Wells County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S1709
Identifier: S1709
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of the records of School District No. 1, Township 26, N Range 12 East located in Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana. The records include meeting minutes from February 1844 to June 1851, lists of the number of children between the ages of 5 and 21 in the school district in 1844, 1849, 1850 and 1851, and a list of voters in the district in 1849. The record book was later used to record the sale of stamps, paper, and envelopes in October 1865.
Dates:
1844-1865
James Miller oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH201
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcript and audiotape reel from an oral history interview with Reverend James Miller, conducted by Thomas Krasean for the Indiana State Library on October 2, 1968, at Waugh, Boone County, Indiana. The interview covers his experiences in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War, life following the war, conversion and life as a preacher, and discusses the Ku Klux Klan and its effects on his ministry.
Dates:
1968/10/02
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Miller oral history
John North collection
Collection
Identifier: L119
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a wedding invitation, menu, newspaper clipping, letter, and scrapbook from John North ranging from 1878 to 1937 about local affairs, passing of local residents, political elections, and President James Garfield.
There is also an oversize marriage certificate for John North and Martha J. Bodine dated September 21, 1876.
There is also an oversize marriage certificate for John North and Martha J. Bodine dated September 21, 1876.
Dates:
1878-1937
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John North collection
Kellogg and Plessinger family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1480
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Kellogg and Plessinger families ranging from 1832 to 1920. There are a large number of letters from Francis Nelson Kellogg to his parents and sister while serving with Company K, 75th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War and typewritten transcriptions of most of his letters; letters from Benjamin F. Wiley and James B. Plessinger while they were serving in the war; and a letter and two invoices from J. W. Keely, acting assistant...
Dates:
1832-1920
Luster Ray Kleinknight collection
Collection
Identifier: L396
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs, photographs, and papers from Luster Kleinknight ranging from 1877 to 1949 regarding his early life, high school, Purdue University and his study of engineer, the Triangle Fraternity, Field Artillery Central Officers Training School (F.A.C.O.T.S.) at Camp Zachary Taylor, travel, and social functions. Included is a great deal of ephemera, theatre, orchestra, and other entertainment programs, as well as tickets for events and transportation, photographs,...
Dates:
1896-1949
Travel diary
Collection — Folder S1525
Identifier: S1525
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a travel diary written on both sides of one sheet of paper by an unknown man from Wells County, Indiana. Dated from June 26 to July 4, 1852, the author chronicles his trip from Margaret Krewson's house in Wells County to the communities of Uniontown, Zanesville, and Roanoke and notes some of his activities following his return to the Krewson's house. His narrative mentions several people he visited, including James and Margaret Barrett, Peter Mulrine, and William...
Dates:
1852
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Travel diary
Von A. Eichhorn papers
Collection
Identifier: L266
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Von A. Eichhorn and others in Indianapolis and other cities in Indiana; newspaper clippings, departmental reports; committee reports, minutes and administrative papers; maps; photographs; agendas; memoranda; Senate and House bills; and newsletters ranging from 1938 to 1978 regarding state legislation, committee reports and studies, political news and analysis, statistics and financial information.
Dates:
1938-1978, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Von A. Eichhorn papers
Wabash Carnegie Public Library oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH033
Scope and Contents
This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with 45 individuals, conducted by George Dingledy for the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Project ranging from 1971 to 1986, regarding their lives and the history of Wabash, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Dates:
1971-1986
