Correspondence
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Found in 1586 Collections and/or Records:
William R. Overlease collection on Indiana State Parks
Collection
Identifier: L243
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials compiled by naturalist, William R. Overlease, regarding Spring Mill State Park, Brown County State Park, McCormick’s Creek State Park, and Turkey Run State Park. The collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, reports, notes, postcards, and some photographs ranging from 1914 to 1977. There are also two volumes, "A Study of a Pioneer Village: Spring Mill, Indiana" thesis by William Roy Overlease (1977) and Spring Mill:...
Dates:
1914-1977
William S. Bradford papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0155
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original letters and photocopied diary entries from William S. Bradford of Indiana from 1861 to 1862. It also includes a tintype photograph and print of tintype of William S. Bradford, a carte de visite of Lucy Bradford, newspaper clippings (), and a metal stencil of Capt. Bradford's name, rank, and regiment, likely used for military documentation and communication.
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William S. Bradford papers
William S. McClure letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0881
Scope and Contents
The collection includes military orders, including orders issued from the offices of generals George Meade, Henry W. Halleck, and Alfred Pleasonton; military communications, muster rolls, commissions, and other official military papers; McClure's pension papers (1884-1900); papers relating to the military service of Dr. William J. McClure of Madison who served as Commissary of Subsistence in Washington D.C.; and personal correspondence and correspondence relating to the McClures' appointments...
Dates:
1861-1864, 1867-1900
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William S. McClure letters
William Schneider collection
Collection
Identifier: L341
Scope and Contents
This collection contains William Schneider's correspondence, business documents, receipts, ledgers, and account books (1850 to 1903) for business he conducted in St. Wendel, Indiana. The collection also contains the Schneider and Naas store cash book, daybooks, and ledgers (1862-1872). The account books contain a variety of entries including newspaper subscriptions, purchases, shipments, and other business transactions. The daybooks contain the daily store transactions and the ledgers hold the...
Dates:
1850-1903
William Sheerer collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2293
Scope and Contents
This collection includes William Sheerer's two pocket-sized bank books containing entries ranging from 1867 to 1878 and a small account book used to record entries related to Kimball Watson from 1871 to 1872 and the giving out of Bibles in 1877[?]. Other items in the collection include a document with a description of land sold to Watson by Sheerer in 1870 and recorded on June 7, 1878, a March 31, 1879 letter sent to A. Lowry Shannon, Sheerer's executor, from W.J. Park of Hoopeston, Illinois...
Dates:
1867-1879
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Sheerer collection
William Shields letters
Collection — Folder S2685
Identifier: S2685
Scope and Contents
There are four photocopied letters in this collection, written between 1861 and 1864. The early correspondence from William Shields to his brother, written from the field of battle, refers to Confederate prisoners taken and his company's proximity to the Confederate forces. Shields expresses some concern about resolution of a debt and makes reference to the expected arrival of the paymester.
Dates:
circa 1861-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Shields letters
William Sickels letter and transcription
Collection — Folder S1769
Identifier: S1769
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an original letter and transcription from William Sickels in Indianapolis, Indiana on
1828/07/15 regarding his impressions of Indiana.
Dates:
1828/07/15, undated
William Steele Holman papers
Collection
Identifier: L073
Scope and Contents
The collection, the bulk of which dates from 1870 to 1894, includes documents from William Steele Holman’s career as a politician as well as those from the Holman family. The documents are divided into correspondence and papers and newspaper clippings. They are then arranged chronologically with the other assorted materials. Materials include correspondence from constituents, telegrams, election results, family letters, newspaper clippings, a correspondence journal, an account book,...
Dates:
1837-1936
William Sullivan collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1274
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photostats of a list showing subscribers to a map of Indianapolis created by William Sullivan in 1836, which included prominent Indianapolis citizens such as Noah Noble, Henry P. Coburn, Morris Morris, S. A. Fletcher, George Lockerbie, and Thomas McQuat. There are also five letters from William Sullivan to his agent, Jonathan Meredith, and others on August 27, 1838 concerning the sale of the map.
Dates:
1836-1838
William T. Spicely letter
Collection — Folder S1680
Identifier: S1680
Scope and Contents
The collection includes an original handwritten 2-page letter written on July 29, 1846 from Lt. William S. Spicely, 2nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Fort Isabel, Texas. The letter is addressed to Mary J. Worrell, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. In the letter Lt. Spicely expresses warm sentiment to friends of Orleans, from the "sandy desert". Names addressed in the letter include Amilia Webb, Eliza Busick, Aunt Jane Worrell, Mary Riley, Bill Riley, Preston, Mary Worrell, Rachel Glenn, and...
Dates:
1846/07/29
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William T. Spicely letter
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