Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Florence Riddick Boys papers
Collection
Identifier: L424
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed sketches and other writings, newspaper articles, pamphlets, correspondence, magazine books, editorials, and photographs from Florence Riddick Boys ranging from 1898 to 1982, regarding the life of Florence Riddick Boys and her husband, Samuel B. Boys, "Woman's Page" and her authorship, the Republican Party, women's suffrage, and public welfare.There are also oversize photographs, including a 1948 portrait of Boys, a group photograph from the 1923...
Dates:
1898-1982
Frank C. Stewart essay
Collection — Folder S1252
Identifier: S1252
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a 12-page typed essay entitled "Yesterdays" by Dr. Frank C. Steward circa 1910 regarding Stewart's road trip with his daughter, uncle and aunt to visit places he remembered as a child around Peru and La Fontaine, Indiana. He presented his paper to the Century Club of Indianapolis.
Dates:
circa 1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frank C. Stewart essay
Freda Whitlatch essay
Collection — Folder S1397
Identifier: S1397
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of the essay “History of the Milan Schools as of 1954” by Freda Whitlatch. The essay discusses the progression of the Milan school from a one-room building with only a few students to a school that offered a variety of educational opportunities and extracurricular activities for the approximately 673 students enrolled in the school in 1954.
Dates:
1954
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Freda Whitlatch essay
Frederick Polley collection
Collection
Identifier: L438
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of sketches and sketch reproductions by Frederick Polley in Indiana ranging from 1923 to 1946.
Dates:
1923-1946
George Ade collection
Collection
Identifier: S0007
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to the life and work of George Ade ranging from 1928 to 1944, such as his correspondence with Esther McNitt, Cyril Clemens, Hazel B. Warren, John T. McCutcheon, C.A. Kiler, Ella McCray and Willis Lyman. This collection also contains several copies of handwritten manuscripts, such as "Bessie", "Regarding Pie”, and “The Fun of Handling Crowds”. There is also a copy of Ade’s will, a manuscript copy of a booklet designed by Ade for the Indiana...
Dates:
1928-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Ade collection
George S. Rainey collection
Collection
Identifier: L381
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection consists of typescripts of George S. Rainey’s various writings and cassette tapes. In addition to his longer works, "Open Day" and "They Stood Up," a number of shorter works and essay are included. Much of what Rainey wrote is based on his own experiences and beliefs. “A Garrulous Hillbilly” appears to be autobiographical. The cassettes hold recordings of Rainey reciting chapters from his own work as well as speeches and stories by Elbert Hubbard and R. G....
Dates:
1918-1982
Harrison County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1670
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items related to Harrison County, Indiana, including a daybook used by Cyrus Vigus of Corydon from 1826 to 1830; the Corydon Normal School roll book for 1878-1879; a cloth badge and button from the Indiana Centennial Celebration at Corydon in June 1916; a copy of "Cedar Farm...a Tribute," an essay written by Emma S. N. Carleton about the Kintner family dated May 29, 1919; and a one-page document about "Song Corydon" and the Earl Smith family copied by Lydia...
Dates:
1826-1962
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harrison County collection
Indiana Extension Homemakers Association collection
Collection
Identifier: L330
Scope and Contents
This collection contains essays on Indiana folklore that were entered in the 1979-1980 contest sponsored by the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association. The collection contains all essays submitted from around the state and includes a booklet containing the winning entries.
Dates:
1979-1980
Isaac and Benjamin Beeson papers
Collection
Identifier: L354
Scope and Contents
This collection contains both personal and business records of Isaac W. Beeson
and Benjamin B. Beeson. There are many receipts, account sheets, order
forms and invoices for the business parts of the collection. There are also land records, indentures, deeds, and many
other legal documents. The personal portions
of the collection contain information in the form of letters, organizational meeting
minutes and notes, as well as essays written by Isaac and Benjamin about
different issues of their...
Dates:
1809-1945
Jacob Moorehouse Ward, Sr. collection
Collection — Folder S1357
Identifier: S1357
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed copies of poems and essays by Jacob Moorehouse Ward, Sr. written from 1838 to 1847, transcribed by descendant Merton W. Grills in 1935.There are also essays by other authors, collected by Ward, such as the three-page essay on "The Death of Daniel Webster" by E. C. Baldwin.
Dates:
1935
