Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Ross Franklin Lockridge collection
Collection
Identifier: L598
Scope and Contents
The collection includes papers regarding Ross Franklin Lockridge's duties as director of Hoosier Historic Memorial Activities, ranging from 1825 to 1950 and undated. The bulk of the collection concerns New Harmony, Indiana and members of the Owen community, as well as Indiana historical events and figures. Also included are speeches and papers written by Lockridge and his students on early Hoosiers, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and other Indiana and United States history...
Dates:
1877-1952
Virginia Ellis Jenckes collection
Collection
Identifier: L374
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Virginia Ellis Jenckes’s congressional papers. Also included are correspondence, reports, and other papers relating to the Agriculture Waste Recovery Project (1933–1943) and other efforts to help farmers during the Depression; flood control on the Wabash and White Rivers; railroads; women’s rights; education; and Communists in America, as well as her opposition to Communist radio broadcasts. The collection also contains papers relating to her political...
Dates:
1918-1951
Wabash Carnegie Public Library oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH033
Scope and Contents
This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with 45 individuals, conducted by George Dingledy for the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Project ranging from 1971 to 1986, regarding their lives and the history of Wabash, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Dates:
1971-1986
