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Indianapolis (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 602 Collections and/or Records:

J. M. Prendergast collection

 Collection — Folder S1077
Identifier: S1077
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of a letter from Sarah M. Prentiss of Hindostan, Indiana to a Boston attorney, William D. Sohier, dated February 6, 1821, requesting him to represent her interests in the settlement of an estate, as well a copy of a two-page legal document transfering power of attorney. There is also a short history of Hindostan, Indiana and its devastating cholera epidemic, in addition to items from the Western Electric Company centennial in 1969, which include a history of the...
Dates: 1821, 1969

J. Scott Williams collection

 Collection — Folder S1425
Identifier: S1425
Scope and Contents These letters, all written by J. Scott Williams, are about the new Indiana State Library and Historical Building under construction. He wrote to Edward D. Pierre of Pierre and Wright, 909 Architects and Builders Building, Indianapolis, in 1932 (3 letters); to Willard Osler of the same company in 1933 (3 letters); to Edward D. Pierre in 1933 (2 letters), and to Miss Esther McNitt, Indiana State Library, in 1934 (1 letter). There is a 12-page typed document on onion-skin paper entitled "Glass,...
Dates: 1932-1934

J. Scott Williams collection

 Collection — Folder S3171
Identifier: S3171
Scope and Contents This collection includes papers and correspondence from J. Scott Williams regarding his career as an artist in the creation and installation of murals and stained glass windows inside public and private buildings. Collection materials were created in New York and Indianapolis from 1959 to 1966. Correspondence includes instructions on cleaning the existing murals in the Indiana State Library and the potential project of a stained glass window depicting Abraham Lincoln. Additional papers include...
Dates: 1959-1966

J. T. Palmatary city view lithographs

 Collection — Folder OBE028
Identifier: OBE028
Scope and Contents This collection contains 3 lithographs, one entitled "View of Madison, Indiana" circa 1850 and 2 copies of the 1854 "View of Indianapolis," created by J. T. Palmatary.
Dates: circa 1850-1854

J. T. Palmatary, "View of Indianapolis" print

 Collection — Folder OBC179
Identifier: OBC179
Scope and Contents This collection contains a print entitled "View of Indianapolis" created in 1854 by J. T. Palmatary.
Dates: 1854

Jackman collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-018
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogy research about the Jackman and related families ranging from 1893 to 1996. The collection also contains a DAR application, newspaper clippings from Indianapolis and photographs of the Zinkan, Jackman, Kidwell,and Truelove families.
Dates: 1893- 1996

Jacob Baldwin collection

 Collection
Identifier: L379
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters, photographs, newspaper articles, and other materials from Jacob Baldwin in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1898 to 1964 regarding World War 1 military life, family, education, employment at the Barbasol Company, and interurban railways.

There is also an undated panoramic photograph of Company C, 152nd Infantry (OBD026).
Dates: 1898-1964

Jacob Garretson letter

 Collection — Folder S0504
Identifier: S0504
Scope and Contents This collection contains a January 17, 1852 letter written by J. Garretson of Philadelphia and sent to "Theo". His letter recounts his experiences and observations during a trip through Ohio and Indiana. He notes the depressed wheat prices in Ohio and that Indiana was in much better condition with the pork trade being the staple of the state. He shares his thoughts about his visits to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Madison, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio. He also mentions the fact that...
Dates: 1852/01/17

James A. Collins speeches and articles

 Collection — Folder S0284
Identifier: S0284
Scope and Contents The collection contains a typescript of an article by James Collins on the origin of the Indianapolis Juvenile Court as well as a number of printed pamphlets of speeches and articles by Collins. All the materials deal with the justice system, primarily the probation system that Collins first instituted in the Indianapolis city court.
Dates: 1909-1931, undated

James A. Jones papers

 Collection — Folder S1987
Identifier: S1987
Scope and Contents This collection includes three autographed envelopes from various authors in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1924 to 1927 regarding legal matters.
Dates: 1924, 1927