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Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:

International Association of Lions Clubs convention panoramic photograph

 Collection — Object OBF007
Identifier: OBF007
Scope and Contents This collection consists of one black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by Standard Photo Service Co. of the opening session of the International Association of Lions Club convention on July 16, 1946 at the Municipal Auditorium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The image shows delegates seated in the auditorium with signs indicating the state, country, or continent of origin. There is also a view of the stage, its occupants, and a very large Lions emblem, as well as people seated in the upper...
Dates: 1946/07/16

Irvington collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2173
Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of materials, including transcriptions, personal notes, letters, a poll book, a tax table, financial statements, bonds covering public officials, legal agreements, a political platform, a map, and a newspaper clipping, ranging from 1873 to 1970, regarding the town of Irvington, Indiana.Generally, the materials all relate to the civic and political affairs of the town of Irvington, now a neighborhood of Indianapolis. Topics covered include early...
Dates: 1873-1970; 2008-2016

James M. Tucker papers

 Collection
Identifier: L233
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, invoices, and other papers to and from James M. Tucker in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1939 to 1940, regarding daily life, politics, and public speaking.
Dates: 1939-1940

John Johnson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L283
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, accounts, financial and legal documents, reports, publications, and ephemera from John Johnson and the Johnson family in Marion County, Indiana, ranging from 1853 to 1933, regarding business, family life, politics, and the local freemason lodges, specifically Keyston Lodge No. 251 and Millersville Lodge No. 156.
Dates: 1853-circa 1950

John M. Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates: 1804-1982

John Rugenstein collection

 Collection
Identifier: L300
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials assembled by John Rugenstein regarding Wendell Willkie and his U.S. presidential campaign in 1940. Included in this collection is campaign memorabilia such as buttons, literature, poetry, postcards, music, stickers and phonograph records. Also included is the correspondence of the various state and local Willkie Clubs, founded in 1940 to promote and support Willkie in his campaign. These items are divided geographically. There is information on the national...
Dates: 1879-1959

John Tenbrook Campbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: L258
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, a photograph, two scrapbooks, and various writings including editorials, essays, addresses, and poems from John Tenbrook Campbell in Parke County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from circa 1840 to 1911 and undated, regarding his family life and career, military experiences during the U.S. Civil War, business concerning roads and levees, intellectual interests and social concerns, and the...
Dates: 1840-1911, undated

Josephine B. Stayman collection

 Collection
Identifier: L240
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, papers, newspaper clippings, advertisements, pamphlets, notes, greeting and calling cards, recipes, diaries, postcards, photographs, ribbons, fabric swatches, and an account book from Josephine Brown Stayman and Chalmers Brown, principally in Indianapolis, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1840 to 1967, regarding the insurance industry, Indiana politics, societies and clubs, and daily life.Oversize items include Chalmers Brown's...
Dates: 1840-1967

Journeymen Barbers International Union of America convention panoramic photographs

 Collection — Object OBF012
Identifier: OBF012
Scope and Contents This collection includes two black-and-white panoramic photographs from two Journeymen Barbers International Union of America conventions held in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 6, 1914 and September 11, 1924. The convention attendees were photographed in front of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument. In the 1914 photograph taken by Cirkut Photo, some of the attendees, which included women, hold banners or pennants indicating their home state or country. The 1924 image shows men, as well...
Dates: 1914/10/06, 1924/09/11

Julius C. Walk certificate

 Collection — Folder OB192
Identifier: OB192
Scope and Contents This collection contains Julius C. Walk’s certificate of induction into the Indianapolis Academy of Sciences on March 22, 1872.
Dates: 1872/03/22