Crawfordsville (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Noah Fruits papers
Collection — Folder S492
Identifier: S0492
Scope and Contents
This collection includes poll books, an order for wool from Yount Woolen Mills, and a short story regarding political parties ranging from 1892 to 1902. The short story is missing its first page and the final page/pages.
Dates:
1892-1902, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Noah Fruits papers
Oliviah Kimberlin land grant
Collection — Folder OB186
Identifier: OB186
Scope and Contents
This collection is a land grant to Oliviah Kimberlin for a piece of property in Crawfordsville, Indiana on March 10, 1827.
Dates:
1827/03/10
Overton Johnson papers
Collection — Folder S736
Identifier: S0736
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats of autographed, signed official documents and letters from the Society of Friends in Ohio on 1820/12/06; Anne O'Neall in Crawfordsville, Indiana on February 15, 1842; and from John McCullough in Concord, Indiana ranging from 1848/03/01 to 1848/05/23 regarding marriage, friendship poetry and everyday life.
Dates:
1820-1848
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Overton Johnson papers
Professor John Lyle Campbell collection
Collection — Folder S0312
Identifier: S0312
Scope and Contents
The 20-page manuscript consists of four parts, thus: (1) First Presbyterian Church in Madison, Indiana, calling James H. Johnson as their pastor on October 3, 1825, and designation of Rev. Johnston as agent of the American Home Missionary Society, on November 16, 1829; (2) letter by Prof. Campbell to Wm. G. Sipes, on November 15, 1878, giving the facts about his originating the idea of the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876; (3) Dedication of the Indiana State Building at the...
Dates:
1825-1926
R. Atkinson letter
Collection — Folder S1835
Identifier: S1835
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a single page of notes that appear to be a testimony of R. Atkinson of a business deal gone bad, in which Atkinson hoped to ship his hogs from Crawfordsville, Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana. There may have been a disagreement between the parties regarding payment.
Dates:
19th century
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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R. Atkinson letter
Susan Wallace collection
Collection — Folder S1352
Identifier: S1352
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, both photocopies as well as 4 original letters from Susan Wallace ranging from 1861 to 1892, regarding the U.S. Civil War, family life, her husband's writing career, and politics. There are also a hand-written biography of Susan E. Wallace, beginning with her birth in 1830, and continuing through 1874 and two newspaper clippings, one from The Inter Ocean (undated) and one labeled Triple...
Dates:
1861-1892
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Susan Wallace collection
Wabash Academy of Science letter
Collection — Folder S1637
Identifier: S1637
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a September 25, 1845 circular letter printed by the Wabash Academy of Science and committee members H.S. (Henry Smith) Lane, Elizur Deming, Israel Williams, and William Twining. Addressed to Jeremiah Hamell of Valparaiso, Indiana, the letter was sent to a gentlemen across Indiana as an invitation to be honorary members of the Academy’s committee to raise funds for the purchase of a telescope and other instruments for a proposed observatory to be established at...
Dates:
1845/09/25
Wabash College land deeds
Collection — Folder S1533
Identifier: S1533
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of a warranty deed and contract from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, ranging from 1868 to 1871 regarding the sale of Wabash College property to John Woodburn of Benton County, Indiana.
Dates:
1868-1871
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wabash College land deeds
Walter N. Vanscoyoc poem
Collection — Folder S1339
Identifier: S1339
Scope and Contents
This poem, entitled "The Kind Acts Club," was written by Walter N. Vanscoyoc on January 6, 1938. There are six stanzas with four lines in each stanza. The first stanza is thus: "The Kind Acts Club I'll join tonight, and start tomorrow doing right. I'll help my neighbor down the way, I'll try to do kind acts each day."The last stanza is thus: "When I go forward to the goal, I'll do my best to lift each soul, that I find struggling on my way, I'll so some kindly act each...
Dates:
1938
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Walter N. Vanscoyoc poem
William Bragg land grant
Collection — Folder OB075
Identifier: OB075
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a land grant for land near Crawfordsville issued to William Bragg on April 5, 1837.
Dates:
1837/04/05
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Bragg land grant
