Kentucky
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Beeler collection
Collection
Identifier: L014
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family letters of the Beeler family ranging from 1823 to 1850. The letters relate to family activities, description of Illinois legislature, and general correspondence. The collection also contains two letters from a World War I soldier. Also included in the collection are several volumes: diaries of George M. Beeler (Joseph's son), Joseph Beeler's account book (1836–1849), Fielding Beeler's account books (1847–1879), records of the Northport and Mars Hill Gravel Road...
Dates:
1778-1890s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Beeler collection
Joseph Glover collection
Collection — Folder S0518
Identifier: S0518
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of business papers from 1805 to 1842, including personal and prison receipts from Kentucky (1805-1810). It also includes Lawrence County Court and Sheriff’s papers from the 1820s-1830s, land and business papers from Lawrence County, rules and membership list of a Lawrence County association “for the purpose of suppressing crimes in general, and more particularly those of counterfeiting and horse stealing” from 1819, and a petition on behalf of Indiana Judge John H....
Dates:
1805-1881
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Glover collection
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 contains business papers of the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Junction Railroad Company and...
Dates:
1831-1883
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joshua Leach collection
Lew Wallace collection
Collection
Identifier: L173
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of Lew Wallace’s military papers from September 1862, relating to the defense of Cincinnati, Ohio and northern Kentucky. Included is correspondence from Wallace and his staff regarding the defense and administration of the area, report on the defense of the Ohio River, and additional reports and official papers. The collection does contain some miscellaneous letters following Wallace’s armed service and a fragment of his memoir.
Dates:
1848-1905
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lew Wallace collection
Lincolniana Publishers photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP171
Identifier: SP171
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reproductions of images related to Abraham Lincoln from Lincolniana Publishers in Fort Wayne, Indiana used in 1934 and ranging from circa 1860 to 1934, regarding Lincoln, his family, career, pets, residences in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., and memorials in Spencer County, Indiana, as well as illustrations and political cartoons. There are also grave sites of Lincoln's family and others.
Dates:
1934
Mary Josephine Handy Johnson papers
Collection — Folder S726
Identifier: S0726
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters from Samuel Wilson in Kentucky on 1827/06/27 and Sam T. Saunders from Lebanon, Indiana on 1866/09/20 regarding decision to move to Indiana.
Dates:
1827, 1866
Mary Katherine Robbins Horner collection
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: G-009
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research compiled by Mary Katherine Robbins Roberts Horner about the Robbins Family of Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Kentucky and Indiana. Lineage and pedigree charts, family histories, various engravings, newspaper clippings, and photocopied photographs are included in this collection.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Genealogy
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Mary Katherine Robbins Horner collection
Mary Long collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-093
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research from Mary Long in Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia ranging from 1955-1995 regarding multiple families.
Dates:
1955-1995
Found in:
Genealogy
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Mary Long collection
Maxine P. Brown collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research and family records from throughout the United States ranging from ca. 1910 to ca. 1995 regarding Maxine Louise Price Brown, the Etchison, Van Arsdale, Brown, and Price families, and other related families.
Dates:
ca. 1910-ca. 1995
Found in:
Genealogy
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Maxine P. Brown collection
Monon Railroad collection
Collection
Identifier: L317
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters; typed, signed letters; autographed documents; company information; maps; an incomplete dissertation; notes; and newspaper and magazine information from Leland S. Van Scoyoc in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company and Monon Railroad Company in Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky, ranging from 1842 to 1957 and regarding the railroad's history.
Dates:
1842-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Monon Railroad collection
