Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
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
James Eli Watson papers
Collection
Identifier: L237
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of school papers, speeches, correspondence, invitations, clippings, publications, and other papers of James Eli Watson in Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1879 to 1913, regarding his education, personal life, and career. Also included are a collection of U.S. and foreign stamps and a stamp album.
There are also oversize newspaper clippings and a speech dated 1890-1913 (OBC032).
There are also oversize newspaper clippings and a speech dated 1890-1913 (OBC032).
Dates:
1879-1913
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Eli Watson papers
James Whitcomb Riley collection
Collection
Identifier: L135
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters, postcards, handwritten poems and printed copies, and a calling card from James Whitcomb Riley in Indiana, including a scrapbook of letters from Riley to Kentucky author Madison Cawein, as well as other materials such as clippings, postcards, biographies, regarding Riley, ranging from 1876 to 1947 and undated.
There are also broadsides and printed portraits of Riley, ranging from 1900 to 1947 and undated (OBD038).
There are also broadsides and printed portraits of Riley, ranging from 1900 to 1947 and undated (OBD038).
Dates:
1876-1947
John W. Cravens, Indiana University essay
Collection — Folder S2317
Identifier: S2317
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a carbon copy of a typed essay written by John Cravens as part of a three-part series titled “Buildings on the Old and New Campuses of Indiana University.” The essay was the first part of the series and was published as an article in the January 1922 Indiana University Alumni Quarterly under the subheading “The Old Seminary Building.” The article relates the politics behind the selection of the site of the university first known as...
Dates:
1922
John William Leech, "Civil War Southern Sympathies in Blackford County" essay
Collection — Folder S2832
Identifier: S2832
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed copy of a class paper written by John William Leech for the Ball State Teachers College course Social Science 503 on August 20, 1964, entitled "Civil War Southern Sympathies in Blackford County."
Dates:
1964
Kenneth Noe, "Old Tippecanoe and the Historians: A Bibliographic Essay on William Henry Harrison" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2301
Identifier: S2301
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of "Old Tippecanoe and the Historians: A Bibliographic Essay on William Henry Harrison," an unpublished seminar paper written by Kenneth W. Noe while a graduate student at the University of Illinois. The essay is 21 typewritten pages in length, with an additional 10 pages of bibliographic reference notes.
Dates:
1986
Leslie Sulgrove collection
Collection
Identifier: L153
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, and a treasurer’s book for the Crescent Society and the Alumni Society of Indianapolis High School (1871–1885) in which Leslie Sulgrove served as an officer. Included are receipts and correspondence regarding his personal business, school essays, programs for Indianapolis social events, and a ciphering book of John D. Brackenridge, Bath County, Kentucky (1816).
Dates:
1816-1894
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Leslie Sulgrove collection
Lloyd Whitmer collection
Collection — Folder S1859
Identifier: S1859
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two typewritten copies of "The Change - From Buns to Bobs: A Study of Modes of Hairdressing on Ladies in Tell City Fifty Years Ago (1920-1930)," a report and program given by Lloyd Whitmer to the Tell City Historical Society in October 1975. The report includes an appendices containing typewritten transcriptions of the 1925 Saturday Evening Post article, "Erstwhile Crowning Glory"; excerpts of the articles "Why I...
Dates:
1961-1975
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lloyd Whitmer collection
Lucien V. Rule collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Lucien V. Rule’s typewritten copies of correspondence of the Barbour family (1853-1862) and his personal and professional correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings regarding his family, ministry, and historical and literary pursuits (1921-1923). The collection also includes copies of Rule’s poems and essays, including “Samuel Shannon, Giant of God in Old Salem Presbytery,” “Pen Portraits of Presbyterian Pioneers,” and “Dupes of Destiny: Tragic and Bitter...
Dates:
1853-1862, 1921-1937
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lucien V. Rule collection
Margaret E. Bruner papers
Collection
Identifier: L557
Scope and Contents
This collection includes business papers, family materials and photographs, personal and business correspondence, poetry published in newspapers and magazines, and other materials from Margaret E. Bruner, her family, and other writers, in Indiana and New York ranging from 1865 to 1971, regarding women authors, family matters, poetry, writing, religion, friendship, and the publishing industry.
Dates:
1965-1971
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Margaret E. Bruner papers