Indiana -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
Eugene Bainbridge papers
Collection
Identifier: L617
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers relating to Eugene Bainbridge's career in the Indiana Senate ranging from 1953 to 1975. Included are correspondence, legislation, reports, and other papers relating to issues before the Indiana Senate, including public employee' and teacher' retirement funds, the highway department, reapportionment, development of port facilities (1969), abortion, and education reform and school financing (1965-1971); papers relating to Lake County issues before the senate,...
Dates:
1953-1975
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eugene Bainbridge papers
Ewing family collection
Collection
Identifier: L323
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates:
1818-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ewing family collection
Frank Ellis papers
Collection
Identifier: S0420
Scope and Contents
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence including letter regarding state and local Republican party politics; letters from his daughter while she was a student at the University of Chicago (1909); and a small number of letters regarding his legal affairs. Also included are papers regarding the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, a Civil War veterans organization to which he belonged; various political campaign materials and clippings; and receipts and subscription...
Dates:
1843-1910, bulk 1906-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frank Ellis papers
Frank W. Olin collection
Collection
Identifier: L301
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, circulars, reports, papers, and diaries from Frank W. Olin in Indianapolis and Peru, Indiana ranging from 1833 to 1941, and undated regarding his life, business, and activities. Included in the documents are insurance and other business papers, including papers related to the Indiana Association of Life Underwriters (1908). There are also political papers, many relating to the Republican Party in Indianapolis (1900s-1910s) and the Citizen's Non-Partisan...
Dates:
1833-1941, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frank W. Olin collection
Fred J. Nation collection
Collection
Identifier: L197
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, documents, and reports from Fred J. Nation's work as press secretary to Indiana Governor Evan Bayh. Ranging from 1957 to 1990, the collection's material covers a number of issues and state events that took place during the first year and a half of Governor Bayh's time in office, including inauguration programs, schedules and speech drafts; correspondence, documents, and reports regarding domestic violence and the 1989 murder of Lisa M. Bianco by her...
Dates:
1957-1990
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fred J. Nation collection
Frederick L. Feick papers
Collection
Identifier: S0455
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of Feick’s correspondence while Mayor of Garrett, Indiana. Some correspondence is from his time working with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The bulk of the newspaper clippings relate to Feick’s work on behalf of the Brotherhood with a few from his time as Mayor. There are also a few promotional materials, largely related to political campaigns. All the materials are photocopies.
Dates:
1901-1965, bulk 1950-1965
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frederick L. Feick papers
Frederick Landis collection
Collection
Identifier: L604
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials from Frederick K. Landis and his family dating from 1855 to 2000, including clippings, scrapbooks, radio scripts, and manuscripts. The bulk of the collection is clippings about the political and editorial careers of Frederick Landis. The majority of the radio scripts are undated but were made during the late 1920s and early 1930s and have been left in the order in which they were found. Topics include the military conflicts of the time, economics, politics,...
Dates:
1855-2000
George Herron papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0645
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, Democratic poll books, newspaper clippings, and other documents from A. W. Trittipo and George Herron in Hamilton County and Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1833 to 1940 regarding finances and politics.
Dates:
1833-1940
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Herron papers
George Pence county records and research collection
Collection
Identifier: L376
Scope and Contents
This collection includes George Pence's notebooks containing annotated records from all 92 Indiana counties. Created in 1921, his notebooks contain entries that relate information about the creation of the counties and townships, roads and bridges, railroads, courts, taxes, incorporations, county appointments and other county records ranging from 1790 to 1852. The collection also includes annotated records of different research subjects. Ranging from 1788 to 1852, the subjects are...
Dates:
1921; 1926/11/29
George Pence town laws collection
Collection
Identifier: L305
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of George Pence's daybook entries from August 1921 and undated. The entries are in regard to various laws concerning voting, elections, and establishment of organizations in various Indiana towns from 1848 to 1852. Also included are photocopies of an undated daybook that Pence wrote down notes from the November 25,1870- November 9, 1877 Bartholomew Democrat regarding various subjects such as election returns and news about local residents and businesses.
Dates:
1921-1924, undated
