Centennial celebrations, etc

American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority, Indiana Division photographs

Collection — Folder SP136

Identifier: SP136

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs related to the Indiana Division of the American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1962 to 1963, concerning the Emancipation Proclamation Luncheon on December 18, 1962 in Indianapolis, the presentation of an award to Izler Solomon in January 1963, the Indiana Division exhibit at the "A Century of Negro Progress" Exposition in Chicago, Illinois on August 18 and September 2, 1963, and the Indiana...

Dates: 1962-1963

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority, Indiana Division photographs

Attica, Indiana centennial celebration collection

Collection — Folder S1915

Identifier: S1915

Scope and Contents This collection includes a promotional flyer for the Attica, Indiana centennial celebration held on June 23-29, 1966, with information regarding “The Attica Story” pageant and other celebration activities printed on one side and a calendar of events printed on the reverse side. The collection also includes four items regarding the Psi Iota Xi Tour of Homes held on June 28: a tour ticket; a list of the six homes on the tour with owner’s names, addresses, and descriptions of the homes; a sheet...

Dates: 1966

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Attica, Indiana centennial celebration collection

Cass County collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S1653

Scope and Contents This collection contains a November 3, 1869 letter certifying that Rev. H. F. Miller was appointed fianancial secretary of Smithson College and was authorized to solicit funds for the Logansport institution; accounts, receipts and other documents ranging from 1869 to 1871 regarding the construction of the county jail and sheriff's residence; a May 29, 1889 application for natural gas to be used by D. D. (David Darwin) Dyeman; a circa 1888 document of the Dykeman, Wilson and Taber law office;...

Dates: 1846-1983

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Cass County collection

Clarence R. Rhodes scrapbook

Collection — Folder S1831

Identifier: S1831

Scope and Contents This collection includes the scrapbook of Clarence R. Rhodes containing material ranging from 1875 to 1942. The numerous mounted newspaper clippings concern the administrations of President Grover Cleveland and President Benjamin Harrison and stories about their families, cabinet members and other political appointees. Histories and stories about a variety of other topics include criminal cases, the U.S. Civil War, and the centennial celebration of President George Washington’s inauguration....

Dates: 1875-1942

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Clarence R. Rhodes scrapbook

Clayton Presbyterian Church history

Collection — Folder S2483

Identifier: S2483

Scope and Contents This collection includes two pages of text from Clayton Presbyterian Church in Clayton, Hendricks County, Indiana, in 1931, regarding the history and centennial celebration of the Clayton Presbyterian Church.

Dates: 1931

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Clayton Presbyterian Church history

Commemorative wooden nickels and Confederate bill facsimile

Collection — Folder S2228

Identifier: S2228

Scope and Contents This collection includes three "wooden nickel" certificates created to commemorate the Wabash County, Indiana Centennial (1935) and the Decatur, Indiana Centennial (1936). The collection also contains a facsimile of a five hundred dollar Confederate note memento from the Civil War Centennial Exhibit held at the L.S. Ayres and Company auditorium in Indianapolis from April 11 to April 22, 1961.

Dates: 1935-1961

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Commemorative wooden nickels and Confederate bill facsimile

Erma Cox papers

Collection — Folder S304

Identifier: S0304

Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopied, typed and autographed documents from Erma Cox, Celetina Phelps and others in Martinsville, Indiana ranging from 1889 to 1959 regarding Martinsville, Morgan County and United States history and poetry.

Dates: 1889-1959, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Erma Cox papers

George S. Cottman papers

Collection

Identifier: L039

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, research, newspaper articles and drafts of speeches, and articles from George S. Cottman in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1872 to 1937 regarding Indiana history, business and family business, and articles by other writers concerning history.

Dates: 1857-1937, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George S. Cottman papers

Good Roads Day, Indiana centennial photographs

Collection — Folder SP128

Identifier: SP128

Scope and Contents This collection includes two black-and-white photographs taken of the president, Indiana governor, and city mayor at "Good Roads Day" during the Indiana centennial on October 12, 1916.

Dates: 1916/10/12

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Good Roads Day, Indiana centennial photographs

Green Hill, Indiana centennial photographs

Collection — Folder SP114

Identifier: SP114

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken at the Green Hill centennial in 1935 in Medina Township, Warren County, Indiana, showing businesses, Green Hill Seminary (1880, undated), the local school, the United Brethren church, and homes, as well as people from the community and the day's events.

Dates: 1880, 1935, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Green Hill, Indiana centennial photographs

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