New Harmony (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Frederick Rapp letter
Collection — Folder S1096
Identifier: S1096
Scope and Contents
This one photocopied letter, the original of which is in the Chicago Historical Society's collection, is three pages, handwritten, plus the envelope which makes four pages. Frederick Rapp wrote to Mr. William Young, No. 10 South 3rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 27, 1823. He began his letter thus: "After a short and pleasant voyage down the Ohio River, I arrived here on the 12th in good health among my friends, whom I found generally well and as glad to see me as I was to see...
Dates:
1823
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frederick Rapp letter
Harry D. Hartley collection
Collection
Identifier: L273
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, papers, pamphlets, clippings, photographs, publications, meeting transcripts, a master's thesis, and a scrapbook from Harry D. Hartley in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1921 to 1951, regarding Hartley's life and interests, including his family property, especially in Kokomo, his proposed book on the contriubtion of Hoosiers to the development of United States history and Western civilization; Arthur E. Morgon and his investigations into the Tennesee...
Dates:
1921-1951
Historic documents and sites lantern slides
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P017
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides mostly created by W. H. Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1897 to circa 1916 regarding early Indiana history, including historic sites at Vincennes, New Harmony, and the state capitols, as well as the Indiana centennial. Many of the slides depict historical documents relating to early European settlement of the Northwest Territory and portraits of prominent Hoosier individuals. It is possible these slides were used for...
Dates:
circa 1897-circa 1916
Homer Fauntleroy home photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP027
Identifier: SP027
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 photographs taken by Homer Fauntleroy in New Harmony, Indiana ranging from circa 1910 to 1923 regarding the interior of the Fauntleroy home. One photograph shows his sister, Mary Emily Fauntleroy reading.
Dates:
circa 1910-1923
Indiana Department of Natural Resources photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the photographs from Indiana Department of Natural Resources in Indiana from 1967 and undated regarding state parks, nature sites and recreation areas, historic sites, landmarks, memorials, museums, and buildings around Indiana.
Dates:
1967, undated
Josiah Warren collection
Collection — Folder S1365
Identifier: S1365
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photostats of handwritten letters from the Warren family in Indiana and Ohio and a marriage certificate for Caroline and Josiah Warren, ranging from 1817 to 1853 regarding family life and news.
Dates:
1817-1853
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Josiah Warren collection
Lucas Weber, "New Harmony on the Wabash" lithographs
Collection — Folder OBD054
Identifier: OBD054
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various versions of the lithograph "New Harmony on the Wabash" by Lucas Weber and Karl Bodden from 1843 to 1844.
Dates:
1843-1844
Matthew Ritchie Southard collection
Collection — Folder S1223
Identifier: S1223
Scope and Contents
There are six items in this collection which make reference to New Harmony, Indiana; Robert Dale Owen; and I. W. Swift. (1) Letter to Hon. M.R. Southard, Indianapolis, dated December 12, 1838, from R. D. Owen in New Harmony. He mentions that Mrs. Southard, who "has not been well, is, as I hear, much better today." (2) Letter to M. R. Southard, Member of the legislature (he was a Representative), Indianapolis, dated December 26, 1839, from I. W. Swift in New Harmony. This letter requests that...
Dates:
1839-1929
Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Collection — Folder S1141
Identifier: S1141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed manuscript, with handwritten edits, entitled "Echoes" by Oscar Schmidt in Spencer, Indiana regarding a story about narrator Dick Wheeler, who along with several friends, visits the estate home of Mrs. Ellen Gilbert in southern Indiana, presumably in New Harmony. The story provides a detailed narrative of the immigration of George Rapp and his followers from Germany to western Pennsylvania in 1803, and their move to Harmony, Indiana in 1814.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Phillip Price collection
Collection — Folder S1083
Identifier: S1083
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence written in 1850 and 1859. The four-page letter was written from Philadelphia on September 10, 1850 to "My Dear Brother" from Phillip Price, who was a Quaker. The second letter was written to "My Dear Mother," on February 28, 1859, from William Price, in Cincinnati. He wrote: "Poor Fanny [last name illegible] -- whom thee may recollect as the forlorn old woman residing in the cottage on the hills -- was killed yesterday on the Hamilton and...
Dates:
1850-1859
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Phillip Price collection
