Indiana -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
Robert S. Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: L563
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence and papers from Robert S. Taylor in Indiana, ranging from 1860 to 1918 with the bulk of the materials covering the 1870s-1910s. The papers mostly consist of Taylor’s legal correspondence with an emphasis on his patent cases. Among these materials is correspondence regarding patent cases involving the Fort Wayne Electric Company, Westinghouse, General Electric, American Bell Telephone Company, and various other companies and utilities. The...
Dates:
1860-1918, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert S. Taylor papers
Roberta West Nicholson collection
Collection
Identifier: L320
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, photographs, poetry, writings, newspaper clippings, advertisements, ephemera, and genealogical materials from Roberta West Nicholson and other members of the Nicholson and West families and their acquaintances in Indianapolis, Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and South America, ranging from 1861 to 1965 and undated, regarding her career and interests, including politics and social issues, as well as those of her family...
Dates:
1861-1965, undated
Roger D. Branigin papers
Collection
Identifier: S0159
Scope and Contents
This collection includes memoranda, letters and a handwritten speech from Roger D. Branigin and others in Indiana ranging from 1965/03/25 to 1966/10/27 regarding a school play, budgetary matters, a contract and a speech concerning waterways in Indiana and Kentucky.
Dates:
1965-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roger D. Branigin papers
Roscoe B. Fleming collection
Collection — Folder S0472
Identifier: S0472
Scope and Contents
This collection has one folder containing "The Story of Indiana" by Roscoe B. Fleming. This is a six-part article about the Ku Klux Klan and prohibition in Indiana politics in the 1920s. He gives a brief biography of D.C. Stephenson, the Grand Dragon of Indiana’s Ku Klux Klan, and his stakes amongst the political elite of the city and state including Governor Ed Jackson, and Indianapolis Mayor John L. Duvall. Fleming discusses Edward S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League...
Dates:
1927 October
Russell family appointment certificates
Collection — Folder OB189
Identifier: OB189
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of appointment certificates for James and Alexander Russell dated from 1849 to 1852.
Dates:
1849-1852
Sam B. Woods papers
Collection
Identifier: L181
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, periodicals, articles, clippings, speeches, and other papers from Sam B. Woods in Lake County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1941 and undated, regarding the Woods family, Lake County history, and politics. There are also 1903 issues of Milk News (OB247).
Dates:
1848-1941, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sam B. Woods papers
Senora C. Moon paper
Collection — Folder S0977
Identifier: S0977
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a three-page paper describing an 1860 Lincoln rally at Warsaw, Indiana. On September 25, 1860, Senora rode on a float in Warsaw, Indiana, twelve miles from Milford where she lived. Senora carried the white flag for New York, because that was the home state of her grandmother, Abigail Egbert. She and the other girls were told to stand up, when given a signal, and shout: “Rah for Lincoln and Hamlin.”Senora’s father, Dr. Edward Higbee, was a Republican, an...
Dates:
1936
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Senora C. Moon paper
State of Indiana Constitution amendment proposals
Collection — Folder OBC036
Identifier: OBC036
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information on the proposed and adopted amendments to the Indiana state constitution from 1851 to 1911. The information includes the number of the bill, the house of the legislature in which the bill was introduced, the author and party affiliation, the provisions proposed, the article and section to be amended, and the final disposition of the legislature.
Dates:
1851-1911
Stephen Moberly collection
Collection
Identifier: L109
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photostat material relating to Indiana politics: research, campaign comparisons, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, polls, and lobbying research that promotes Republican views and politicians. The collection also includes Stephen C. Moberly's personal calendar for 1974.
Dates:
1970-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Stephen Moberly collection
The Seed Sower clippings
Collection — Folder S1952
Identifier: S1952
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of articles printed in the supplement of The Seed Sower in 1894. The articles include a list of the Prohibition Party candidates for state offices, the Indiana State Prohibition platform adopted on March 15, 1894, the address given by Chairman P. T. McWhirter at the State Prohibition Convention on March 15th, and the article, "How to Lose a Vote."
Dates:
1894
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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The Seed Sower clippings
