Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 602 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Burke land grant
File — Folder OB227
Identifier: OB227
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an indentured issued to Robert Burke for land in Indianapolis dated March 20, 1837.
Dates:
1837/03/20
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert Burke land grant
Robert C. Enos scrapbook
Collection — Folder S2445
Identifier: S2445
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a scrapbook kept by Robert C. Enos while living at the Indiana State Soldiers’ Home in Lafayette, Indiana. The scrapbook has newspaper clipping ranging from 1898 to 1907 and undated regarding a variety of topics, including the population growth of Indiana and the United States, the origin of place names, the business center of Indianapolis during the 1850s and 1860s, and the Soldiers' Home. A number of the clippings are related to the Civil War and the 11th Indiana...
Dates:
1864-1907, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert C. Enos scrapbook
Robert D. Coleman oral history
Collection — Folder OH022
Identifier: OH022
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one transcript and 3 cassettes of three oral history interviews with Robert Davis Coleman, conducted by his daughter, Mary Jane Meeker during January 1-9, 1979. During the first interview, Coleman discusses his childhood (p. 1-38). The second interview continues the discussion of his childhood. He also discusses his parents and extended family, his father’s law practice, and his own early years as a lawyer (p. 39-73). During the third interview, Coleman tells about his...
Dates:
1979/01/02-1979/01/09
Robert E. Roempke collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-087
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, family group sheets, correspondence, and photographs from Robert Roempke in Germany and Indiana ranging from 1897 to 1999 regarding the Roempke, Saffell and other allied families. There is also a catalog from A. E. Saffell Chair Co. and a pamphlet about James Whitcomb Riley.
Dates:
1897 - 1999
Found in:
Genealogy
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Robert E. Roempke collection
Robert G. Graydon weather diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0536
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of seven weather diaries kept by Dr. Robert G. Graydon ranging from 1855 to 1898. Every entry includes the daily temperature which Dr. Graydon took three times every day, morning, midday, and evening. Many of the entries include the wind direction, appearance of the sky, and notations regarding precipitation. The majority of the entries are for Southport, Indiana, with a few months of entries for Greenwood, Indiana and Tyler, Texas
Dates:
1855-1898
Robert J. Elvin scrapbook on the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
Collection — Box L715
Identifier: L715
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad passenger and freight totals from June 1840-May 1841 and expenditures from March 30, 1842-September 1842. Notably, plats of a proposed railroad depot in Indianapolis, Indiana by engineers A.W. Morris and T.A. Morris dating from March 25, 1825 are included as well as an 1846 survey of railroad approaches to Indianapolis. A Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad broadside with route information, circulars,...
Dates:
1842-1893
Robert Otis Watson collection
Collection — Folder S1371
Identifier: S1371
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents pertaining to the short life of Robert Otis Watson, the only child of Oliver and Sarah Irena (Fatout) Watson. When Robert left the Wood St. School, Decatur, Illinois, in the spring of 1913, his teacher wrote to Mrs. Watson: "We are so very sorry that Robert is going to leave us. He is a dear boy and very bright and interesting. I like especially his courageous truthfulness, and am sorry I cannot be with him to watch him grow into the fine man he will surely be...
Dates:
1913-1924
Robert R. Fohl, Sr. reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2524
Identifier: S2524
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of the handwritten reminiscences that Robert R. Fohl, Sr. started on January 26, 1944 and continued writing over the years up to his final entry on December 25, 1974. Fohl’s memoir relates his experiences growing up on the north side of Indianapolis and provides information regarding family, neighbors, local businesses, and places of interest, including the Empire Theatre, Crown Hill Cemetery, and Fairview Park (now the grounds of Butler University.) He...
Dates:
1924-1977
Robert Sanford Foster collection
Collection — Folder S3337
Identifier: S3337
Scope and Contents
This collection includes items pertaining to Robert Sanford Foster, including a 3-page, typed biography by Nikki Schofield for the Sons of Union Veterans program at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana on May 27, 2013; a copy of a photograph of Foster in his Union uniform; a plot map of section 15, lot 11 of Crown Hill Cemetery showing the place of internment for the Foster family; two lot internment orders for Clarence M. Foster (1930) and Mary Roberts Foster (1934); and copies of two...
Dates:
1973-2013
Roland O. Hobart prints
Collection — Folder A031
Identifier: A031
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 5 prints created by Roland O. Hobart, 4 related to the Indianapolis sesquicentennial in 1971 and another concerning an auction for the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Dates:
1971
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roland O. Hobart prints
