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Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

Polmete Tribe No. 17, Improved Order of Red Men letter

 Collection — Folder S2426
Identifier: S2426
Scope and Contents This collection includes a September 4, 1919 letter written by Fred J. Cron, C. of R. [Chief of Records] of Polmete Tribe No. 17, Improved Order of Red Men (IORM) and sent to Charles Nitterbach of 524 N. Garfield Ave. Indianapolis, Indiana. Written on the organization's letterhead, the letter directs Nitterbach to visit Dr. A.A. Hollingsworth for an examination prior to attending the IORM's meeting on September 12th for adoption into the order. Dates: 1919/09/04

Poplar Ridge Horse Thief and Detective Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: L213
Scope and Contents The collection contains record and minute books, a certificate of appointment (1906), a ribbon from a National Horse Thief Detective Association conference, lists, and ephemera from the Poplar Ridge Horse Thief and Detective Company in Hamilton County, Indiana ranging from 1875 to 1925, regarding the organization and its activities. Dates: 1875-1925

Porcelain Art School of Indiana collection

 Collection
Identifier: L440
Scope and Contents This collection includes legal documents, bylaws, correspondence; meeting minutes, financial reports, newspaper and magazine articles, flyers, registration information, recipes for firing painting on porcelain china, and photographs from the Porcelain Art School, the Indiana China Painting School, and the Indiana Art School in Indiana, ranging from 1989 to 2005, regarding organizational business and painting on porcelain china. Dates: 1991-2005

Porter-Griffin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L535
Scope and Contents This collection comprises correspondence, papers, accounts, school and organizational papers, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, broadsides, ephemera, and business records from the Porter and Griffin families, as well as their business enterprises, in Corydon, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1813 to 1983, regarding their lives and businesses, as well as related family and friends, and the history of Harrison County and Indiana. The collection is organized in eight... Dates: 1813-1983

Portfolio Club records

 Collection
Identifier: L347
Scope and Contents This collection includes yearbooks, programs, clippings, ephemera, and photographs from the Portfolio Club in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1890 to 1974, regarding the club, its members, and its activities.

There is also an orange, Halloween-themed, paper doily from the club, circa 1890-1974 (OB096).
Dates: 1890-1974

Program collection

 Collection
Identifier: L658
Scope and Contents This collection includes programs from throughout Indiana ranging from 1836 to 2017 and undated regarding the following subjects:Series 1: Music- Includes programs related to concerts, recitals, and music schools.Series 2: Religion- Includes programs related to religious services, conferences, and events.Series 3: Art- Includes programs related to galleries and exhibits, art schools, antiques, and architecture.Series 4: Dance- Includes programs... Dates: 1836-2017, undated

Richard S. Simons, Indianapolis Literary Club address

 Collection — Folder S1187
Identifier: S1188
Scope and Contents This collection includes the thirty page typewritten address, "Who's the Hoosier?" that Richard S. Simons delivered to the Indianapolis Literary Club on November 16, 1953. His address highlighted many men and women who were either native Hoosiers or spent an important period of their lives in Indiana. He stated that Indiana qualified as the "Mother of Vice Presidents" and noted that a large number of Hoosiers have filled presidential cabinet posts, have been prominent congressmen, and have... Dates: 1953/11/16

Riley Hospital Junior League Occupational Therapy Department photograph collage

 Collection — Folder OBC027
Identifier: OBC027
Scope and Contents This collection comprises a photographic collage with 3 black-and-white photographs glued to a board depicting the entrance of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children building in Indianapolis, Indiana and two images from the Junior League Occupatioanl Therapy Department at the hospital, circa 1924-1934. Dates: circa 1924-1934

Rose Marie Cruzan Parliamentary Law Club No. 2 records

 Collection
Identifier: L387
Scope and Contents This collection includes bylaws, directories, a program, newspaper clippings, and club meeting minutes from Rose Marie Cruzan Parliamentary Law Club No. 2 in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1959 to 1989, regarding parliamentary practice and club activities. Dates: 1959-1989

Sarah Carmichael Harrell collection

 Collection
Identifier: L398
Scope and Contents This collection includes newspaper clippings and scrapbooks from Sarah Carmichael Harrell in Indiana, ranging from 1825 to 1927, regarding the Columbian Exposition Chicago World's Fair), Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana history, poetry and stories.

There is also a World's Columbian Exposition Commission appointment certificate and letter to Sarah Carmichael Harrell dated March 18, 1891 (OBC147).
Dates: 1825-1927