Weather
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Alyea diary
Collection — Folder S018
Identifier: S0018
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the diary of Albert Alyea. Included in the diary are notes about the birth and death dates of his family, his accounts with various stores, weather reports, his barn raising, and accounts of what he sold to other individuals. Alyea also uses the diary to write about his time spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary also contains several additional items, including a newspaper clipping about new fishing laws, a real estate appraisal, and a newspaper...
Dates:
1861-1883
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Albert Alyea diary
C. H. R. Anderson weather diaries
Collection — Folder S2992
Identifier: S2992
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two leather diaries from C. H. R. Anderson ranging from 1881-1885 regarding weather and local events.
Dates:
1881-1885
George W. Lawson diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes George W. Lawson's diaries ranging from July 1877 to July 1910. In his diaries, Lawson records the weather, farm activities, business and personal accounts, marriages, births and deaths of family and friends, and church and social activities. He also records his thoughts about elections, local and national happenings, and international events. There are a several loose items inserted in the volumes, including newspaper clippings and an October 9, 1901 map and calendar...
Dates:
1877-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George W. Lawson diaries
Helen Clift clippings
Collection — Folder S1183
Identifier: S1183
Scope and Contents
This collection includes forty-nine clippings of Kate Milner Rabb's Indianapolis Star newspaper column, "The Hoosier Listening Post," range from March 14, 1935 to July 25, 1935 that contain transcribed entries from diaries kept by Helen Clift of New Castle, Indiana in 1863 and 1865. Helen used her diary to record her daily chores, the weather, visitors, social activities, and other happenings in New Castle. Her 1863 diary also recorded her time teaching in Economy, Wayne County, Indiana and...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen Clift clippings
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
Hiram A. Pratt diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1943
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four diaries of Hiram A. Pratt of Waveland, Indiana. The diaries are from 1866, 1869, 1882, and 1887 and contain entries about Pratt's daily activities and expenditures, the weather, church attendance, and news about family and friends.
Dates:
1866-1887
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hiram A. Pratt diaries
James Greene papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0540
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed diary from James Greene in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1875 regarding daily life and business affairs and two photocopies of carbon copies of typed copies from Donald L. Siebert in 1979.
Dates:
1875
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Greene papers
John Ferris Riker journal
Collection — Folder S1117
Identifier: S1117
Scope and Contents
This is a typed transcript of John Ferris Riker's 1852 journal about his overland trip from Cincinnati to California to participate in the Gold Rush. A copy of the publication, which is 62 pages, is located at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. On the day of their departure, April 5, 1852, John Riker was 23 years old. His relative Aaron Riker was 22 years old, and his friend David Lichliter was 21 or 22. On page 3, John lists the three messes with six men in each. In the second...
Dates:
1852
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Ferris Riker journal
John Sipe and A.H. Phillips letters
Collection — Folder S1651
Identifier: S1651
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of 23 letters written by John Sipe to Sallie Phillips while he was serving with the 38th Indiana Infantry Volunteer Regiment during the American Civil War. The letters are dated from September 9, 1861 to December 24, 1862 and covers a vareity of subjects. The collection also includes one letter written from A. H. Phillips to his sister Sallie on July 6, 1864. This letter concerns his own daily experiences serving in the Civil War. Some of the places...
Dates:
1861-1864
Monticello, Indiana tornado disaster study and editorial papers
Collection — Folder S3357
Identifier: S3357
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a study and editorial papers from UWE F. Koehler, C.B. Monk Jr., and Robert D. Orr in Indiana ranging from 1973-1974 regarding the April 3, 1974 tornado in Monticello, Indiana.
Dates:
1973-1974
