Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
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
Mary E. Kinnick essay
Collection — Folder S0783
Identifier: S0783
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a short handwritten essay on flowers in the hills and meadows with religious themes by Mary E. Kinnick and dated May 7, 1869.
Dates:
1869 May 7
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary E. Kinnick essay
Mary Faye Hite, "Dreams Do Happen" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2296
Identifier: S2296
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "Dreams Do Happen," a manuscript containing a collection of essays written by Mary Faye Hite and compiled in circa 1980. The essays cover a variety of topics, including family history, country and pioneer living, nature, travel, and historic people, places, and events. Many essays have a patriotic theme and one essay, "Political Issues," relays her opinion regarding the Equal Rights Amendment, and how estates should be settled. Another essay, "Home Remedies,"...
Dates:
circa 1980
Mary L. Garner, Indiana Bureau of Women and Children collection
Collection — Folder S2402
Identifier: S2402
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the following items related to Mary L. Garner's directorship of the Indiana Bureau of Women and Children, including a circa 1940 address given by Garner regarding the work of the bureau and working conditions in the state for women and children; a copy of a transcript of her interview by Mrs. R. Lieber for the first program of Concerning Children that was broadcast May 5, 1941; a copy of "Industrial Home Work - The System," an...
Dates:
circa 1940-1941, undated
Nikki Stoddard Schofield, Bowen-Merrill fire collection
Collection — Folder S2304
Identifier: S2304
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items compiled by Nikki Stoddard Schofield regarding the March 17, 1890 Bowen-Merrill Company stationery and bookstore fire in Indianapolis, Indiana, including two essays from the Crown Hill Cemetery archives. The first essay, "'Horror of Horror': The Bowen-Merrill Fire," is six-page narrative about the fire and has Howard Stahl's signature on the last page (undated.) The second essay, "The Bowen-Merrill Fire," lists the ten firemen killed in the fire that are...
Dates:
1929-1930, undated
Nora Link collection
Collection — Folder S2216
Identifier: S2216
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a September 23, 1915 letter sent to Nora Link of Indianapolis from Martha Diefendorf of Campbellsburg, Indiana, an undated handwritten list of the different parts of speech, and an October 26, 1904 essay written by Link about Alfred Lord Tennyson written.
Dates:
1904-1915
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nora Link collection
Parlor Club collection
Collection — Folder S2816
Identifier: S2816
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed copy from R. Norris Shreve in Lafayette, Indiana on 1967/11/10 regarding the history of the club and descriptions of some members.
Dates:
1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Parlor Club collection
Ralph V. Stewart, Marengo Cave narrative essay
Collection — Folder S1905
Identifier: S1905
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a two-page narrative essay written by Ralph V. Stewart in the 1950s regarding his recollections of discovering Marengo Cave with a group of boys on August 18, 1883. Samuel Stewart, Ralph's uncle, owned the land where the cave opening was found. Along with himself, Ralph listed the names of the "boys in the bunch" who discovered the cave as J. Roscoe Stewart, Enoch Stewart, John Jones, Charles Breeden, Marion Johnson, and Nickolas Taylor. The original...
Dates:
circa 1950s
Rauch, John George, "Essays" volume
Collection — Volume V406
Identifier: V406
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a bound photocopy of a privately printed book entitled "Essays" by John George Rauch in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1975. The essays are on a variety of subjects including education, careers, and marriage.
Dates:
1975
Reading and recitation booklet
Collection — Folder S1907
Identifier: S1907
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a bound notepad of 27 pages containing typed copies of poems, monologues, and short essays frequently used for reading and recitation activities circa 1890-1910. The following works are part of the collection: "Poor Little Joe" by David Law Proudfit; "Pain in a Pleasure Boat" by Thomas Hood; "Peter Sorgum in Love: A Capital Yankee Story" by Alf Burnett; "Home Again" by unknown author; "Uncle Pete and Marse George" by unknown author; "Mrs. Britzenhoeffer's Trouble" by...
Dates:
circa 1890-1910
