Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Lennie M. Berkey collection
Collection — Folder S0111
Identifier: S0111
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 13-page, typed biography of Mary Adaline Brock, written by daughter Lennie Martin Berkey in 1941, covering Mary's life from her birth in 1858 through the Civil War period. Also included is a 2-page note written in 1943 by Lennie, with additional recollections of her mother during this time period, including a memory of Morgan's Raid during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1858-1943
LeRoy L. Shutes collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1185
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of "Diary - Eight Hundred Miles -Twenty Six Days - Covered Wagon - 1862 - Wyandott County, Ohio - Carroll County, Iowa" by Mary Alice Shutes made and copyrighted in 1967 from a copy created by Julia Curtis, Mary Alice Shutes Mallory's daughter, under the supervision of her mother. Mary Alice Shutes Mallory kept the diary, along with her stepmother, Ann, while the family traveled from Ohio to Iowa in 1862. The collection also includes copies of "Stack...
Dates:
1967-1971
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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LeRoy L. Shutes collection
Lorena M. Bumpas reminiscences pamphlet
Collection — Folder S0807
Identifier: S0807
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of the document, "When Grandma Was a Little Girl," written by Lorena M. Bumpus circa 1986. Written when she was 77 years old, Mrs. Bumpus relates her experiences as a young girl growing up in Indiana. She speaks about her family, school, and everyday life during the early part of the 20th century. One story of note in her narrative is the encounter she and her father had with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Dates:
circa 1986
Mahala T. Shaw diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1171
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two sets of photocopies, one as a bound volume, of Mahala T. Shaw's 1871 diary copied from the original in the possession of Shaw's grandniece, Mrs. Roy F. (Esther) Gregg. In the diary, Shaw recounts her daily activities while living in Battle Ground, Indiana and includes names of family and friends who visited, shopping, books, gardening, household chores, and church and social activities. There is also a copy of a January 25, 1874 letter sent to Shaw from her niece...
Dates:
1871-1874
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mahala T. Shaw diary
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
