Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Charles W. Fairbanks senatorial nomination ticket
Collection — Folder S1604
Identifier: S1604
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a ticket to the second nomination of Charles W. Fairbanks as a U.S. senator for Indiana at the Indiana Statehouse on January 20, 1903. The ticket belonged to one W. E. Henry and was signed by Lieutenant Governor Newton W. Gilbert.
Dates:
1903 January 20
"Chronological list of the members of the Indiana legislature from 1816 to 1917" documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2830
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a chronological list of all members of the Indiana General Assembly by an unnamed student from Earlham College. Despite the title, this list contains the names of the legislators from 1816, the first session, to 1915 and not 1917. Each list specifies the date of the session, the number of the session, the total number of members for the House and the Senate, the names of the members, the counties that each represents, and the names of the Speaker, Clerk of the House,...
Dates:
circa 1915
Edward Beecher Bender oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH036
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history with Edward Beecher Bender conducted with Tom Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 31, 1968. Bender discusses growing up on a farm, his association with the Ku Klux Klan and Indiana politics during the 1920s, the Boone County R.E.M.C. and farming in the 1960s.
Dates:
1968/10/31
Indiana General Assembly collection
Collection
Identifier: L241
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from constituents and legislators in Indiana, editorials, newspaper articles, newsletters, photographs, proclamations, resolutions, telegrams, and bills ranging from 1969 to 2016 regarding Indiana legislation and literacy activities.
There is also an oversize folder containing appointments and resolutions from the Indiana General Assembly from circa 1986 to 2014 (OB242).
There is also an oversize folder containing appointments and resolutions from the Indiana General Assembly from circa 1986 to 2014 (OB242).
Dates:
1969-2016
Indiana legislative calendars
Collection
Identifier: L249
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, typed and newsprint documents from the Indiana General Assembly in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1974 to 1977 regarding legislation.
Dates:
1974-1977
Indiana legislators correspondence
Collection — Folder S2409
Identifier: S2409
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence sent to members of the Indiana General Assembly during the 1943 legislative session. Most of the letters were written either in support of or opposition to various bills being considered and were sent to legislators representing counties from across the state, including Edward Beaman and Gene Eckerty, Mick Coffing, Joseph Cubby, Arthur Denton, Martin Downey, Albert Ferris, George Henley, Robert Hoover, James Knapp, Bruce Lane, C. Edwin Moseley, Lee...
Dates:
1943
John A. Bremer papers
Collection
Identifier: L688
Scope and Contents
This collection contains John A. Bremer's papers regarding his work compiling and editing the fourth edition of Constitution Making in Indiana: A Source Book of Constitutional Documents, with Historical Introduction and Critical Notes covering the years 1930 to 1960. Papers related to the book include drafts of chapters of each legislative session and copies of committee reports, joint resolutions, house and senate motions, messages from the Senate to the House,...
Dates:
1857-circa 1980s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John A. Bremer papers
John S. Waggaman papers
Collection
Identifier: L171
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, articles, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, questionnaires, and newspaper clippings from John S. Waggaman in Indiana, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1943 to 1969, regarding Indiana legislative and congressional district reapportionment for Indiana and other states, compensation for legislators, the organization and functioning of the Indiana General Assembly, the Citizens Conference for State Legislatures, and...
Dates:
1943-1969, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John S. Waggaman papers
Nick Nottingham collection
Collection — Folder S1023
Identifier: S1023
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Nick Nottingham's identification ribbon and certificate of participation for his service as a page for Indiana State Senator Kenneth J. Brown, Jr. on March 9, 1959.
Dates:
1959/03/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nick Nottingham collection
Orville Haines Moody collection
Collection
Identifier: L714
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scrapbook created by Nancy L. (Sutton) Moody Cross of Angola, Indiana documenting her husband Orville Haines Moody's political career, with materials ranging from 1934 to 2019. Within the scrapbook's first page, a photograph of James A. Moody, Orville's grandfather, and a note states, "James A. Moody, elected to the Indiana State Legislature exactly 50 years to the day before Orville. He won the nomination on May 8, 1934 and Orville won the nomination on May 8, 1984."...
Dates:
1934-2019
