Indiana -- Politics and government
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Found in 160 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Cunningham collection
Collection
Identifier: L364
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of business correspondence between Joseph Cunningham and his clients in Miami County, Indiana, ranging from 1891 to 1919 and undated. Some of the more recurrent of his business correspondents were Morris Printing Company, printers of the Swine Breeders Journal, J. B. Luyster, Lloyd Mugg, C.M. Dayton, C.S. William and Sons, and S. B. Wenger. The correspondence discusses the sale of Poland China Swine and Plymouth Rock Poultry eggs,...
Dates:
1891-1966
Josephine B. Stayman collection
Collection
Identifier: L240
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, newspaper clippings, advertisements, pamphlets, notes, greeting and calling cards, recipes, diaries, postcards, photographs, ribbons, fabric swatches, and an account book from Josephine Brown Stayman and Chalmers Brown, principally in Indianapolis, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1840 to 1967, regarding the insurance industry, Indiana politics, societies and clubs, and daily life.Oversize items include Chalmers Brown's...
Dates:
1840-1967
Joshua Leach collection
Collection
Identifier: L242
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence to Joshua Leach’s brother James, who was a lawyer in Stamping Ground and New Castle, Kentucky. The correspondence covered politics, business transactions (railroad and land), and family matters. In addition, the collection also includes letters from Leach’s relatives in Weatherford, Texas (1860–1861) and Natchez, Mississippi (1867–1868).The collection also contains business papers of the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Junction Railroad Company...
Dates:
1831-1883
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joshua Leach collection
Katharine W. Atkins oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH004
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typed transcript and an audiotape reel with two recorded oral history interviews with Katharine Atkins, conducted by F. Gerald Handfield for the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 11, 1977 and January 10, 1978, regarding her childhood, education, marriage, political career, and family.
The transcript was initially generated on May 22, 2026 using Otter.ai and editing completed by Brittany Kropf on June 2, 2026.
The transcript was initially generated on May 22, 2026 using Otter.ai and editing completed by Brittany Kropf on June 2, 2026.
Dates:
1977/10/11; 1978/01/10
Lake County, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L551
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed correspondence from Solon Robinson and others in Indiana ranging from 1836 to 1919 regarding county organization and government and military service; typed commissioners minutes and court records and other government documents in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1837 to 1936 regarding county government and official business; typed and autographed histories of Lake County and communities from 1836 to 1955 and undated; typed records of businesses,...
Dates:
1836-1955
Lawrence M. Borst collection
Collection
Identifier: L495
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers collection by Lawrence Borst while serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and in the Indiana Senate. Materials collected during Borst’s service in the Indiana House primarily reflect his work with the Committee on the Affairs of Marion County and the Committee on Public Policy. Collectively, part one documents the formation of UNIGOV, unified government for Indianapolis and Marion County.The second series, consisting of materials from...
Dates:
1957-1985
Logan Esarey collection
Collection
Identifier: L459
Scope and Contents
The collection contains articles, essays, speeches, manuscript drafts, and research notes from Logan Esarey in Indiana, ranging from circa 1900 to 1950. The collection consists of several unpublished chapters on politics and early Indiana state newspapers, Esarey's research and notes from the Indiana Journal and Senate Journal, as well as several essays on Jacksonian democracy in Indiana, the William Henry Harrison...
Dates:
circa 1900-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Logan Esarey collection
Lucius Burrie Swift collection
Collection
Identifier: L155
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of Lucius B. Swift’s correspondence from the period 1885-1908 relating to his work with federal civil service reform, including correspondence relating to the work of the National Civil Service Reform League; Swift’s publication of the Civil Service Chronicle; federal appointments in Indiana and elsewhere, and the work of the U.S. Civil Service Commission; and the role of reformers in state and national elections. Also included...
Dates:
1851-1931
Luella Cotton collection
Collection
Identifier: L259
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, press releases, newsletters, newspaper clippings, buttons, invitations, tickets, programs, photographs, and publications from Luella Cotton in Montgomery County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1954 to 1974, regarding her political activities and involvement with the Democratic Party and its candidates. The collection includes Cotton's correspondence with Indiana state politicians Larry Conrad, S. Hugh Dillin, Marie Lauck, Jack H....
Dates:
1954-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Luella Cotton collection
Margaret Afflis Johnston collection
Collection
Identifier: L555
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal and political correspondence and papers, photographs, notebooks, publications and other materials from Margaret Afflis Johnston in Delphi, Carroll County and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1916 to 1967, regarding her political career, public service, the Democratic Party in Indiana, the Indiana Women's Prison and the state correctional system, community engagement, and personal life. Campaign materials and periodicals for various democratic candidates and...
Dates:
circa 1916-1967
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