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Childhood and youth

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Bradley family photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP012
Identifier: SP012
Scope and Contents This collection includes card photographs from the Bradley family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1880 to 1953 depicting men, women, and children of the Bradley, Van Scyoc, and Shackelford families. There is also an obituary for H. Guy Bradley from 1953.
Dates: circa 1880-1953

Citizens' Child Welfare Study Committee reports

 Collection — Folder S3338
Identifier: S3338
Scope and Contents This collection comprises five reports from the Citizens' Child Welfare Study Committee during 1946-1949 regarding the needs and services provided for children and young adults in Marion County, particularly in the legal and educational systems. The "Survey Report of the Juvenile Aid Division, Indianapolis Police Department" provides statistics of arrests from 1938 to 1946, descriptions of facilities, and recommendations for changes. The "Survey Report of The Marion County Juvenile Court and...
Dates: 1946-1949

Claude Mason photograph album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P028
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photograph album with snapshots from Claude Mason in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1901 to 1914 and undated regarding his day-to-day life, family, friends, holidays, recreational activities, and various sites concerning his work as a civil engineer. There is also an envelope with loose photographs from the album.
Dates: 1901-1914, undated

Diane Peka pen pal letters

 Collection — Folder S1672
Identifier: S1672
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters written in English ranging from March 1962 to March 1964 that were sent to Diane Peka of Richmond, Indiana from Kyoko Watanabe, a pen pal from Tokyo, Japan. The collection also includes a 1962 photograph of a Japanese girl, presumably Kyoko; a September 24, 1964 letter sent to Peka from Kisako Okubo, another Japanese student looking for a pen pal to help her learn English; and a pencil drawing of a girl in traditional Japanese attire.
Dates: 1962-1964

Edward D. Pierre collection

 Collection
Identifier: L611
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, clippings and other ephemera; architectural drawings and blueprints; photographs and photograph albums; scrapbooks and illustration boards from Edward D. Pierre and his architectural firms, Pierre and Wright and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1925 to 1962. The materials cover a surfeit of topics such as Pierre's architectural projects and contests, including the Indiana State Library and Historical...
Dates: circa 1925-1962

Esther Shively Keeney papers

 Collection — Folder S759
Identifier: S0759
Scope and Contents This collection includes hand-corrected typed documents from Esther Shively Keeney in Seattle, Washington ranging from 1880 to 1960 regarding her life, teaching career, men she had known, her trips to Indiana from Seattle and the scenery, and family history.
Dates: 1880-1932

Hendricks County, Indiana 4-H scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3477
Scope and Contents This collection includes a scrapbook that focuses on 4-H activities in Hendricks County, Indiana. Ranging from 1969 to 1971, the scrapbook includes photographs, slides, programs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, minutes from a September 1, 1971 Hendricks County Fair Board meeting, and a menu from L.S. Ayres and Co. with signatures of the young women who attended an August 4, 1971 luncheon. Many of the photographs are from the Dress Revue competition held at the county fair.
Dates: 1969-1971

Indianapolis Classical School for Girls graduation invitation

 Collection — Folder S3184
Identifier: S3184
Scope and Contents This collection includes an invitation to the graduation of the Classical School for Girls at the Propylaeum in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 5, 1907. The invitation was extended by May Wright Sewall, Anna F. Weaver, and the class of 1907.
Dates: 1907/06/05

Lois Jean Flora family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L505
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, holiday cards, certificates, programs, photographs, phonograph records, and other ephemera from Lois Jean Flora and the Flora family in Carroll County and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1882 to 1942, undated regarding daily and family life, education, real estate, military service, and family history.
Dates: 1882-1942, undated

Mary Studebaker letter

 Collection — Folder S1492
Identifier: S1492
Scope and Contents This collection includes a two-page typewritten letter by Mary E. Studebaker of Indianapolis, Indiana to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Scott of Camp Koch in Troy, Indiana. Dated August 6, 1951, the letter expresses Studebaker's enjoyment regarding her visit to the camp and offers her ideas and wishes for helping the children. She also inquires about needed donations and offers her admiration for the Scotts and the counselors for the work they were doing at the camp.
Dates: 1951/08/06