Speeches, addresses, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
Nora E. Thomas collection
Collection — Folder S1302
Identifier: S1302
Scope and Contents
This 25-page, typed article, "Folklore on the Wabash," was written by Nora E. Thomas and read to the Indianapolis Woman's Club on March 10, 1939. The topic was suggested to her when the Hoosier Folklore Society held their first convention in Bloomington in April 1938. Professor Stith Thompson taught courses in folklore at Indiana University for years. He wrote four books on the subject and was president of the American Folklore Society from 1937 to 1938. On pages 3 and 4, Nora reprints the aims...
Dates:
1939
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nora E. Thomas collection
O. V. Brown collection
Collection
Identifier: L021
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of O. V. Brown’s correspondence and other papers relating to his research on Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Civil War, southern Indiana, and Native American tribes from Indiana, ranging from 1806 to 1966. The included Civil War letters pertain to Marion Thurman, Spencer County, from family members serving the 25th and 48th Indiana regiments (1861–1865). Brown’s Abraham Lincoln research includes correspondence from 1837 to 1965, and includes speeches made by Lincoln, printed...
Dates:
1806-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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O. V. Brown collection
Oasis Lifelong Adventure program
Collection — Folder S0377
Identifier: S1862
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the two-page typed speech which Nikki Stoddard Schofield gave at three venues of Oasis and the Summer 2017 catalog for Oasis Lifelong Adventure, Indianapolis, sponsored by Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers. On page 27 of the catalog, Nikki's picture in Civil War costume appears above the description of her program entitled: "Civil War -- Romance in a Country Torn Apart." She spoke on June 15 at the Broad Ripple venue, on June 21 at the Speedway location, and July 12...
Dates:
2017
Oral history and audio collection
Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates:
circa 1904-2019
Otis R. Bowen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1772
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents related to Dr. Otis R. Bowen's time as governor of Indiana, including press releases, schedules, and photocopies of his proclamations for "School's Open Safety Week," "U.S. Space Program Week," Will Rogers Research Center Week," Captive Nations Week," and "Freedom of Enterprise Week" from July and August 1973. Other items in the collection include two election slate cards for the April 1974 United Auto Workers (U.A.W.)...
Dates:
1849; 1943-1946; 1973-1975
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Otis R. Bowen papers
Paul Garrett, "When Your Boy Gets Home" speech
Collection — Folder S2495
Identifier: S2495
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a speech given by Paul Garrett, General Motors vice president, to the Hoosier State Press Association at the Hotel Lincoln in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 10, 1944, regarding the focus on war production until the end of World War II, especially Indiana's capacity to help, as well as journalism's role in the war.
Dates:
1944/03/10
Paul Seehausen papers
Collection
Identifier: L140
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Paul Seehausen’s correspondence regarding his work on Land of the Great Lakes and other textbook projects (1950-1964). Also included are correspondence, newsletters, programs, and other papers relating to adult education programs (1947-1964); annual reports on adult education programs submitted to Indiana University (1945-1949); notes, reports, speeches, and other papers on education, civics, state and national history, the teaching of...
Dates:
1935-1965
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul Seehausen papers
Pierce-Krull family papers
Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents
The collection includes family correspondence (both originals and typed transcripts), writings, sheet music, financial records, journals, papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, clippings, pamphlets, and realia from the Pierce, Krull, Vinton, and Moore families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana; Genesso, Illinois; California; and the United States, ranging from 1834 to 1963, regarding their family, friends, business interests, education, careers, recreational and social...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pierce-Krull family papers
Pleas E. Greenlee papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2388
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten copies of the following speeches given by Pleas E. Greenlee: a July 11, 1934 address before the Democratic candidates for state legislature in Indianapolis; a circa 1935 speech given in Lake County, Indiana; a May 25, 1946 address to the Democratic Editorial Association at their spring meeting; and a February 28, 1948 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner address given at the Murat Temple in Indianapolis. The collection also includes a typewritten copy of...
Dates:
1934-1948
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pleas E. Greenlee papers
