Childhood and youth
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary Studebaker letter
Mooresville, Indiana reminiscences
Collection — Folder S1901
Identifier: S1901
Scope and Contents
This collection includes handwritten reminiscences by an unknown author regarding experiences from his childhood in Mooresville, Indiana. His first story describes meeting a boy named "Hurshall" who was traveling with a group performing "The Last Days of Pompeii" when the author was about 6 years old. The second story with the faint title, "How I Got the Reward," is incomplete and involves the town's efforts to catch some thieves and his involvement with reporting some suspicious men to a...
Dates:
19th century-20th century
Nancy Maze personal narrative
Collection — Folder S2198
Identifier: S2198
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a copy of a 20-page, typed manuscript, entitled "Looking Backward," with handwritten edits, by Nancy Catherine (Goar) Maze written late in her life, concerning her family history and recollections of growing up in Tiption County.
Dates:
circa 1900 to 1946
Oral history and audio collection
Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates:
circa 1904-2019
Silas Adin Lingo diary
Collection — Folder S0840
Identifier: S0840
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an original diary from Silas Adin Lingo in Decatur County, Indiana, ranging from 1875 to 1881. The diary is handwritten by Lingo during his adolescence. The diary is legible but fragile, having sustained considerable moisture and mildew damage in the past.
Dates:
1875-1881
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Silas Adin Lingo diary
Thomas Mills Carter collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2516
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 25 manuscripts of articles written by Thomas Mills Carter for his column "It Takes All Kinds," published in the Bulletin of American Historical Collection, a quarterly periodical was published by the American Association of the Philippines. There are also two issues of the Bulletin from October, 1977 (vol. 5, no. 4) and January-March, 1978 (vol. 6, no.1). The articles offer character sketches and vignettes of American culture during the late 1940s and early 1950s. There...
Dates:
1977-1978
Tim Morris photograph album
Collection — Folder SP009
Identifier: SP009
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photogrpah album created by Tim Morris during the World War II. The photographs show Morris as he traveled around with the army during the war.
Dates:
circa 1910-circa 1950
