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Commencement ceremonies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Nancy Johnson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L764
Scope and Contents This collection includes programs, pamphlets, and other items collected by Nancy Johnson from events she attended and from the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office where her husband Jim volunteered, ranging from 1983 to 2020 and undated. Most of the events, which included government swearing-in and award ceremonies, services, conferences, meetings, and celebrations for historic events and holidays, took place at the Indiana Statehouse. There are also materials about the Indiana Supreme Court and...
Dates: 1983-2020, undated

Otis R. Bowen photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P004
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs and film negatives from Otis R. Bowen in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1945 to 1980, mainly regarding his time as governor of Indiana. The images depict him fulfilling his executive duties, including swearing in ceremonies for judicial and political appointees, the presentation of awards and proclamations, bill signings, and dedications of highways, buildings, and institutions. Other photographs show award ceremonies, Republican Party functions, and...
Dates: 1945-1980

Patrick family collection

 Collection — Folder S1955
Identifier: S1955
Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy book used by several members of the Patrick family of Jennings County, Indiana and includes account entries made by Jeremiah Patrick regarding his duties as treasurer of district No. 4, Township No. 6, Range 9 East (1846-1849); poetry and songs written by Lora and Mariah Jane "Jennie" Patrick (1868-1870, undated); and poems and autographs from family and friends (1869-1894, undated). The collection also contains a clipping of the poem "Yuba...
Dates: 1846-1901

Ridgeville College collection

 File
Identifier: L425
Scope and Contents This collection includes the following Ridgeville College items ranging from 1871 to 1896: colleges catalogs, announcement pamphlets, commencement programs, anniversary and reunion programs, Epsilon Rho Literary Society anniversary programs, Musical Department programs and the school publications, The Elucidator and The College Cycle. Other items in the collection include two circa 1890 photographs of the school building, a...
Dates: 1871-1920

Robert N. Printy collection

 Collection — Folder S2431
Identifier: S2431
Scope and Contents This collection contains several items collected by Robert "Bob" Printy related to the Lagro, Indiana public schools, including a program from the May 1896 high school commencement, an invitation for the 1913 high school commencement, a circa 1935 booklet listing the graduates of the high school from 1883 to 1935, and a copy of First Annual Catalogue, Public Schools of Lagro, Indiana, 1885-86. The catalogue includes a prospectus for 1886-1887 and lists...
Dates: 1885-1975

Social invitations and cards collection

 Collection
Identifier: L349
Scope and Contents This collection includes invitations, calling cards, at home cards, and one dance card, many with the name John W. Blackledge, documenting aspects of social life and events in and around Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1881 to 1923. The materials are diverse, comprising tickets to graduations, wedding announcements, and invitations to teas, dances, dinner parties, weddings, and anniversary parties, among other items. The collection in and around Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dates: 1881-1923

Susan Bowlus collection

 Collection — Folder S2536
Identifier: S2536
Scope and Contents This collection includes envelopes, a commencement program, and an invitation to a party celebrating the 15th wedding anniversary of Anna and Maggie Sherley's parents. The envelopes are addressed to Susan Bowlus of Williamsport and Marshfield, Indiana. The collection ranges from 1862-1884.
Dates: 1862-1884

Switzerland County collection

 Collection — Folder S1697
Identifier: S1697
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of the constitution of the Switzerland County Agricultural Society dated January 29, 1866 and signed by the organization's secretary Thomas H. Downey and a program for the May 11, 1933 commencement exercises from the common school graduates of Pleasant and Craig Townships.
Dates: 1866-1933

Thomas Riley Marshall photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP153
Identifier: SP153
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs and clippings featuring Thomas Riley Marshall in Indiana, California, Washington, D.C., and other places in the the United States, as well as Geneva, Switzerland, ranging from circa 1860 to 1916 and undated, regarding Riley's daily life and political career, including several photographs from an unidentified ceremony at the construction of a large structure such as a building or bridge. There are also portrait photographs of the Marshall...
Dates: circa 1860-1916, undated

Union County collection

 Collection — Folder S1700
Identifier: S1700
Scope and Contents This collection contains items related to Union County, Indiana, including a program for the tenth annual commencement of Harrison Township School held at Hanna's Creek Church on May 6, 1899, a program for Union County's June 15, 1916 centennial celebration, and a copy of "Beech Grove Academy," a historical sketch of the school written by Minnie Stanton Stivers in circa 1942.
Dates: 1899- circa 1942