Armed Forces
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Hicks commission
Collection — Folder S650
Identifier: S0650
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a military commission from Governor David Wallace in Indiana in 1837 regarding Captain Benjamin Hicks.
Dates:
1837
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Benjamin Hicks commission
Daniel Roberts correspondence
Collection — Folder S1123
Identifier: S1123
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 18 letters from Daniel Roberts to his mother and sister ranging from 1861 to 1864 regarding his experiences as a Union soldier during the U.S. Civil War. There is also a fragment of a letter written by Daniel and Sally Roberts in 1871.
Dates:
1861-1864; 1871
Eli H. Clampitt papers
Collection — Folder S258
Identifier: S0258
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters and autographed and typed transcripts of letters from Eli H. Clampitt in Indiana and Civil War locations ranging from 1861-1866, regarding family business and army life. Also included are two printed copies from the original tintypes of Eli H. Clampitt and Mark A. Clampitt with his wife, Mary Ann Fouch. The child's identity is unknown.
Dates:
1861-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eli H. Clampitt papers
Eva Faucett papers
Collection — Folder S454
Identifier: S0454
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters and postcard from George Schrader in Missouri, Guam and Manila ranging from 1942 to 1945 regarding military service, friend and life back home.
Dates:
1942-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eva Faucett papers
Frank E. Stevenson collection
Collection — Folder S2585
Identifier: S2585
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one 34-page, typed manuscript and one envelope front from Frank E. Stevenson in Rockville, Indiana from about 1913 regarding the state of preparedness of the U.S. military for war. The envelope is addressed to Major F. E. Stevenson, Field Artillery Ind. Nat. Guard, Rockville, Ind., with a return address of War Department, Division of Militia Affairs and marked "Official Business." Written on the envelope is "Report 7055/76," "Are we prepared for war," and "Rockville...
Dates:
1913/03/04
French-Chickasaw War of 1736 notebook
Collection — Folder S1556
Identifier: S1556
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains handwritten transcriptions of documents from the Archives Nationales in Paris, France, transcribed in 1924, relating to the war between the French and the Chickasaw Indians in 1736 in New France in North America. The records include accounts of the French troops' expedition against the Chickasaw Nation, given on June 28, 1736, and on March [May] 27, 1736, by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville; a 1736 letter from Monsieur de Cremont to the minister; two accounts of the...
Dates:
1736, 1924
Jackman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-018
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogy research about the Jackman and related families ranging from 1893 to 1996. The collection also contains a DAR application, newspaper clippings from Indianapolis and photographs of the Zinkan, Jackman, Kidwell,and Truelove families.
Dates:
1893- 1996
Found in:
Genealogy
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Jackman collection
Leslie A. Weaver photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of materials regarding Leslie A. Weaver’s life, particularly his military service, ranging from 1937 to 2005. It is arranged into three sections, photographs and slides, papers and records, and three-dimensional objects. The largest part of the collection is photographs which range from military portraits to images of Iwo Jima in 1945 to time spent in Japan after World War II to family photographs. These photographs are arranged chronologically. ...
Dates:
1937-2005
McCole family papers
Collection
Identifier: S0882
Scope and Contents
This collection includes family correspondence (both original and photostats), military papers, and a land grant from the McCole family, principally William and C.J. McCole, from 1834 to 1910 regarding the Civil War and family matters.
Dates:
1834-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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McCole family papers
Mrs. K. L. McGill collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0885
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a card from various periods in U.S. history. The earliest document in the collection is dated 1812, and the latest item in 1951. The collection contains Civil War correspondence with Colonel Benjamin Harrison, as well as letter from World War I hero, Sergeant Samuel Woodfill.
The oversize folder contains military orders for the 20th Indiana regiment ranging from 1861 to 1864 (OB093).
The oversize folder contains military orders for the 20th Indiana regiment ranging from 1861 to 1864 (OB093).
Dates:
1812-1951
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