Indiana Territory
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana Historical Bureau collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2227
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten transcriptions of correspondence contained in the Dunihue papers on deposit at Indiana University. Ranging from 1832 to 1836, the letters were sent to Alexander and Daniel Dunihue of Bedford, Indiana from their cousins Harriet E. Gardiner and Caroline Gardiner and from Richard Wigginton Thompson. The collection also includes photostats of the following documents copied from the originals housed in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection,...
Dates:
1832-1950
Indiana Territory 1815 census
Collection — Folder S1592
Identifier: S1592
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the original census on parchment, enclosed in a folder, and a xerox copy of same. Thirteen counties are listed with the population of each county. The smallest population was Switzerland County with 1332 residents. The county with the greatest population was Knox County with 8062 people. The total population was 63,649 people in Indiana Territory in 1815.
Dates:
1815
Indiana Territory laws collection
Collection — Folder OBC037
Identifier: OBC037
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of "Laws Passed at the First Session of the General Assembly of the Indiana Territory" from 1805.
Dates:
1805
Isaac Naylor papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1009
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an autobiography and speeches written by Isaac Naylor; correspondence, legal documents and other papers; and historical sketches written by Isaac Naylor primarily about early life in Indiana and the Battle of Tippecanoe. There are also some papers of Andrew Jennings Hay, Naylor’s son-in-law, and Andrew Paxton Hay, Andrew Jennings’ father.
Dates:
1814-1888, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Isaac Naylor papers
John Brown Dillon collection
Collection
Identifier: L377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of John B. Dillon’s historical notes on people and events relating to the early exploration and settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest, ranging from 1859 to 1886. Also included is a scrapbook of Dillon’s letters published in newspapers on the U.S. Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history (1861–1876); letters to Dillon regarding the Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864), and Dillon’s historical work; and a memorial by John Coburn...
Dates:
1859-1886, undated
John M. Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents
This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates:
1804-1982
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John M. Smith collection
John Peter Paul collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1720
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of John Peter Paul and Paul’s survey book for his
work on the Wabash and Erie Canal.
Dates:
1811-1827
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Peter Paul collection
Kenneth Noe, "Old Tippecanoe and the Historians: A Bibliographic Essay on William Henry Harrison" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2301
Identifier: S2301
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of "Old Tippecanoe and the Historians: A Bibliographic Essay on William Henry Harrison," an unpublished seminar paper written by Kenneth W. Noe while a graduate student at the University of Illinois. The essay is 21 typewritten pages in length, with an additional 10 pages of bibliographic reference notes.
Dates:
1986
"Reminiscences of Jane Merrill Ketcham" volumes
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V055
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two copies of "Reminiscences of Jane Merrill Ketcham" written by Jane Merrill Ketcham about her life primarily for the use of her family.
Dates:
1819-1896
Thomas Morris diary
Collection — Folder S0990
Identifier: S0990
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photostat of the diary of Thomas Morris for parts of August and September, 1764. This covers part of his captivity by Native Americans.
Dates:
1764
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas Morris diary
