Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
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
Porter-Griffin family papers
Collection
Identifier: L535
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises correspondence, papers, accounts, school and organizational papers, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, broadsides, ephemera, and business records from the Porter and Griffin families, as well as their business enterprises, in Corydon, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1813 to 1983, regarding their lives and businesses, as well as related family and friends, and the history of Harrison County and Indiana. The collection is organized in eight...
Dates:
1813-1983
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
Reverend George Bush collection
Collection — Folder S2858
Identifier: S2858
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an 1849 issue of the American Temperance Recorder, “a Monthly Journal for the diffusion of Temperance Knowledge,” being a compilation of essays on living without the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The essays approach the topic of temperance from a religious orientation. Essays in this collection include a sermon titled “Life in Its Origin, Forms and Issues,” by Rev. George Bush, concerning the spiritual nature of life; an essay entitled “The Church in the...
Dates:
1849
Richland Academy periodical
Collection — Folder S2115
Identifier: S2115
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "The Students Dewdrop," a handwritten periodical "devoted to religious literature, the arts and sciences, agriculture, fun, current news, and all matters of general interest. Independent in all things, neutral in nothing." The October 3, 1860 edition was issued by Miss Etta McCoy as editress and Mr. A. Rankin Foster as editor and contains a prospectus and a number of essays written by Richand Academy students.
Dates:
1860/10/04
Ripley County, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed transcripts of original diaries, correspondence, newspaper articles, poems, and other papers concerning Ripley County, Indiana ranging from 1822 to 1937, as well as articles and histories about specific aspects of the county's history, including churches, towns, schools, organizations, events, families, and the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1937
South Whitley Community Public Library collection
Collection — Folder S2353
Identifier: S2353
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of essays written about the early history of South Whitley and Cleveland Township of Whitley County, Indiana and compiled for South Whitley's centennial celebration in 1937. The history includes photocopies of an essay about Collamer, another small community in Cleveland Township; a typewritten transcription of "Time Out-Witted," an article regarding the “quarti-centennial” reunion of the members of the old Springfield Academy printed in a South Whitley...
Dates:
1937
