Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
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 A. Whitehead essay
Collection — Folder S1396
Identifier: S1396
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of Lloyd A. Whitehead's typewritten essay "The Mastodon Who Went to College" (circa 1970). The essay discusses the chain of events that led to the discovery of an incomplete mastodon skeleton on the Bookout Farm in Randolph County, Indiana and how it was combined with other remains found previously at New Paris, Ohio and mounted together at Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) in 1895. The mounted skeleton became known as the "Randolph Mastodon".
Dates:
circa 1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lloyd A. Whitehead essay
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
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
Mary Lavinia Robinson Lane collection
Collection
Identifier: L389
Scope and Contents
This collection includes handwritten book reviews, biographies, and miscellaneous drafts from Mary Lavinia Robinson Lane in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1896 to 1911, regarding various books, clubs, and people.
Dates:
1896-1911
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
