Jeffersonville (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad collection
Collection
Identifier: L204
Scope and Contents
This collection includes survey maps (one starting in Madison, Indiana (the other starting in Columbus, Indiana) and a profile map of the railroad from railroad staff in Indiana ranging from circa 1905 regarding the railroad's elevation, landmarks, stations, etc.
Dates:
circa 1905
John Coburn, "Two Military Picnics" reminiscences
Collection — Folder S1778
Identifier: S1778
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of the U.S. Civil War reminiscences of General John Coburn titled, "Two Military Picnics: The Bloodless Battle of Pogue's Run and the Expected Massacre at New Abany and Jeffersonville, Ind." circa 1880s. Coburn begins his story with the following sentence: "I propose to relate some incidents that came under my observation while a soldier, and with which I had a personal connection." Though potentially serious, he refers to the events as "picnics"...
Dates:
circa 1880s
Judge John Rowan collection
Collection — Folder S1541
Identifier: S1541
Scope and Contents
This collection contains seven photostats of letters and documents. The first document was written when John Rowan was a United States Senator, which was 1825-1831. However, there is no date on the hand-written document regarding the opinions of Judge Trimble. The second item is a letter to the Honorable Samuel L. Lathan, written from Washington on March 18, 1828, by John Rowan, recommending midshipman, Philip Thomas Trapnal. The third item records the minutes of a meeting held on December 8,...
Dates:
1828-1861
Mark Hartman to Jerry Isler correspondence
Collection — Folder S2923
Identifier: S2923
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a postcard from Mark Hartman to Jerry Isler, circa 1990-1991. Mark sends his thanks to those supporting the troops deployed during Desert Shield.
Dates:
1990-1991
Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company collection
Collection — Folder S2383
Identifier: S2383
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to the foreclosure sale of the Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company of Jeffersonville, Indiana, including a May 15, 1876 "Description and Terms of Sale" document; a June 16, 1876 circular letter to the bondholders of the company; a July 1, 1876 letter written by Joseph W. Sprague and sent to Joseph W. Alsop of New York City; an August 10, 1876 estimate of the value of the property written by Sprague; a copy of a flyer advertising the August 14, 1876 sale...
Dates:
1864-1876
Ohio, Wabash, and White Rivers flood collection
Collection — Folder S1538
Identifier: S1538
Scope and Contents
No author is given for this 28-page, typed manuscript. The narrative accompanied aerial photos showing the floods in Jeffersonville, New Albany, Madison, Lawrenceburg, and other places. Pages 1-8 gives a general report of the 1937 floor. Pages 9-22 tells of the trip by Governor Townsend and his party. Pages 23-28 continues the narrative decribing aerial views. The narrative tells of the work by WPA men. The Niblack levee north of Vincennes on the Wabash River was saved by "heroic efforts." ...
Dates:
1937
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
Turman Higgs land grant
File — Folder OB224
Identifier: OB224
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one land grant issued to Turman Higgs of Decatur County for land in Jeffersonville, Indiana dated September 25, 1895.
Dates:
1895/09/25
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Turman Higgs land grant
Women's Prison and Girls' Reformatory collection
Collection — Folder S0278
Identifier: S0278
Scope and Contents
This collection includes six copies of the same manuscript, written in 1902, by Rhoda M. Coffin, 3232 Groveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.Mrs. Coffin tells about her work in preaching the Gospel along with her husband, Charles F. Coffin, in jails, workhouses, and prisons throughout the country, beginning in 1865. In the winter of 1868, Indiana Governor Conrad Baker asked her and Charles to visit the prisons at Michigan City and Jeffersonville, and make a private report to him. As a...
Dates:
1902
