Parke County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Justus family indenture
Collection — Folder OB164
Identifier: OB164
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one contract regarding the sale of land in Parke County from the Justus family to Ezekeal Pritchit on June 18, 1842.
Dates:
1842/06/18
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Justus family indenture
Ku Klux Klan, Parke County collection
Collection — Folder S2543
Identifier: S2543
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one item, a copy of a "Confidential Orders and Instructions to Klan Officers" notice. The document is dated October 1, 1928. The order instructs Klan officers of Parke County, Indiana to support and advance the political program and slates promoted by the Klan.
Dates:
1928/10/01
Martha E. Wright photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, negatives, and postcards from Martha E. Wright in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1993 and undated regarding individual family members from the Wright, Smythe, and Gill families, family homes, friends, daily life, recreational activities, parades in Indianapolis, industrial scenes, railroads, bridges, and steamboats.There were also correspondence and papers from Maurie Bailey Wright, Maude Bailey, and Kathryn and Martha Wright...
Dates:
circa 1860-1993, undated
Montgomery family collection
Collection — Folder OB162
Identifier: OB162
Scope and Contents
This collection contains deeds, indentures, and a survey regarding land in Parke County, Indiana bought and sold by members of the Montgomery family from 1853 to 1903.
Dates:
1853-1905
Parke County collection
Collection
Identifier: L304
Scope and Contents
The collections consists of a typed draft of Parke County's history. The draft is organized chronologically with the following chapters: Aboriginal Period, Aboriginal Period to the Period of Conquest, Period of Conquest, Period of Conquest and Settlement by Pioneer Whites, Indiana and Park County, Early Folk Stories, The Story of Salmon Lusk, and Turkey Run from 1880 to 1890. Additionally, the collection contains land deeds (1856-1920), an article "The Indiana Reserve of Parke County" (1927),...
Dates:
1839-1960
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Parke County collection
Parke County, Indiana World War I soldiers photograph album
Collection — Folder SP158
Identifier: SP158
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album compiled by the Indiana Historical Commission with images from Parke County, Indiana ranging from August to December 1918, regarding groups of men from the county, often wearing badges or armbands, who enlisted in the U.S. armed forces or the local guard during World War I. The men in the photographs are unidentified and most of them were taken on the steps of the Parke County Courthouse in Rockville. There is one photograph with four African-American...
Dates:
1918 April-December
Peter Tallman documents
Collection — Folder S0147
Identifier: S0147
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents regarding the sale of property in Parke County to Peter Tallman in the 1860s.
Dates:
1864-1868
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Peter Tallman documents
Phillips family collection
Collection — Folder OB163
Identifier: OB163
Scope and Contents
This collection includes deeds, indentures, and a survey regarding property in Parke County bought and sold by members of the Phillips family, ranging from 1839 to 1903. Some property deals also included the Montgomery family.
Dates:
1839-1903
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Phillips family collection
Reynolds family letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0914
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between members of the Reynolds family ranging from 1849-1907. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters written by Verus Reynolds and sent to his Aunt Catherine Reynolds Sheppard. The collection also includes letter sent to Catherine from her mother, Susannah Reynolds; her brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Reynolds; sister Delilah Reynolds; cousins Robert B. Reynolds and John and Jane Elliott; and her nephew Herbert Reynolds and his wife Fanny....
Dates:
1849-1952
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reynolds family letters
Russell and Rainwater family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P007
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and two postcards from the Russell and Rainwater families in Parke County, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1940, undated regarding members of the family, their home, and their daily lives.
Dates:
circa 1860-1940, undated
