knapton, were added...
Dates:
1926-1955; 2017
Erich L. Riesterer collection
Collection
Identifier: L450
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcript of an oral memoir in German, documents, and photographs from Erich L. Riesterer ranging from 1900 to 1977 regarding military service with German troops occupying the Ukraine during World War I. The oral interview was conducted by his son, Berthold P. Riesterer, a history professor at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), during 1975-1977 and transcribed 1976-1977. Notable items also include a German passport (travel pass) and a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1977
First Presbyterian Church of Rockport transcripts
Collection — Folder S2744
Identifier: S2744
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat transcriptions of meeting minutes from the first record book of the First Presbyterian Church of Rockport. Included are records of congregation (members, deacons, elders and ministers) for the years of 1850-1941.
Dates:
circa 1850-1941
Francis Marion Leavell diary transcript
Collection — Folder S3250
Identifier: S3250
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcription of the Civil War diary of Francis Marion Leavell ranging from 1862 August to 1863 August. The diary consists of short, almost daily entires concerning the activities of Leavell and the 73rd Indiana Regiment.
Dates:
1862-1865
Frank A. Ashworth oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH030
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history interview with Frank A. Ashworth, conducted by Thomas Krasean for the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on September 2, 1968. In the interview, Ashworth discusses his military service and homesteading in Kansas.
Dates:
1968/09/04
Frederic L. Grisard, Jr. family letters
Collection — Folder S2321
Identifier: S2321
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typewritten transcriptions of letters sent to Frederic L. Grisard, Jr., his wife, Zelie, and his father, Frederic L. Gisard, Sr., all of whom lived in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana. The letters were translated from French to English by Nellie P. Waldenmaier, great-grandaughter of Frederic, Jr. The letters are organized into two sets, with the first set consisting of 16 letters sent from 1832 to 1848 to Frederic, Sr. and Frederic, Jr. and Zelie from the following...
Dates:
1832-1848
Gary Public Library oral histories
Collection
Identifier: OH023
Scope and Contents
The collection contains transcripts of interviews and audio recordings from the Gary Public Library about the early days of Gary, Indiana ranging from 1955 to 1970. Eight of the folders contain items that were part of a series titled "Gary Public Library presents Living Voices of the Pinoeers," many of which were broadcast on the radio for the Gary "Golden Jubliee" in 1956. There is also a recording from a Lion Club of Gary banquet in honor of Al Greene.
Dates:
1955-1970, undated
George Knight Hester collection
Collection — Folder S2185
Identifier: S2185
Scope and Contents
There are three items in this collection: (1) Rev. George Knight Hester's 1851 diary, which is really a memoir, consisting of 18 typed pages; (2-3) an undated partial letter from Saguaches, Colorado, to "Sister dear" accompanied by a transcription of the letter; and (4) "Papers Relating To The Hester Family" compiled by the Indiana State Library, 1926. The 1851 document gives the family history from Germany to America, settlement in the Northwest Territory (now Clark County,...
Dates:
1851, 1926
George W. Roberts collection
Collection
Identifier: L579
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two Civil War diaries, correspondence, papers, a coffee can, and a spoon belonging to George W. Roberts in Indiana and the United States ranging from circa 1861 to 1944. There are also numerous ribbons, buttons, and badges from Roberts, most from Grand Army of the Republic encampments or posts, as well as numerous 69th Indiana Regiment reunion ribbons (1889-1917, undated); an 1895 Indiana Trustees Association annual meeting ribbon; a 19th Indiana Veteran Volunteers...
Dates:
circa 1861-1944, undated
