Centennial celebrations, etc
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Hancock County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1669
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items related to Hancock County, Indiana, including teacher's reports from the nine schools in Buck Creek Township, signed and dated from February to March 1869; photocopies of a record book keep by the trustee of Brandywine Township, with entries regarding payments made for stock killed by dogs from 1866 to 1870 and entries about township roads ranging from 1869 to 1873; a photocopy of a May 1, 1946 letter sent to the Greenfield Public Library by Charles L....
Dates:
1866-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hancock County collection
Harrison County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1670
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items related to Harrison County, Indiana, including a daybook used by Cyrus Vigus of Corydon from 1826 to 1830; the Corydon Normal School roll book for 1878-1879; a cloth badge and button from the Indiana Centennial Celebration at Corydon in June 1916; a copy of "Cedar Farm...a Tribute," an essay written by Emma S. N. Carleton about the Kintner family dated May 29, 1919; and a one-page document about "Song Corydon" and the Earl Smith family copied by Lydia...
Dates:
1826-1962
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harrison County collection
Hendricks County, Indiana clippings
Collection — Folder S1889
Identifier: S1889
Scope and Contents
This collection includes twelve newspaper and photocopied clippings in the collection, dating from 1957-1966 from various Hendricks County newspapers. Six of the clippings concern school personnel and the history of schools in the county. Three clippings profile local personalities. One focuses on the subject of a dangerous bridge in the county. Another spotlights the centennial celebration in Amo, Indiana; and one explains how a caved-in roof from heavy snow brought about the building of the...
Dates:
1957-1964
Indiana bicentennial collection
Collection
Identifier: L502
Scope and Contents
In 2015-2016, each county coordinator, public library, historical society and various clubs and organizations were asked to submit bicentennial records for inclusion to a bicentennial manuscript collection within the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division. Records submitted included correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, photographs, videos and other documentation highlighting programs, services and events occurring in their county ranging from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, students across...
Dates:
2013-2016
Indiana Centennial Commission photographs
Collection — Folder SP129
Identifier: SP129
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two black-and-white photographs of the Indiana Centennial Commission, taken in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1916.
Dates:
1916
Indiana centennial pageant photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP127
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs of 4 pageants celebrating Indiana's centennial in Knox, Spencer, and Parke counties and at Earlham College in 1916.
Dates:
1916
Indiana Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution records
Collection
Identifier: L584
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the Indiana Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution ranging from 1969 to 1992 compiled by C. Ray Ewick's during his time as secretary of the commission. The collection includes correspondence, memos, press releases, publications, and other documents related to Ewick's work with the Indiana commission and apart from loose material and publications found with the records, Ewick's organization of his files has been maintained....
Dates:
1969-1992
Indiana Historical Bureau collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2227
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten transcriptions of correspondence contained in the Dunihue papers on deposit at Indiana University. Ranging from 1832 to 1836, the letters were sent to Alexander and Daniel Dunihue of Bedford, Indiana from their cousins Harriet E. Gardiner and Caroline Gardiner and from Richard Wigginton Thompson. The collection also includes photostats of the following documents copied from the originals housed in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection,...
Dates:
1832-1950
Indiana Historical Commission, Indiana Centennial Medal papers
Collection — Folder B063
Identifier: B063
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and accounting materials created by the Indiana Historical Commission related to the Indiana Centennial medal around 1916.
Dates:
circa 1916
Indiana Historical Commission letter
Collection — Folder S1570
Identifier: S1570
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a form letter sent by the Walter C. Woodward and and Lucy M. Elliott of the Indiana Historical Commission in 1921, inviting "centennial workers" to a reunion lunch in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 10, 1921.
Dates:
1921
