Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 602 Collections and/or Records:
Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Allison Branch collection
Collection — Folder S2307
Identifier: S2307
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items ranging from 1946 to 2011 from the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust/Allison Branch archives of Indianapolis, Indiana. The items include a "Fact Sheet" about the Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors Corporation, a copy of "History of Allison Engine School Locations," and a copy of "Allison - The Man, the Name, the Tradition," a history of the Indianapolis operations, all from the 1980s; a copy of "James A. Allison Story," an undated two-page biography; a...
Dates:
1946-2011
Romena O. Elder collection
Collection
Identifier: L050
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of account books and financial records of the Indianapolis jewelry store she owned and the Greenwood property managed by Romena Elder. The collection also contains personal papers and family accounts. Included are papers and accounts of Alexander M. Hannah (1821–1895), a farmer who resided in Marion County, and letters of Ingram Fletcher regarding land speculation in the Orlando, Florida area (1884–1888).
Dates:
1857-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Romena O. Elder collection
Ross Smiley land grants
Collection — Folder OB006
Identifier: OB006
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 2 land grants issued to Ross Smiley for land in Brookville, Indiana dated April 1, 1824 and in Indianapolis dated October 30, 1834 and March 20, 1839.
Dates:
1824-1839
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ross Smiley land grants
Rufus Martin collection
Collection — Folder S1633
Identifier: S1633
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of three items, including a ribbon showing membership in the Melroy Local No. 145 of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers, Indianapolis, Indiana. One side of the ribbon shows an anvil and hammer inside a circular mounting attached to a short ivory ribbon with two American flags across its width; both of these are attached to a clasp over which two hands are joined in a handshake. All of the decorations are displayed against the background of a...
Dates:
1888, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rufus Martin collection
S. A. Furniss papers
Collection — Folder S496
Identifier: S0496
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed notebook from S. A. Furniss in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1888 regarding business letters and grammar.
Dates:
1888 Feb.-1888 Mar.
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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S. A. Furniss papers
S. W. Elliott receipt
Collection — Folder S1799
Identifier: S1799
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one receipt (#832), issued in the name of H.W. Fort[erileg] by H.J.G. of the City Treasurer’s Office of Indianapolis, Indiana to S.W. Elliot for &120.84, received in payment (via W.I. Elliott) of personal property tax.
Dates:
1874
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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S. W. Elliott receipt
Samuel C. Frink dental receipt
Collection — Folder S3187
Identifier: S3187
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one receipt from S.C. Frink, dated October 29, 1860, for the filling of three teeth. A cross-section of teeth stretched across the top of the billing receipt (used as a diagram) shows which teeth received the fillings. The receipt specifies that term are cash “unless otherwise agreed upon” and that all work is warranted for one year.
Dates:
1860/10/29
Samuel Fulton Covington papers
Collection — Folder S301
Identifier: S0301
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten pages and photocopied, typed pages from Samuel Fulton Covington and others in Indianapolis, Indiana around 1858 regarding family life and early education in Rising Sun, Indiana.
Dates:
1858
Samuel J. Hochman and Ralph H. Schaupp reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2349
Identifier: S2349
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of the reminiscences of Samuel J. Hochman and Ralph H. Schaupp. The circa 1960 handwritten memories are two pages long and were possibly written down for a North Central High School (Indianapolis) school project. Hochman mentions World War I, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, the Great Depression, and the 1912 White River flood. Schaupp reminisces about his experiences during World War I and notes his membership in the Coif law honor society at Indiana...
Dates:
circa 1960
Samuel Merrill collection
Collection
Identifier: L106
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Samuel Merrill’s Civil War papers, including his letters to his wife and sister in Indianapolis from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina (1862-1865). Also included are his war diary (1863), orders, clothing and equipment records, as well as other official military papers (1862-1865). The collection also contains business papers of Merrill and his family (1850-circa 1900), including papers of his father, essays on Indiana’s state capitals, and...
Dates:
1850-1924
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Merrill collection
