Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Major Ward Bradford memoir
Collection — Folder S3081
Identifier: S3081
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a 19-page typed transcription of the original memoir which was written in 1893.
Dates:
1893
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Major Ward Bradford memoir
Margaret Ann Perry reminiscences
Collection — Folder S1724
Identifier: S1724
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of "Reminiscences of Mrs. Margaret A. Perry". The ten page manuscript was created from shorthand notes taken down during an interview with Mrs. Perry on March 9, 1932. Mrs. Perry related her experiences growing up on her foster parents prosperous farm in Rush County, Indiana and described many of the daily activities on the farm, including making corn pone, Johnny cakes, and candles and helping with the harvesting. She also mentioned her first marriage, her...
Dates:
1932/03/09
Mark Robinson diary
Collection — Folder S1131
Identifier: S1131
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one diary by Mark Robinson during 1864 regarding military life in the 52nd Indiana Regiment.
Chaplain Robinson's first entry is January 22, 1864: "Left Fort Pillow at 12 1/2 o'clock." They arrived at Vicksburg on January 27th. Mark wrote: "a ruff looking place, the greater part of the town built on the bluff." On the pages for March 26th and 27th, he listed items he purchased in Cincinnati and the cost, which totaled $81.20.
Chaplain Robinson's first entry is January 22, 1864: "Left Fort Pillow at 12 1/2 o'clock." They arrived at Vicksburg on January 27th. Mark wrote: "a ruff looking place, the greater part of the town built on the bluff." On the pages for March 26th and 27th, he listed items he purchased in Cincinnati and the cost, which totaled $81.20.
Dates:
1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mark Robinson diary
Maude Stines Crockett memoir
Collection — Folder S1844
Identifier: S1844
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two copies of a paper by Maude Stines Crockett in Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the founding of the Brightwood neighborhood and her experiences growing up in Indianapolis.
Dates:
undated
Minnie S. Etter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0436
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed diary entries, photographs and mimeographed and carbon copies of short stories from Minnie S. Etter in Indiana circa 1904; undated, regarding family history and fictional stories.
Dates:
1904, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Minnie S. Etter papers
Mrs. Paul Seehausen collection
Collection — Folder S1163
Identifier: S1163
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typed copies of two items, 23 pages total. The first item includes two letters written by Benjamin Franklin Sibert, Company A, Ninety-third Indiana Regiment, to his mother, Rebecca Sibert, in July of 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg. The letters, consisting of 11 pages, indicated that Sibert was stationed at Camp Bear Creek, fifteen miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The letters mention Generals Sherman and Joe Sherman, as well as his comrades John M....
Dates:
1863, 1891
Nancy and Joseph Hayes personal narratives
Collection — Folder S615
Identifier: S0615
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal narratives of Nancy Billingsley Hayes and Joseph Hayes, which cover the period from 1786 to 1824. The collection consists of photocopies of the original Hayes writings and typewritten transcripts of these writings. Nancy Hayes relates her experiences traveling west with her family and the first years of her marriage to Joseph. She describes the earthquake of December 1811 and local experiences during the War of 1812. Joseph Hayes relates his experiences and...
Dates:
mid-1800s
Nancy Maze personal narrative
Collection — Folder S2198
Identifier: S2198
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a copy of a 20-page, typed manuscript, entitled "Looking Backward," with handwritten edits, by Nancy Catherine (Goar) Maze written late in her life, concerning her family history and recollections of growing up in Tiption County.
Dates:
circa 1900 to 1946
Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Collection — Folder S1141
Identifier: S1141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed manuscript, with handwritten edits, entitled "Echoes" by Oscar Schmidt in Spencer, Indiana regarding a story about narrator Dick Wheeler, who along with several friends, visits the estate home of Mrs. Ellen Gilbert in southern Indiana, presumably in New Harmony. The story provides a detailed narrative of the immigration of George Rapp and his followers from Germany to western Pennsylvania in 1803, and their move to Harmony, Indiana in 1814.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oscar Schmidt manuscript
Robert R. Fohl, Sr. reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2524
Identifier: S2524
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of the handwritten reminiscences that Robert R. Fohl, Sr. started on January 26, 1944 and continued writing over the years up to his final entry on December 25, 1974. Fohl’s memoir relates his experiences growing up on the north side of Indianapolis and provides information regarding family, neighbors, local businesses, and places of interest, including the Empire Theatre, Crown Hill Cemetery, and Fairview Park (now the grounds of Butler University.) He...
Dates:
1924-1977
