Tipton County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Burl Lilly biography
Collection — Folder S3225
Identifier: S3225
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a typed biography of former Tipton County, Indiana sheriff Burl Lilly written by his daughter Mary Jane Flaningam in April 2000. It includes a photograph of the Tipton County jail and the Governor’s Commission of Election for Lilly as sheriff by Indiana governors M. Clifford Townsend and Henry F. Schricker.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Burl Lilly biography
Helen Daniels oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH076
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 3 copies of a transcript, 1 reel-to-reel audiotape, and 4 audio cassette tapes from an oral history interview with Helen Daniels, conducted by F. Gerald (Jerry) Handfield, which takes place over four different interview sessions between March 15, 1977 and September 14, 1978. Part one consists of information about Daniels’ childhood and young adult life in Tipton. The second part she talks about her early jobs in social work in Indianapolis. The third part of the...
Dates:
1977-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen Daniels oral history
Isaac A. and David S. Hulick Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S2494
Identifier: S2494
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of two letters from Issac A. and David S. Hulick in the United States ranging from 1863 to 1864, while they were serving during the U.S. Civil War. David Hulick's letter is dated March 1863 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee while Isaac's was sent in May 1864 from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dates:
1863-1864
Mary Jane Carr, Tipton County receipts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2168
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of the business papers of William T. Carr, including receipts,
records of sales, recordings of the weighing of ag1icultural goods, promissmy notes, advertising
cards, and insurance policies.
A few family items are included: a Masonic calendar, two commencement programs, and the
program of dedication for the Christian Church of Hobbs, Indiana.
Dates:
1864-1927
Mary Jane Lilly Flaningam papers
Collection — Folder S469
Identifier: S0469
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed letters from James Lilly ranging from 1848 to 1851 regarding family matters and daily life; a stock certificate of the Tipton-Cicero Township School Building Corporation; correspondence and programs concerning the 49th and 50th annual meetings of the 325th Field Artillery Association, including a roster of the members of the unit; and biographies of charter members of the Plum Grove Extension Homemakers Club charter members as of...
Dates:
1848-1999
Nancy Maze personal narrative
Collection — Folder S2198
Identifier: S2198
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a copy of a 20-page, typed manuscript, entitled "Looking Backward," with handwritten edits, by Nancy Catherine (Goar) Maze written late in her life, concerning her family history and recollections of growing up in Tiption County.
Dates:
circa 1900 to 1946
Tipton County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1699
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of transcriptions of news items published in the Tipton Times from 1898 to 1899, including a letter to the editor from S. W. Nelson about the first businessmen of Tipton; letters from E. H. Phares, James W. Russell, Harry Hutchins, and a private who served with 160th Indiana Volunteers during the Spanish-American War; an article about two soldiers being “captured by Cupid”; and obituaries of George Vawter, Alexander Pennock,...
Dates:
1849-1923
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Tipton County collection
Wisman family collection
Collection — Folder S0816
Identifier: S0816
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of documents from Peter and Margaret Wisman, Isaac Wisman, Absalom and Mary Wisman, and Walter Wisman ranging from 1848-1957. The documents include indentures, tax receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence. The collection also includes photocopies of partial articles from the Anderson Herald (Indiana): "Absolom Lee Dies at Elwood" and "Thurston Asks Help to Farms" (August 22, 1939) and "Man About Town: Old Bibles Also Treasured Pennsylvania Dutch...
Dates:
1848-1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wisman family collection