Kentucky
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
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, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Monon Railroad collection
Myers family collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3281
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several warranty deeds and quit claim deeds of property owned by the Myers family in Marion County, Indiana (1858-1871). Included is a brief history of the Myers family origins, land records, and marriage records (1954). The third component of the collection is approximately sixty pages of pedigree charts of the Myers, Freshour, and related families (1984). There are also oversize materials including a handwritten letter pertaining to the lineage of Jacob...
Dates:
1790-1984
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myers family collection
Ora B. Cox papers
Collection — Folder S305
Identifier: S0305
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed documents from various creators, including government agencies in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1823 to 1891 regarding legal matters.
Dates:
1823-1981
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ora B. Cox papers
Paul Breitmeir papers
Collection
Identifier: S0161
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of letters from John F. Jones in Charlotte, Virginia and Brooklyn, New York; Speed in Bloomington, Indiana; Tom at Camp G.L.; D.F. Moore at Camp Taylor, Kentucky; Paul in Bloomington, Indiana; Thomas V. Dewey in France; Paula in Bloomington, Indiana; Paula in Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana; and Ira D. Funkhouser in La Crosse, Indiana ranging from 1917 to 1918 (and one letter undated) regarding life in camp, being drafted, military and language...
Dates:
1917-1918
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul Breitmeir papers
Rebecca Jane Shell correspondence
Collection — Folder S1173
Identifier: S1173
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of five letters sent to Rebecca Jane Shell during the U.S. Civil War ranging from 1862 to 1863. She received a November 4, 1862 letter from her brother John while he was at Camp Sullivan in Indianapolis; an April 19, 1863 letter from Marcus C. Crowley sent from Boston Station, Kentucky; two letters letter from her brother William from Camp Salt River Bridge in Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky (May 16, 1863) and Camp Bardstown Junction, Bullitt...
Dates:
1862-1863
Roberta Brooker, Kentucky Colonel commission
Collection — Folder OB244
Identifier: OB244
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an award certificate commissioning Robert Brooker a Kentucky Colonel, "the highest title of honor bestowed by the Governor of Kentucky" (https://www.kycolonels.org), on August 31, 2012 in Lexingotn, Kentucky. It was signed by Governor Steven L. Beshear and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Dates:
2012/08/31
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
Rowen W. Raines collection
Collection — Folder S1734
Identifier: S1734
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from Rowen W. Rains and John Cull in Kentucky
ranging from 1863/09/06 to 1863/10/01 regarding the sale of Rains' land in Kentucky.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rowen W. Raines collection
Roy F. McNabney collection
Collection
Identifier: L479
Scope and Contents
This collection contain notes, correspondence, documents, and other research materials collected by Roy F. McNabney from the United States, ranging from circa 1920 to 1973, regarding the history of the United States Postal Service.
Dates:
1939-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy F. McNabney collection
Samuel MacDowell indenture letter and contract
Collection — Folder S2734
Identifier: S2734
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a deed signed by Samuel MacDowell and Mary MacDowell to William Scott in Fayette County, Kentucky from April 4, 1789 regarding land in Fayette County, Kentucky. Samuel MacDowell, was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, a pioneer and one of the first judges in Kentucky. There are several signatures on the back of the document, including Levi Todd, who was one of the few survivors of the Indian Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky. He also was a General in the...
Dates:
1789
