Libraries -- Indiana

Allen County and Gary public libraries scrapbook

Collection — Folder SP122

Identifier: SP122

Scope and Contents This collection includes loose pages of a scrapbook containing photographs and postcards of library buildings and book deposits for the Allen County Public Library and the Gary Public Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 1930 in Gary, as well as Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. There are also a few interior views. Many of the building images are accompanied by a handwritten figure denoting the cost of the building at the time of construction.

Dates: circa 1904-1930

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Allen County and Gary public libraries scrapbook

Allisonville School, Marion County, Indiana, Knapp School Libraries Project collection

Collection — Folder S2219

Identifier: S2219

Scope and Contents This collection contains material ranging from 1963 to 1967 and undated that was received by Indiana State Librarian Robert McClarren while he served on the resource committee for the Knapp School Libraries Project at Allisonville School in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana. The material includes correspondence, programs, meeting minutes, reports, blank assessment sheets and other items related to the library project. The collection also includes publications and promotional materials...

Dates: 1963-1967, undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Allisonville School, Marion County, Indiana, Knapp School Libraries Project collection

Elizabeth Claypool Earl papers

Collection — Folder S1605

Identifier: S1605

Scope and Contents This collection includes notes, three signed statements, and one letter from Elizabeht Claypool Earl, circa 1929-1931, regarding the important role of public libraries in schools and rural communities. Two of the signed statements are from Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie and Roy P. Wisehard, superintendant of the Indiana Department of Publlic Instruction, Division of Elementary and High School Inspection.

Dates: circa 1929-1931

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Elizabeth Claypool Earl papers

Gertrude Thiebaud correspondence

Collection — Folder S2973

Identifier: S2973

Scope and Contents This collection includes letters and memos ranging from 1902-1908 primarily regarding Gertrude Thiebaud's library education and position as librarian at the Public Library in Peru, Indiana.

Dates: 1902-1908

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Gertrude Thiebaud correspondence

Harold F. Brigham papers

Collection

Identifier: L282

Scope and Contents This collection includes professional correspondence, speeches, notes, research, clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, bibliographies, and other materials created and compiled by Harold F. Brigham in Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1967 regarding his work as a librarian in Kentucky and at the Indiana State Library. There are also a few materials relating to Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, which Brigham used in his talk at the Conversation Club in...

Dates: 1899-1967

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Harold F. Brigham papers

Harvey W. Wiley letters

Collection — Folder S1408

Identifier: S1408

Scope and Contents This collection includes three letters written by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley on the Good Housekeeping Bureau of Foods, Sanitation and Health’s letterhead and sent to staff at the Indiana State Library on January 17, 1927, March 15, 1928, and February 5, 1929. Each letter expresses Dr. Wiley’s thanks for assistance he received regarding a book of poems by M. Louise Chitwood and information about public libraries in Indiana. The collection also includes a copy of a March 20, 1928 letter written by...

Dates: 1927-1929

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Harvey W. Wiley letters

Henretta and John Gavin photographs

Collection — Folder SP159

Identifier: SP159

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white snapshot photographs from Henretta and John Gavin in Indianapolis, Indiana during July 1922 regarding a few sights around the city, including the Indianapolis Public Library Central Branch, a cathedral, and the Sunken Gardens at Garfield Park. There are also photographs of the Gavins and their apartment at Number 7, 720 East 13th Street, as well as their friends, Helen and Clara Felton.

Dates: 1922

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Henretta and John Gavin photographs

Indiana libraries lantern slides

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: P052

Scope and Contents This collection includes glass lantern slides created by W.H. Bass Photo Company from Allen, Fulton, and Monroe counties in Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to circa 1920 regarding libraries, library stations, and bookmobiles.

Dates: circa 1900-circa 1920

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana libraries lantern slides

Indiana Library Week proclamations

Collection — Folder OB148

Identifier: OB148

Scope and Contents This collection contains two photostat copies of a proclamation for Indiana Library Week signed by Governor Henry F. Schricker on March 23, 1960.

Dates: 1960/03/23

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana Library Week proclamations

Indiana public library building photographs

Collection — Folder SP123

Identifier: SP123

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs affixed to green board, which may have been part of a photograph album depicting interior and exterior views of multiple public library branches in Indiana from Gary, Vincennes, and Allen County, ranging from circa 1919 to circa 1928. Some handwritten notations on the backs of the photographs indicate the cost of the building.

Dates: circa 1919-circa 1928

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana public library building photographs

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