Vermillion County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Davidson family papers
Collection
Identifier: L126
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Davidson family correspondence, including that of Abigail Porter Davidson, David M. Davidson, and their grandson, Mark Davidson. There are some letters to Alice Davidson. Among Abigail Porter Davidson’s letters are those to her brother Isaac and David’s brothers, James and William. Mark Davidson’s letters are those he wrote home during World War I. He was stationed in Mississippi before being deployed to France. After a short time in France, he was wounded and spent the...
Dates:
1859-1920
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Davidson family papers
Eugene, Indiana general store daysbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V383
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two daybooks with entries ranging from 1936 to 1837. Used by a general store that operated in Eugene, Indiana, the entries are a mixture of purchases of groceries, dry goods, and hardware and provide personal names of customers, price per item, and totals for all items in a column.
Dates:
1836-1837
Eugene, Indiana mills ledger
Collection — Volume V393
Identifier: V393
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a ledger used to record the Eugene, Indiana mill businesses that were owned by William Lea. Ranging from 1837 to 1845, the bulk of the entries are related to customer accounts regarding the sawmill. Other titled entries include cash accounts, bills payable, and the carding mill. The ledger begins with page 123, with the early pages having been removed some time prior to the volume's donation to the library.
Dates:
1837-1845
John Wigley music book
Collection — Folder S1405
Identifier: S1405
Scope and Contents
This collection includes John Wigley's small music book containing 43 songs for a B-flat Bass and used with the Newport (Ind.) Cornet Band (circa 1860s-1880s).
Dates:
circa 1860-1880s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Wigley music book
Mary Hughes Martin collection
Collection
Identifier: L623
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one family photograph album and two autograph albums from Mary Hughes Martin and the Hughes family in Gessie, Indiana and Danville, Illinois ranging from circa 1888-1911.
Dates:
circa 1888-1911
Newport Army Ammunition Plant photographs
Collection — Folder SP085
Identifier: SP085
Scope and Contents
This collection includes color photographs from the U.S. Army of the Newport Army Ammunition Plant in Vermillion County, Indiana from February and March 1977 regarding the facility and its various buildings.
Dates:
1977
Oliver P. Davis family correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3478
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of correspondence of Oliver P. (O.P.) Davis and his family. The correspondence from 1846 to 1861 includes letters written by Davis to his wife Eliza during his travels for business and while he was in Indianapolis during the Indiana Constitution Convention and his service in the Indiana Senate; three letters from Congressman Edward W. McGaughey; and letters sent by Davis to the Oldridge family. The correspondence from 1864 to 1868 conisists of...
Dates:
1846-1899, circa 1927
Ruth M. Stine collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2355
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items donated by Ruth Stine, including the ferry book of John Bell of Fountain County, Indiana from 1830; a partial ferry book of Benjamin Freeman from 1830; James M. Howard's cash book for his Perrysville, Indiana shoe store with entries from 1884 to 1887; and a ciphering book containing questions and answers for various mathematical calculations, including for reduction of currencies, interest, the rule of three, and compound proportion. The ciphering book was...
Dates:
1830-1899
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ruth M. Stine collection
Vermillion County collection
Collection — Folder S1702
Identifier: S1702
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of a list compiled in 1959 of state senators and representatives who served Vermillion County, Indiana from 1825 to 1959 and a copy of "The History of Clinton City Schools," a historical sketch written by an unknown author in 1962.
Dates:
1959-1962
