Indiana -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
Will H. Hays collection
Collection
Identifier: L560
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Will H. Hays' correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs, principally from the period of 1914-1954. His political papers include correspondence and other papers regarding his work as Indiana and National Republican Party Chairman; his work with the State Council of Defense during World War I; his efforts to unite the liberal and conservative wings of the Republican Party for the 1920 election, including his correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt on...
Dates:
1857-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Will H. Hays collection
William C. Miller thesis
Collection — Folder S0964
Identifier: S0964
Scope and Contents
This collection contains William C. Miller's thesis, "The Indiana Klan and Its Influence on Hoosier Politics," circa 1970s. The thesis discusses the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana during the 1920s and the rise "in the fortunes and power of almost all the leaders of the movement," most notably David Curtis (D.C.) Stephenson. Miller's thesis advisor was Professor Joel Silbey of Cornell University.
Dates:
circa 1970s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William C. Miller thesis
William F. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: L086
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal and business papers and correspondence of William F. Jones ranging from 1827 to 1890. The correspondence regards Jones’s land and business interest in Blackford and Delaware County and his work on the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad. There is also information regarding state and national politics, receipts, and a girl’s diary. Correspondents include Jones’s family in Ohio, his daughter and son-in-law, Thomas Dowling, William H. English, Andrew J....
Dates:
1827-1890
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William F. Jones papers
William H. Hudnut III collection
Collection
Identifier: L523
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, publications from William H. Hudnut III while he was in Washington D.C. ranging from 1972 to 1974 regarding his work as a member of the House of Representatives.Series 1 consists of correspondence and general papers related to his professional work and is further broken down into three subseries. Subseries 1.1 contains correspondence, publications, reports, and other papers relating to Hudnut's work in the House of...
Dates:
1969-1974
William Henry Harrison Terrell collection
Collection — Folder S1294
Identifier: S1294
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers, letters and clippings from William Henry Harrison Terrell in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1883, regarding the U.S. Civil War, chiefly the claims on the Indiana State Arsenal during the U.S. Civil War (July 30, 1862); the state's settlement of claims and accounts at war's end (1865-1868), and Indiana soldiers' war service.
Dates:
1862-1883
William Kirkpatrick Edwards letter
Collection — Folder S3158
Identifier: S3158
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one handwritten letter from William Kirkpatrick Edwards in Indiana to Colonel Thomas Dowling on June 6, 1865. Edwards states he has already written to Samuel Crawford and that Mr. Rise wants Dowling as a candidate for the legislature. Edwards states if Dowling enters his name “in the canvass”, Edwards promises that he will show an interest in railroads and canals and that he will work hard not to be defeated.
Dates:
1856/06/06
William P. Long diaries
Collection
Identifier: L302
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of William P. Long's pocket diaries from 1897, 1900, and 1903, with daily entries covering various topics such as the weather, family, friends, church news, and farm activities.
Dates:
1897-1903
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William P. Long diaries
William Steele Holman papers
Collection
Identifier: L073
Scope and Contents
The collection, the bulk of which dates from 1870 to 1894, includes documents from William Steele Holman’s career as a politician as well as those from the Holman family. The documents are divided into correspondence and papers and newspaper clippings. They are then arranged chronologically with the other assorted materials. Materials include correspondence from constituents, telegrams, election results, family letters, newspaper clippings, a correspondence journal, an account book,...
Dates:
1837-1936
William T. Wilson collection
Collection
Identifier: L315
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents and correspondence of William T. Wilson, Thomas H. Wilson, and Daniel D. Pratt ranging from 1815 to 1942. William T. Wilson's papers include account books from his law firm (1876-1898), his correspondence and legal documents (1875-1927), and legal depositions relating to the property of the Barron family of Logansport (1926-1927). Thomas H. Wilson's papers include account books, business correspondence and financial documents of the firm of Pollard and Wilson...
Dates:
1815-1942, undated
William Wheeler Thornton collection
Collection
Identifier: L159
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, essays, speeches, clipings, and book manuscripts from William Wheeler Thornton in Indiana ranging from 1877 to 1931, circa 2005, and undated, regarding his writings, politics, United States and Indiana law and history, and Judge Isaac Blackford. The first manuscript concerns political documents, beginning with the Magna Carta and ending with those of 19th-century America. There are research, writings, and manuscripts for Thronton's book, ...
Dates:
1877-1931, circa 2005
