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Found in 649 Collections and/or Records:

Warren Central High School mural photographs

 Collection — Folder SP098
Identifier: SP098
Scope and Contents This collection includes 24 color photographs taken in Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1950-1960 depicting painted murals in the hallways of Warren Central High School. The images were probably taken in the original building before the completion of a new building in 1960. The murals show scenes of people engaged in various activities, including soldiers, union workers, laborers, farmers, jockeys, pioneers, fur traders, and indigenous people. Most likely, the murals were located in the original...
Dates: circa 1950-circa 1960

Warren Edmond Phillips, Sr. family history collection

 Collection — Folder S1060
Identifier: S1060
Scope and Contents The collection is a copy of a narrative written by Warren Edmund Phillips, Sr. in December 1967. The narrative shares information about the Phillips family of Indianapolis, Indiana, 1870-1953, as well as life in Indianapolis in the early 1900s. Names included are Howard Herbert Phillips, Warren Edmund Phillips, William and Emma Pyle, Marjorie and Leonard Kercheval, Warren Linus, Philander Edmunds, Henrietta Elizabeth Abbott, Alma and Felix McWhirter, and Glenna Melaun.
Dates: 1870-1953

Washington and Illinois streets, Indianapolis panoramic photograph

 Collection — Object OBF011
Identifier: OBF011
Scope and Contents This collection includes a black-and-white panoramic photograph taken from the top of a building at the intersection of Washington and Illinois streets with a view looking east down Washington Street and mainly south on Illinois Street in Indianapolis circa 1920-1940. Architect Edward D. Pierre's name is handwritten on the back.
Dates: circa 1920-1940

Wayne Guthrie collection

 Collection
Identifier: L589
Scope and Contents This collection includes notes, correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings from Wayne Guthrie in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1804 to 1973 regarding Indiana history and notable Indiana persons.
Dates: 1804-1973

WBAA and WFBM radio programs collection

 Collection — Folder S2456
Identifier: S2456
Scope and Contents This collection contains two copies of a September 15, 1944 circular letter sent to "Dear Friend" from Jim Miles, program director of Purdue University's radio station, WBAA. Each letter included a copy of the station's Monday through Saturday revised program schedule, with School of the Air programs noted with astericks. The collection also includes a copy of the transcript of a tribute to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was prepared by Booth...
Dates: 1944-1945

White River 1913 flood panoramic photograph

 Collection — Frame OP007
Identifier: OP007
Scope and Contents This collection a black-and-white panoramic photograph from N. H. Losey in Indianapolis, Indiana in March, 1913 during the flooding of the White River. The image shows the edge of Worm and Company Beef and Pork Packers buildings in the lower left corner, other buildings and bridges, and the Puritan Bed Spring Company factory, all partially submerged, during the Great Flood of 1913.
Dates: 1913 March

Wiebke and Ray family collection

 Collection
Identifier: G-125
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and a family chart from Charles Robert Hatley in Indiana, ranging from 1870 to 1968 regarding the Wiebke, Ray, and other allied families.
Dates: Other: circa 1870-1968

Wilhelm Scheidt and Louise Balk correspondence

 Collection — Folder S1890
Identifier: S1890
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence between Wilhelm Scheidt of Columbus, Indiana and Louise Balk of Indianapolis, Indiana, written in German. Also in the collection is one card, presented to Louise titled, "Reward of Merit", with a sprig of honeysuckle; and one promissory note, written in English.
Dates: 1867-1874

Willard Stout papers

 Collection — Folder S2014
Identifier: S2014
Scope and Contents This collection includes autographed, signed documents from Willard Stout in Indianapolis, IN in 1938 regarding election registration.
Dates: 1938

William Albert Shearer drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OBD014
Scope and Contents This collection contains drawings, sketches, and architectural drawings created by William Albert Shearer in Indiana between 1911 and 1913.
Dates: 1911-1913

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