Reminiscing

Addison Sleeth reminiscences

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S2065

Scope and Contents This collection includes the handwritten "Reminiscences of Army Life" by Addison Sleeth. His 173-page memoir begins with his enlistment in Company G, 52 Indiana Volunteer Regiment on October 28, 1861 and continues through to his mustering out on September 10, 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama and his trip home. The memoir is undated, but there is a handwritten entry added to the last page that notes Sleeth's death on September 18, 1912 at 7:30 p.m. The collection also includes a set of photocopies of...

Dates: 1877 and undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Addison Sleeth reminiscences

Alexander Abernathy memoir

Collection — Folder S002

Identifier: S0002

Scope and Contents The collection consists a two-page, typewritten photocopy of Alexander Abernathy's Civil War memoir and the history of the 9th Indiana Cavalry, 121st Indiana Regiment.

Dates: 1861-1865

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Alexander Abernathy memoir

Alfred Gude collection

Collection — Folder S0556

Identifier: S0556

Scope and Contents This typed paper of Alfred Gude’s Civil War experiences tells of the awful conditions as a Union prisoner, of his three attempted escapes, and his final successful escape from Confederate captivity. After two years of hard fighting, Alfred was captured on May 3, 1863, near Rome, Georgia, by General Nathan Bedford Forrest and General Rody. As prisoners, the Union soldiers were sent to Atlanta, and then shipped to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. In Libby, they were closely guarded for a...

Dates: 1949

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Alfred Gude collection

B. J. Warden, Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative

Collection — Folder S1361

Identifier: S1361

Scope and Contents The collection contains an undated persoanl narrative from B. J. Warden in the United States, regarding his experience at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-4, 1863.

Dates: undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / B. J. Warden, Battle of Gettysburg personal narrative

Charlotte Jones Dunn, Contemporary Club of Indianapolis reminiscences

Collection — Folder S2418

Identifier: S2418

Scope and Contents This collection includes the reminiscences of Charlotte Jones Dunn regarding the early days of the Contemporary Club of Indianapolis. Dunn's circa 1940 recollections were handwritten on five pages of her personal stationary. The collection also includes a few brief recollections about the club typewritten by Dr. Christopher B. Coleman in December 1940.

Dates: 1940

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Charlotte Jones Dunn, Contemporary Club of Indianapolis reminiscences

Clement R. Strahan collection

Collection — Folder S1853

Identifier: S1853

Scope and Contents This collection includes pages 225-255 from Clement R. Stahan's copy of the revised edition of Manual of the Civil War and Key to the Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies, a book written by J. Worth Carnahan and published by the U.S. Army and Navy Historical Association in 1899. The collection includes an army discharge certificate filled out by Strahan with information regarding his February 18, 1866 discharge (p.225); an unused honorable discharge...

Dates: 1899-1902

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Clement R. Strahan collection

Denkichi Shindo collection

Collection — Folder S3255

Identifier: S3255

Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of photographs taken circa 1909 at the Staughton A. Fletcher home in Southport, Indiana. Most of the photographs are of Juanita and Vivian Lee and were taken in various outdoor locations on the Fletcher property. Denkichi Shindo stands with the Lee sisters in one of the photographs. The collection also includes "Blind Old Horse Ruben", a reminiscence written by Shindo in 1946 about his time at the Fletcher home from 1908 to 1909, most notably his memories of...

Dates: circa 1909, 1946

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Denkichi Shindo collection

Dyar Cobb reminiscences

Collection — Volume V036

Identifier: V036

Scope and Contents This collection includes a scrapbook containing a twenty-two page typewritten copy of the reminiscences of Dyar Cobb. Written circa 1880s, Cobb shares his recollections of growing up in Decatur County, Indiana and how early settlers lived and worked. He describes how his family made clothing from flax, raw cotton, deer skins and sheep's wool and notes the destruction of the corn crop in 1822 by an "army of squirrels." He also shares a number of personal stories, including trying to shoot a...

Dates: circa 1880s

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Dyar Cobb reminiscences

E. S. Guilbert collection

Collection — Folder S0557

Identifier: S0557

Scope and Contents In March 1830, Abraham Lincoln journeyed from southern Indiana to Illinois with his parents. When they went through Vincennes, legend has it that Abraham toured the Western Sun and General Advertiser newspaper office, where he saw his first printing press, and talked to Editor Stout. Mr. Guilbert wrote to Roy H. Garrigus, editor of the Vincennes Sun-Commercial to verify this story, which Mr. Garrigus could not do.Abraham often went to Rockport and borrowed books from Judge John...

Dates: 1828-1830

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / E. S. Guilbert collection

Elias Kizer collection

Collection — Folder S1433

Identifier: S1433

Scope and Contents This two-page, typed manuscript was written by Elias Kizer in Indiana on June 9, 1866, the year before he died. He recounted his early life in a log cabin in Indiana and the hardships he endured. He stated that the hardest times were when the children were small. He raised flax for his wife to spin and weave in order to make their clothing. They did not have much time to go to church, because he went hunting on Sunday. Elias wrote: "with all those hardships we kept in good spirits."

Dates: 1800-1866

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Elias Kizer collection

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