Art
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
"Famous American Indians" sheet
Collection — Folder S3428
Identifier: S3428
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a sheet entitled "Famous American Indians". On it, there are colorful portraits of several Native Americans from different tribes. On the reverse, there are two columns: "Title" and "Author". Its use is unknown.
Dates:
20th century
Floyd D. Hopper artwork and papers
Collection
Identifier: L463
Scope and Contents
The collection is unique in that it includes his early works from his first time at the John Herron Art School (1929-1933) as well as personal journals Hopper kept listing the sales, exhibits, and loans of his artwork during a large portion of his career. The collection also includes exhibit programs and photographs of some of his later works.Oversize items include Hopper's design for a stained glass window to be placed in a library, the design of a library room, a charcoal drawing...
Dates:
1929-1980
Floyd D. Hopper autumn hills painting
Collection — Frame A023
Identifier: A023
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a painting of an autumn scene created by Floyd D. Hopper in 1960 for the Indiana State Library Staff Association during a meeting. He later returned to touch up the painting. The painting hung in the staff room at the library for many years before being transferred into the care of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division.
Dates:
1960
Frank M. Hohenberger photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs and a few clippings and pamphlets from Frank M. Hohenberger in Indiana and Kentucky ranging from 1916 to 1935 and undated regarding landscapes, nature scenes in state parks and other locations, local buildings, houses of important figures, historic sites, and some people.
Dates:
1916-1935, undated
Frederick Polley, Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument etching
Collection — Folder S2576
Identifier: S2576
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an etching of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana by Frederick Polley circa 1920-1950. The work is signed in the lower, right hand corner by the artist.
Dates:
circa 1920-1950
French Gratitude Train photographs
Collection — Folder SP139
Identifier: SP139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs of the French Gratitude Train in 1949 in New York City and the United States, depicting gifts from France and Italy to the United States including art and replicas of artwork, historical fashion, and historical artifacts, as well as scenes parades, speeches, and gifts as they were removed from a train car.
Dates:
1949
Garfield Park collection
Collection
Identifier: L720
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers and documents related to Garfield Park dated from 1920 to 2012 with most of the materials dated between 1995 to 1999. The papers cover a wide range of topics including the project to restore the Sunken Garden, the general history of the park and their operations, the Friends of Garfield Park papers and miscellaneous other groups that are related to Garfield Park. Paper types include correspondence, fliers, publications, committee papers, meeting minutes and other...
Dates:
1920-2012
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Garfield Park collection
George H. Honig, Corporal James Bethel Gresham plaster reliefs
Collection
Identifier: A024
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two plaster reliefs created by sculptor George H. Honig of the late Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana circa 1918-1921. Both reliefs are composed of light green plaster in black frames.The first relief is a plaster medallion set in a rectagle of with the bust Gresham in uniform and an American eagle, with the words, "First American soldier killed on French soil; November 3, 1917; Corporal Gresham of Evansville, Ind-USA." The second relief...
Dates:
1918-1921
George Winter artwork photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP042
Identifier: SP042
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic slides and prints of paintings and sketches from artist George Winter in Indiana, created during 1837-1840s, ranging from circa 1940 to 1982 regarding landscapes, portraits, and Native Americans and their way of life.
Dates:
circa 1940-1982
George Winter, "Pelican Island, on the Wabash" engraving
Collection — Folder S3496
Identifier: S3496
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a color engraving of a painting created by George Winter circa 1837-1852, depicting three Native Americans on the banks of the Wabash River in Indiana near Pelican Island. The engraving was printed by Jewett and Co. from the original painting, likely in the late 1800s, and produced expressly for "the ladies repository."
Dates:
circa 1837-1850, undated
