Libraries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Allen County and Gary public libraries scrapbook
Collection — Folder SP122
Identifier: SP122
Scope and Contents
This collection includes loose pages of a scrapbook containing photographs and postcards of library buildings and book deposits for the Allen County Public Library and the Gary Public Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 1930 in Gary, as well as Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. There are also a few interior views. Many of the building images are accompanied by a handwritten figure denoting the cost of the building at the time of construction.
Dates:
circa 1904-1930
Allisonville School, Marion County, Indiana, Knapp School Libraries Project collection
Collection — Folder S2219
Identifier: S2219
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material ranging from 1963 to 1967 and undated that was received by Indiana State Librarian Robert McClarren while he served on the resource committee for the Knapp School Libraries Project at Allisonville School in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana. The material includes correspondence, programs, meeting minutes, reports, blank assessment sheets and other items related to the library project. The collection also includes publications and promotional materials...
Dates:
1963-1967, undated
American Library Association annual meeting announcement
Collection — Folder S3460
Identifier: S3460
Dates:
1896
Austin Flint Denny personal library catalogs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3382
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two volumes of handwritten notes recording the personal library collections of Austin Flint Denny in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1841 to August 21, 1899. There are 1,075 books listed in “numerical order” and his collection would grow to at least 1,200 before his passing. The titles and authors of the books are listed as well as where and when Denny purchased or received the books.
Dates:
1899 August
Bass Photo Company photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P034
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1850 to 1975 and undated regarding people, buildings, street scenes, illustrations, and events such as Foch Day (November 4, 1921) in Indianapolis, as well as a few shots taken around Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1850-1975, undated
Harold F. Brigham papers
Collection
Identifier: L282
Scope and Contents
This collection includes professional correspondence, speeches, notes, research, clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, bibliographies, and other materials created and compiled by Harold F. Brigham in Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1967 regarding his work as a librarian in Kentucky and at the Indiana State Library. There are also a few materials relating to Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, which Brigham used in his talk at the Conversation Club in...
Dates:
1899-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harold F. Brigham papers
Henretta and John Gavin photographs
Collection — Folder SP159
Identifier: SP159
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white snapshot photographs from Henretta and John Gavin in Indianapolis, Indiana during July 1922 regarding a few sights around the city, including the Indianapolis Public Library Central Branch, a cathedral, and the Sunken Gardens at Garfield Park. There are also photographs of the Gavins and their apartment at Number 7, 720 East 13th Street, as well as their friends, Helen and Clara Felton.
Dates:
1922
Indiana libraries lantern slides
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P052
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides created by W.H. Bass Photo Company from Allen, Fulton, and Monroe counties in Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to circa 1920 regarding libraries, library stations, and bookmobiles.
Dates:
circa 1900-circa 1920
Indiana public library building photographs
Collection — Folder SP123
Identifier: SP123
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs affixed to green board, which may have been part of a photograph album depicting interior and exterior views of multiple public library branches in Indiana from Gary, Vincennes, and Allen County, ranging from circa 1919 to circa 1928. Some handwritten notations on the backs of the photographs indicate the cost of the building.
Dates:
circa 1919-circa 1928
Indiana State Library and Historical Building front elevation architectural drawing
Collection — Folder OBC034
Identifier: OBC034
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a black-and-white ink drawing with watercolor of the Senate Avenue entrance side of the Indiana State Library and Historical Building at 140 North Senate Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana circa 1932-1933.
Dates:
circa 1932-1934
