Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 636 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Van Arsdale autobiography
Collection — Folder S1335
Identifier: S1335
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a biographical sketch from Peter Van Arsdale ranging from 1787-1857. Peter Van Arsdale wrote an autobiography of his life in order to provide for his family. He wrote about his early life with his father's death, working as a blacksmith until he was twenty-one, getting married and having children, as well as trying to find ways to provide a house and money in order to take care of his family.
Dates:
1787-1857
Pettis Dry Goods Company collection
Collection — Folder S2001
Identifier: S2001
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a commercially printed invitation from Pettis Dry Goods Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899/09/20 to 1899/08/22 regarding special displays of millinery goods and hats.
Dates:
1899
Petty family photographs
Collection — Folder SP089
Identifier: SP089
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Petty family in Indianapolis, Plainfield, and North Salem, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1919 regarding members of the family, a grocery store in North Salem in 1917, and G. Harvey Petty's 8th grade class.
Dates:
circa 1860-1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Petty family photographs
"Pictures of Scenes and Activities in Indiana connected with the World War" photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P044
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes panoramic photographs in a photogrpah album by: Moorefield, Bretzman, W. L. Dalbey Photography Company, Wallace, Pierce, Bass Photography Company, and William A. Swift. Photographs include the following subjects: Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1st Contingent in front of the Vocational Training Detachment National Army Headquarters; Soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, entertained by Catholic women of Indianapolis at the Knights of Columbus Club House.;...
Dates:
1917-1919
"Pictures of Welcome Home Day in Indianapolis after the World War" photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P067
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album of photographs taken in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana on May 7, 1919 depicting the Welcome Home Day celebration and parade to Monument Circle featuring marching troops, Red Cross workers, crowds, and school children after the end of World War I.
Dates:
1919/05/07
Polk Sanitary Milk Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L212
Scope and Contents
This collection includes company account books and microfilmed copies of drivers' route sheets from Polk Sanitary Milk Company in Indianapoolis, Indiana, as well as a scrapbook of records from the Mecca Realty Company and Citizens Brewery Company, ranging from 1904 to 1961, regarding the companies and their activities.
Dates:
1904-1961, undated
Polmete Tribe No. 17, Improved Order of Red Men letter
Collection — Folder S2426
Identifier: S2426
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a September 4, 1919 letter written by Fred J. Cron, C. of R. [Chief of Records] of Polmete Tribe No. 17, Improved Order of Red Men (IORM) and sent to Charles Nitterbach of 524 N. Garfield Ave. Indianapolis, Indiana. Written on the organization's letterhead, the letter directs Nitterbach to visit Dr. A.A. Hollingsworth for an examination prior to attending the IORM's meeting on September 12th for adoption into the order.
Dates:
1919/09/04
Portfolio Club records
Collection
Identifier: L347
Scope and Contents
This collection includes yearbooks, programs, clippings, ephemera, and photographs from the Portfolio Club in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1890 to 1974, regarding the club, its members, and its activities.
There is also an orange, Halloween-themed, paper doily from the club, circa 1890-1974 (OB096).
There is also an orange, Halloween-themed, paper doily from the club, circa 1890-1974 (OB096).
Dates:
1890-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Portfolio Club records
Powers Hapgood letter
Collection — Folder S0585
Identifier: S0585
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one letter by Powers Hapgood to a Mr. Fish dated November 30, 1930 regarding Communism.
Dates:
1930/11/30
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Powers Hapgood letter
"President Taft's Party and the Reception Committee" panoramic photograph
Collection — Object OBF008
Identifier: OBF008
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken by N. H. Losey at the house of Charles W. Fairbanks in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 4, 1911, depicting the members of President William Howard Taft's party and the local reception committee during his visit to the city. Most of the people in the photograph are male and wearling badges. Indiana Governor Thomas Riley Marshall, Charles W. Fairbanks, and Cornelia Cole Fairbanks sit to the left of the president at the front of...
Dates:
1911/07/04
