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Rare Books and Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Hill diary and newspaper clippings

 Collection — Folder S656
Identifier: S0656
Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcript of Aaron Hill's diary and clippings from Indianapolis Star ranging from 1829 to 1935 in Indianapolis regarding Hill's journey on horseback from North Carolina to Indiana.
Dates: 1829-1935

Albert Gallatin papers

 Collection — Folder S499
Identifier: S0499
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed transcription of al letter from Albert Gallatin in Washington, D.C. on August 14, 1806 regarding the surveying of several roads through Indiana to Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky.
Dates: 1806/08/14

Benjamin Hicks commission

 Collection — Folder S650
Identifier: S0650
Scope and Contents This collection includes a military commission from Governor David Wallace in Indiana in 1837 regarding Captain Benjamin Hicks.
Dates: 1837

Brayton L. Keene papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0757
Scope and Contents This collection includes a handwritten diary and photocopy from Zebidiah Gates (with later entries by other people) in Connecticut ranging from 1777 to 1891 regarding military life and business transactions.
Dates: 1777-1891

Burnet-Binford Lumber Company collection

 Collection — Folder S2824
Identifier: S2824
Scope and Contents This collection includes an invoice from Burnet-Binford Lumber Company in Indianapolis, Indiana on 1925 regarding purchase of materials.
Dates: 1925/07/20

Capital punishment collection

 Collection
Identifier: S1496
Scope and Contents This collection includes texts from compilers at the Indiana State library, Gov. Hanly, the League to Abolish Capital Punishment, the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment, Inc., the National Committee on Prisons, the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and compilations of Indiana laws ranging from circa 1901 to 1960 regarding capital punishment laws, statistics and opinions.
Dates: circa 1901-1960

Club Eleven collection

 Collection — Folder S1500
Identifier: S1500
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed letter from Mary E. Studebaker on letterhead of the Studebaker Family National Association (of which she was Secretary-Treasurer) in Indiana on 1965/11/30 regarding meeting and organizational details of Club Eleven.
Dates: 1965/11/30

Constitutional Convention collection

 Collection — Folder S1502
Identifier: S1502
Scope and Contents This collection includes typed copies from Governor Ralston and Governor Goodrich in Indiana in 1917 regarding a new constitutional convention leading to a revised constitution.
Dates: 1917

Copybooks collection

 Collection — Folder S1503
Identifier: S1503
Scope and Contents This collection includes copybooks from Kittie Thompson, Lillie Thompson, Lovina Dawson Thompson, Ezekiel Shoemake and Jennie F. Dobbins ranging from 1803 to 1889, with one date unknown regarding Spencerian and other methods of penmanship.
Dates: 1806-1893, undated

David Morris Kanter papers

 Collection — Folder S753
Identifier: S0753
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopied document from David Morris Kanter in Indiana on 1974/04/18 regarding cholera in Indiana in 1833.
Dates: 1974