Memorials
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Ernie Pyle Monument, Japan dedication photographs
Collection — Folder SP117
Identifier: SP117
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 black-and-white photographs taken at the Ernie Pyle memorial and cemetery in Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan in 1945. Five of the photographs were taken during a ceremony for the erection of the new concrete memorial in Juy 1945.
Dates:
1945 July, undated
George H. Honig, Corporal James Bethel Gresham plaster reliefs
Collection
Identifier: A024
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two plaster reliefs created by sculptor George H. Honig of the late Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana circa 1918-1921. Both reliefs are composed of light green plaster in black frames.The first relief is a plaster medallion set in a rectagle of with the bust Gresham in uniform and an American eagle, with the words, "First American soldier killed on French soil; November 3, 1917; Corporal Gresham of Evansville, Ind-USA." The second relief...
Dates:
1918-1921
Hugh A. Barnhart photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP157
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Hugh A. Barnhart in Indiana, the United States, and Japan, ranging from circa 1880 to 1953, regarding his career with the Indiana Department of Conservation, his political and social life, people he knew, current events, such as a Depression-era bread line, Indiana participants in war criminal trials in Japan post-World War II, and historic sites, including the Nancy Hanks Lincoln State Memorial and Richard Lieber's memorial at Turkey...
Dates:
circa 1880-1953
Indiana Department of Conservation, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP081
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Indiana Department of Conservation in Lincoln City, Indiana ranging from circa 1935 to circa 1946 regarding the planning and construction of the memorial, including the creation and installation of its bas-relief panels, and the shots of the site itself. There are also numerous photographs of meetings and ceremonies which include members of the Indiana Lincoln Union and the Indiana Department of Conservation, as well as Indiana governors, at the...
Dates:
circa 1935-circa 1946
Indiana Department of Natural Resources photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the photographs from Indiana Department of Natural Resources in Indiana from 1967 and undated regarding state parks, nature sites and recreation areas, historic sites, landmarks, memorials, museums, and buildings around Indiana.
Dates:
1967, undated
Indiana War Memorial Plaza print
Collection — Folder OBC175
Identifier: OBC175
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an art print of the Indiana War Memorial Plaza in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1985.
Dates:
1985
Lincolniana Publishers photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP171
Identifier: SP171
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reproductions of images related to Abraham Lincoln from Lincolniana Publishers in Fort Wayne, Indiana used in 1934 and ranging from circa 1860 to 1934, regarding Lincoln, his family, career, pets, residences in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., and memorials in Spencer County, Indiana, as well as illustrations and political cartoons. There are also grave sites of Lincoln's family and others.
Dates:
1934
Pierre Loyd Castator funeral remembrance poster
Collection — Folder OBC156
Identifier: OBC156
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a remembrance poster in memoriam of the death of Pierre Loyd Castator in September 1914.
Dates:
1914 September
Robert D. Starrett collection
Collection — Folder S1930
Identifier: S1930
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items related to establishment of the Lincoln Memorial Way and the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial in Indiana. The first item is a copy of the booklet The Lincoln Memorial Way Through Indiana, a published report by the commission appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie to designate the historic route of the Lincoln family through Indiana. The booklet also includes a handwritten note added by Robert D. Starrett on January 5, 1956...
Dates:
1933-1957
World War II Memorial collection
Collection
Identifier: L306
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bidding documents and statistical information about the construction of the World War II Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1997 to 1998, as well as information about the soldiers and units from Indiana who fought in that war from 1941 to 1945. There is information about medal of honor winners, about men buried in Europe, and ideas which people sent for inclusion in the Memorial.The collection includes architectural drawings ranging from 1997 to...
Dates:
1997-1998
