Grouseland (Vincennes, Ind.)

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from Ann V. Hammer in Indiana ranging from 1946 to 1954 and undated, regarding the courthouse tree in Greensburg, Indiana Dunes State Park, Webster Lake in Kosciusko County, Lake Wawasee and the South Shore Inn in Syracuse, and a possible camp at Rivervale, Lawrence County. There are also postcards Grouseland in Vincennes, Mac's Famous Barbeuce in Evansville, Indiana Dunes State Park, and Hotel Van Orman and downtown Fort Wayne. An undated advertising item...

Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of "Grouseland Foundation Request to Protect History," a spiral bound booklet containing copies of seven letters sent in 2006 to Dr. Richard Helton, President of Vincennes University, in support of the Grouseland Foundation's request to the university that it donate land once known as "Walnut Grove" and was the site of historic meetings between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh. The booklet also includes photocopies of two newspaper...

Scope and Contents This collection includes a scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, and postcards from the Vincennes Public Library in Vincennes, Indiana ranging from 1928 to 1930 regarding local and library events, displays, parade floats, and library programs such as book week and summer reading.One of the photographs shows one of two little girls wearing blackface. They are dressed up as the characters Topsy and Eva from the titular vaudeville play and 1927 film, based loosely on Harriet...