Politicians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Frederick Landis collection
Collection
Identifier: L604
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials from Frederick K. Landis and his family dating from 1855 to 2000, including clippings, scrapbooks, radio scripts, and manuscripts. The bulk of the collection is clippings about the political and editorial careers of Frederick Landis. The majority of the radio scripts are undated but were made during the late 1920s and early 1930s and have been left in the order in which they were found. Topics include the military conflicts of the time, economics, politics,...
Dates:
1855-2000
Good Roads Day, Indiana centennial photographs
Collection — Folder SP128
Identifier: SP128
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two black-and-white photographs taken of the president, Indiana governor, and city mayor at "Good Roads Day" during the Indiana centennial on October 12, 1916.
Dates:
1916/10/12
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry S. New collection
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 Heller collection
Collection
Identifier: L220
Scope and Contents
This collection largely contains research notes, clippings, and transcriptions of original material compiled by Herbert Heller in Indiana for his historical research, ranging from 1831 to 1951 and undated, regarding local history of churches, schools, and people, including notes for his dissertation on the education of African Americans in Indiana during the 19th century.The typed transcripts include the diary of Lenna L. Hadley of Mooresville, Indiana (1890-1891); the personal...
Dates:
circa 1940-1983
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Herbert Heller collection
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Herbert Hoover portrait
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
