Hancock County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home hostess oral histories
Collection
Identifier: OH029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 6 audio cassette tapes and transcripts of interviews with hostesses at the James Whitcomb Riley Home in Greenfield, Indiana, including Lucinda Jean Arthur, Charlotte Barnett, Elizabeth Gappen, Edna Jacobs, Dorothy June WIlliams, and Ruth Williamson. Interviews were conducted by local teacher Carol Cummings during June-July 1987.
Dates:
1987 June-July
Little Sugar Creek Christian Church history
Collection — Folder S2071
Identifier: S2071
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a three-page handwritten history of the Little Sugar Creek Christian Church of Hancock County, Indiana. Much of the history is taken from George J. Richman's 1916 book, History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions, with additional information regarding the church during the time of Ozrow Kemerly's ministry also included. The undated history is possibly a draft for an article about the church's centennial...
Dates:
circa 1934
Louis Wien, Jr. collection
Collection — Folder S1401
Identifier: S1401
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents collected by Louis Wien, Jr. ranging from 1832 to 1918 and undated, including an "experience song" written for Thomas Whiteside on November 28, 1832; a January 23, 1841 deed signed by John W. Whiteside and William Hardy, both of Hancock County, Indiana; documents regarding penmanship by Benjamin Nixon and Nathan Earlywine (1843 and undated); rules of conduct and attendance list for school district no. 6, Shelby County, Indiana (1853-1854); William Vansickle vs...
Dates:
1832-1918, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Louis Wien, Jr. collection
McDonald family papers
Collection — Folder S032
Identifier: S0032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two financial documents and two letters pertaining to the Adams/McDonald family, including A.J. McDonald, Mary E. McDonald, and Mary Jane McDonald in Carrolton, Hancock County and Elizabethtown, Bartholomew County in Indiana ranging from 1869 to 1936. There are also three Democratic voting tickets for state elections in Indiana circa 1851, 1876, and 1935.
Dates:
1851-1936 and undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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McDonald family papers
Mitchell Printing Company photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P062
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of operations, staff members, and books from the Mitchell Printing Company in Greenfield, Indiana around 1911. Photographs largely show printing equipment, printing processes, and employees.
Dates:
circa 1911
Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County schools collection
Collection — Folder S1977
Identifier: S1977
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a commercially printed document from Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana listing students during the 1897-1898 school year.
Dates:
1897-1898
Tara Cooper, Operation Desert Storm, Persian Gulf War collection
Collection — Folder S2929
Identifier: S2929
Scope and Contents
This collection includes six photocopied letters, Operation Desert Storm stickers, two posters, a newspaper clipping and yellow ribbon from Hancock County, Indiana celebrations during 1991. The letters in the collection are responses from a Valentine's Day card sent by Pat and Ron Underwood's granddaughter, Tara Cooper during the conflict.
Dates:
1991
William Kellar papers
Collection
Identifier: S0762
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a map of Indiana, possibly Sugar Creek in Hancock County, of an unknown date.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Kellar papers
