Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 602 Collections and/or Records:
Eli Wells land grant
Collection — Folder OB070
Identifier: OB070
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a land grant dated November 15, 1830 issued to Eli Wells in Marion County, Indiana.
Dates:
1830/11/15
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eli Wells land grant
Elias N. Shimer collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0815
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several legal documents of Elias N. Shimer ranging from 1831 to 1844. The documents include Shimer's deed for the purchase of one and a half acres south of the Brookville Road from Joshua Stevens (December 24, 1831); his Marion County Justice of the Peace commission certificate signed by Governor Noah Noble (December 6, 1837); a deed between Edward White and Abraham Jones for eighty acres in Marion County (October 30, 1833), and the indenture transferring the eighty...
Dates:
1831-1876
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Elias N. Shimer collection
Elijah Walker Halford letter
Collection — Folder S0568
Identifier: S0568
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a typed letter, on Executive Mansion letterhead, from E. W. Halford to the Rev. John P. Newman of Omaha, Nebraska on November 12, 1892. The letter writer speculates on a possible post-Presidential occupation for President Harrison and suggests that the recipient speak with Senator Stanford about this potential occupation. He uses the phrase “confidential absolutely” and asks that his name not be mentioned in connection with the suggestion
Dates:
1892/11/12
Elizabeth R. McRae New letter
Collection — Folder S1011
Identifier: S1011
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter and envelope sent to Elizabeth R. (McRae) New (Mrs. John C. New) from the Indianapolis Firemen's Benefit Association and dated February 19, 1885. The letter is a thank-you for her "kind remembrance" and "bounteous repast" she supplied to the firemen.
Dates:
1885/02/19
Ellis Searles, "History of Marion County, Indiana in the World War" scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V407
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four scrapbooks organized by Ellis Searles entitled "History of Marion County, Indiana in the World War." Created between 1914 and 1918 in Indianapolis, they are organized as follows:
Vol. 1: History
Vol. 2: History
Vol. 3: Pictures and exhibits
Vol. 4: Bass Photo Company pictures
Vol. 1: History
Vol. 2: History
Vol. 3: Pictures and exhibits
Vol. 4: Bass Photo Company pictures
Dates:
1914-1918
Elmira Nobles Manufacturing Company collection
Collection — Folder S2143
Identifier: S2143
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence ranging from 1876 to 1884 that was sent by Indiana businesses to the Elmira Nobles Manufacturing Company and later to Gillett and Company regarding order requests, payments, and complaints. The correspondents were hardware dealers and other businesses from Indianapolis, Union City, Marion, Frederick, Terre Haute, Logansport, South Bend, Jeffersonville, Goshen, Madison, Perrysville, and Richmond.
Dates:
1876-1884
Elva Witt Hadley abstract of title fragment
Collection — Folder S3412
Identifier: S3412
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one abstract of title fragment for land in Indianapolis issued to Elva Witt Hadley.
Dates:
circa 1854-1938
English family photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP014
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the English family in Lexington and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1910 regarding William E. English and his family and friends engaged in activities such as hunting, golf, driving, and vacationing; the family estate, Englishton Park, near Lexington and local subjects such as farming, dogs, gardens, cemeteries; and an event, most likely the unveiling of the William H. English monument, which took place on September 28,...
Dates:
circa 1900-1910
English Opera House clippings
Collection — Folder S2449
Identifier: S2449
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostat copies of newspaper articles written in 1897 about the renovations and reopening of the English Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. The short editorial that praised improvements to the theater that would make it a safe and fire-proof building for its patrons was published July 26, 1897 in the Indianapolis News, not in 1896 as identified on the photostat.
Dates:
1897
English Theatre playbill
Collection — Folder S3349
Identifier: S3349
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a playbill for the musical Oklahoma!, performed in Indianapolis, Indiana at the English Theatre from January 8, 1946 to January 12, 1946.
Dates:
1946
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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English Theatre playbill
