Politicians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Amos Wade Jackson collection
Collection
Identifier: L633
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the business, political, and personal papers of Amos Wade Jackson, Lola Raper Jackson, Rowland H. Jackson and Ethel Jaekle Jackson ranging from 1825 to 1979. The bulk of the collection consists of legal correspondence and documents from Jackson Abstract, Inc. and Jackson and Jackson, Attorneys at Law and includes original and carbon copies of abstracts of title, warranty deeds, mortgages, attorney’s opinions, wills, estates, guardianships, divorces, and lawsuits. Also...
Dates:
1825-1979
B. F. Wissler, "Life of Patrick Beard" manuscript
Collection — Folder S0086
Identifier: S0086
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an onion-skin copy of a typewritten manuscript, entitled "Life of Patrick Beard" by B. F. Wissler. A penciled note reads, “Life and ancestry of Patrick Beard by B. F. Wissler, 1910.” It begins by discussing “an act of Congress, organizing the Indiana territory." Indiana’s early history is detailed, mentioning Jeremiah Cox, Joseph Holman, and Hugh Cull. The writer discusses the difficulty of obtaining information about Patrick Beard (Baird). He also mentions that...
Dates:
1910
Eugene Bainbridge papers
Collection
Identifier: L617
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers relating to Eugene Bainbridge's career in the Indiana Senate ranging from 1953 to 1975. Included are correspondence, legislation, reports, and other papers relating to issues before the Indiana Senate, including public employee' and teacher' retirement funds, the highway department, reapportionment, development of port facilities (1969), abortion, and education reform and school financing (1965-1971); papers relating to Lake County issues before the senate,...
Dates:
1953-1975
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eugene Bainbridge papers
Indiana General Assembly rosters
Collection — Folder OBD050
Identifier: OBD050
Scope and Contents
This collection contains member lists and rosters of the Indiana Senate and Indiana House of Representatives from 1831 to 1880.
Dates:
1831-1880
Indiana General Assembly seating charts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OBD048
Scope and Contents
This collection contains seating charts for the Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana Senate ranging from 1907 to 1961.
Dates:
1907-1961
John B. Niles papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L116
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of photostatic copies of John B. Niles’ correspondence ranging from 1837 to 1902, regarding his legal practice. There is some correspondence regarding the Indiana Medical College and a number of letters between Niles and his father-in-law, William Polke. There are also several original papers and pamphlets included in the collection.
Dates:
1837-1902
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John B. Niles papers
Lawrence M. Borst collection
Collection
Identifier: L495
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers collection by Lawrence Borst while serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and in the Indiana Senate. Materials collected during Borst’s service in the Indiana House primarily reflect his work with the Committee on the Affairs of Marion County and the Committee on Public Policy. Collectively, part one documents the formation of UNIGOV, unified government for Indianapolis and Marion County.The second series, consisting of materials from...
Dates:
1957-1985
Luella Cotton collection
Collection
Identifier: L259
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, press releases, newsletters, newspaper clippings, buttons, invitations, tickets, programs, photographs, and publications from Luella Cotton in Montgomery County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1954 to 1974, regarding her political activities and involvement with the Democratic Party and its candidates. The collection includes Cotton's correspondence with Indiana state politicians Larry Conrad, S. Hugh Dillin, Marie Lauck, Jack H....
Dates:
1954-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Luella Cotton collection
Oliver P. Davis family correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3478
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of correspondence of Oliver P. (O.P.) Davis and his family. The correspondence from 1846 to 1861 includes letters written by Davis to his wife Eliza during his travels for business and while he was in Indianapolis during the Indiana Constitution Convention and his service in the Indiana Senate; three letters from Congressman Edward W. McGaughey; and letters sent by Davis to the Oldridge family. The correspondence from 1864 to 1868 conisists of...
Dates:
1846-1899, circa 1927
Oliver P. Morton papers
Collection
Identifier: L113
Scope and Contents
This collection consist primarily of correspondence and papers from Oliver P. Morton’s senatorial career with an emphasis on the 1876 presidential election and Louisiana politics in 1873 and 1874. There is also family correspondence, financial papers, speeches and notes on Republican politics, the U.S. Civil War, secession, and Reconstruction.There are also an oversize folder and a volume, which include extractions and a letter from R.R. Barrow, 1872/08/05 and 1872/09/29; speeches by...
Dates:
1855-1909
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oliver P. Morton papers
