Prisons
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Edward L. Andrews letter
Collection — Folder S027
Identifier: S0027
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Edward L. Andrews in Indianapolis, Indiana to his mother, Sarah E. Andrews, on June 14, 1863 regarding watch duties, the capturing of Confederates, and treason while serving with the Union army during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1863/06/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward L. Andrews letter
Edward S. Scott journal
Collection — Folder S1154
Identifier: S1154
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a signed, typed transcript of Edward S. Scott’s journal, dated February 9-18, 1864, describing his attempted escape from Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia through the Yankee tunnel with over 100 other prisoners of war.
Dates:
1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward S. Scott journal
Eugene V. Debs collection
Collection
Identifier: L230
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence of Socialist Party Executive Secretary Otto Branstertter, with and regarding Debs during 1920–1923, including letters regarding amnesty for Debs and other people imprisoned for their opposition to World War 1, as well as letters regarding Socialist Party politics and Debs role in the party following his release from prison. Also included are Debs’ writings on the labor movement, his essay on Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1922), statements of Debs...
Dates:
1895-1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eugene V. Debs collection
Heineken family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several letters from members of the Heineken family, particularly to or from Christian, Samuel and Thomas Heineken, in Ohio, Indiana, and Great Britain ranging from 1810 to 1888 regarding settlement in Indiana and Ohio, family life, travel, weather, cholera epidemics, national politics, and farming. There is also a U.S. Civil War diary kept by Samuel Heineken during 1862-1863 and an 1888 roster of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Heineken family papers
Indiana State Prison collection
Collection — Folder S2137
Identifier: S2137
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten transcription of entries from the minute book of the Board of Control for the Indiana State Prison from March 1859 to June 1860 regarding the history of the prison at Michigan City; two copies of a document about the wardens who served the prison from 1822 to 1933 (circa 1930s); and a copy of the address by Alfred F. Dowd, warden of the Indiana State Prison, before the American Prison Association General Session on October 12, 1944.
Dates:
1859-1944
Indiana state prisons photograph collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P075
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs, most likely from the Indiana Department of Correction, in Indiana ranging from circa 1930 to circa 1955, regarding buildings, facilities, prisoners, corrections staff and administration, and prison life in Indiana State Prison in Michigan City; Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville; Indiana State Farm in Putnam County; Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis; and unidentified prisons. Most of the photographs appear to have come from a...
Dates:
circa 1930-1955
Indiana War History Commission collection
Collection
Identifier: L585
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the administrative files of the Indiana War History Commission, including a detailed history of the group, publication plans and ingoing and outgoing correspondence. The commission collected information from most Indiana counties during World War I. This information falls into two categories: service records of soldiers, used for the publication of the "Gold Star Honor Roll" and "Indiana's Roll of Honor"; and war histories, records of civilian activities,...
Dates:
1917-1989
Indiana Women's Prison photographs
Collection — Folder SP077
Identifier: SP077
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1961 regarding its buildings, grounds, and staff, as well as the inmates and their activities. The bulk of the staff photographs were taken in January 1935, while most of the building and interior views are from the early 1900s, 1935, and 1958.
Dates:
circa 1900-1961
John M. Flinn collection
Collection — Folder S2569
Identifier: S2569
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written by Flinn to his wife and daughter during his service in the Civil War, as well as his 1862 discharge papers, some army-related documents, and a letter to Mrs. Margaret Flinn dated 1876. Some of the materials are fragile. The topics included in Flinn’s letters include army life, his health, and related matters.Item Listing:1861, Aug. 2 Discharge Papers, Indianapolis1862, June 25 ALS, John Flinn to Margaret and Zora...
Dates:
1861-1876
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John M. Flinn collection
Joseph Glover collection
Collection — Folder S0518
Identifier: S0518
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of business papers from 1805 to 1842, including personal and prison receipts from Kentucky (1805-1810). It also includes Lawrence County Court and Sheriff’s papers from the 1820s-1830s, land and business papers from Lawrence County, rules and membership list of a Lawrence County association “for the purpose of suppressing crimes in general, and more particularly those of counterfeiting and horse stealing” from 1819, and a petition on behalf of Indiana Judge John H....
Dates:
1805-1881
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Glover collection
