Farm life -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Amos Clark Wilkinson diary
Collection — Folder S3034
Identifier: S3034
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed transcript of a diary written by Amos Clark Wilkinson in Posey County, Indiana ranging from 1861 to 1871 regarding daily life as a farmer. The diary was transcribed out by Gloria M. Cox in 1985.
Dates:
1861-1871
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Amos Clark Wilkinson diary
Carness and Ruth Owen collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3501
Content Description
This collection includes 79 letters from Carness Elmer Owen and Ruth L. Mundy, his future wife, in Indiana ranging from 1920 to 1922 regarding their budding courtship andthe buildup for them to be married. The first 2 folders comprise Mundy's letters to Owen and the third are the replies from Owen to Mundy.
Dates:
1920-1922
George K. Marshall collection
Collection — Folder S906
Identifier: S0906
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from George Marshall in Cass County, Indiana ranging from 1888 to 1892.
Dates:
1888-1892
Hatfield family papers
Collection — Folder OB007
Identifier: OB007
Scope and Contents
This collection contains indentures for properties associated with the Hatfield family in the United States ranging from 1839 to 1847.
Dates:
1839-1847
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hatfield family papers
James Madison Gregg letter
Collection — Folder S3112
Identifier: S3112
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a handwritten letter from James Madison Gregg in Danville, Indiana to his brother Martin Gregg in Centreville, Indiana on October 15, 1842. In the letter James recounts recovering from an unknown illness.
Dates:
1842/10/15
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Madison Gregg letter
John R. Simpson papers
Collection
Identifier: L144
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and papers from John R. Simpson and his family and friends in Paoli, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1822 to 1875 regarding family matters, patents, and land grants.
Dates:
1822-1875
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John R. Simpson papers
Joseph Jenckes journal
Collection — Folder OB178
Identifier: OB178
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the journals of Joseph Jenckes, beginning in January of 1821 and continuing through October of 1822. Jenckes includes accounts of work accomplished by hired farm hands, weather conditions, and social life in Vigo County.
Dates:
1821-1822
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Jenckes journal
L. B. Graves collection
Collection
Identifier: L378
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mostly of almanacs and diaries of L.B. Graves, which date from 1881 to 1961. With the exception of Barker’s Illustrated Almanac, L.B. Graves used almanacs as diaries. L.B. Graves kept all diaries, except for a student diary kept by his wife. The diaries include notations of farm chores or conditions and the social obligations of Mr. and Mrs. Graves, the latter related to such activities as church attendance, the Methodist Men’s Club, a...
Dates:
1881-1956
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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L. B. Graves collection
Myrtillus Satterthwaite collection
Collection — Folder OBD003
Identifier: OBD003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the galley proof for Hoosier Courtships in the Buggy Days and related advertising materials by Myrtillus Satterthwaite circa 1943. Satterthwaite relates situations he has known (many are recollections of his family) or stories he has heard. The geographical setting of the book is southern Indiana, including Edinburg and Shelbyville, as well as Johnson County, Shelby County, and Jennings County. The book covers more than courtship,...
Dates:
circa 1943
Orange County, Indiana diary
Collection — Folder S2479
Identifier: S2479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a daily diary kept by a teenager living in Orange County, Indiana from June 1856 to February 1858. The author never identifies himself, but the diary may have been kept by Francis M. Morris, the son of Washington and Mary Catherine (Jackson) Morris. The diary entries are usually short and mention the weather, farm activities, going to town and the mill, going to "meeting," and his father's activities. Some names of relatives mentioned include his uncles...
Dates:
1856-1899
