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Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) highway dedication photographs

 Collection — Folder SP116
Identifier: SP116
Scope and Contents This collection includes two black-and-white photographs from the dedication of the Grand Army of the Republic Highway on May 20, 1946 taken by Graves Spotshot Service in Dyer, Indiana. Pictured in the photograph by the highway sign are: Mrs. J. J. Roberts; two Civil War veterans John C. Adams and Frank C. Barton; Governor Ralph F. Gates; John H. Lauer; State Highway Commission chairman; Herman Hartman, commission member; and F.M. Crapeau.
Dates: 1946/05/20

Hanna family portrait engravings

 Collection — Folder OB238
Identifier: OB238
Scope and Contents This collection contains a portrait engraving of Samuel Hanna initially created in 1863 and another of Eliza Taylor Hanna from 1888.
Dates: 1863, 1888

Harry S. New collection

 Collection
Identifier: L299
Scope and Contents The majority of the collection consists of Harry S. New’s correspondence regarding state and national politics, particularly the 1912, 1920, and 1924 presidential elections. Correspondence also includes discussion of his work as U.S. postmaster general (1923-1929). New added several notes throughout the collection (written in the early 1930s) that provide contextual background and significance of correspondence. New also provided his reminiscences of the 1896, 1908, and 1912 presidential...
Dates: 1869-1938

Henry A. Barnhart collection

 Collection
Identifier: L597
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of Henry A. Barnhart's business and political correspondence, including his correspondence as owner of the Rochester Sentinel regarding operational costs, advertising, paper's editorials and news stories, and the Northern Indiana Editorial Association (1890s-1906); his correspondence as president of the Rochester Telephone Company regarding operational costs, rates and regulations of the telephone industry, employee relations,...
Dates: 1866-1965

Henry W. Lawton statue dedication photographs

 Collection — Folder SP106
Identifier: SP106
Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 black-and-white photographs related to the dedication of the Henry W. Lawton statue in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 30, 1907. Two of the images are from the dedication of the statue in front of the old Marion County Courthouse, one showing James Whitcomb Riley reading poetry to the crowd below. There is also a photograph of the prominent attendees, including President Theodore Roosevelt, gathered at Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks' house. This image is a copy of...
Dates: 1907/05/30

Herbert Hoover portrait

 Collection — Folder OB139
Identifier: OB139
Scope and Contents This collection contains a photograph portrait of Herbert Hoover, created sometime during his presidency, 1929-1933.
Dates: circa 1929-1933

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 E. Capehart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L650

Hoosier Hall of Fame lantern slides

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P016
Scope and Contents This collection includes glass lantern slides created by McIntosh Steropticon Company of Chicago, Illinois from circa 1916 showing male historical figures from Indiana, most likely used for a lecture or some type of display during the Indiana centennial.
Dates: circa 1916

Horne family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L327
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs, glass plate negatives, correspondence, papers, clippings, certificates, and an unbound scrapbook from Edwin Fletcher Horne and Cora Calhoun Horne and their family in New York and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from circa 1865 to 1941, concerning the family, African-American civil rights, slavery, politics, travel abroad to Europe, and civic engagement. The correspondence includes a handwritten letter from Benjamin Harrison denying any intention to...
Dates: circa 1865-1941