Speeches, addresses, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Lieber papers
Collection
Identifier: L091
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, financial documents, photographs and drawings, brochures, social invitations, naturalization papers, and outlines of right and left foot, from Richard Lieber and many other people, as well as government agencies in the United States and Germany, ranging from 1892 to 1958. Materials concern the Abraham and Nancy Hanks Lincoln; monuments, Lieber family matters, the National Park Service, Indiana State Parks, Thomas Hart Benton, the Civilian Conservation...
Dates:
1892-1958
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Lieber papers
Richard S. Simons, Indianapolis Literary Club address
Collection — Folder S1187
Identifier: S1188
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the thirty page typewritten address, "Who's the Hoosier?" that Richard S. Simons delivered to the Indianapolis Literary Club on November 16, 1953. His address highlighted many men and women who were either native Hoosiers or spent an important period of their lives in Indiana. He stated that Indiana qualified as the "Mother of Vice Presidents" and noted that a large number of Hoosiers have filled presidential cabinet posts, have been prominent congressmen, and have...
Dates:
1953/11/16
Richard W. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates:
1818-1931
Robert W. McBride papers
Collection
Identifier: L288
Scope and Contents
The collection contains some correspondence and a large number of speeches of Robert McBride. There are also some papers regarding the Union Light Guard as well as a pamphlet written by McBride and several drafts of his manuscript for Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. A small amount of legal papers and papers relating to the Waterloo Rifle Company and Wheelway League are also included. Various membership and appointment certificates are...
Dates:
1863-1926
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert W. McBride papers
Roger D. Branigin papers
Collection
Identifier: S0159
Scope and Contents
This collection includes memoranda, letters and a handwritten speech from Roger D. Branigin and others in Indiana ranging from 1965/03/25 to 1966/10/27 regarding a school play, budgetary matters, a contract and a speech concerning waterways in Indiana and Kentucky.
Dates:
1965-1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roger D. Branigin papers
Rose S. Brigham speech
Collection — Folder S1823
Identifier: S1823
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 17 page, typed speech, written and presented by Rose Brigham about Indiana authors at the Fortnightly Club, in Indianapolis, IN on April 15, 1952.
Dates:
1952
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rose S. Brigham speech
Ross Franklin Lockridge collection
Collection
Identifier: L598
Scope and Contents
The collection includes documentation regarding Ross Franklin Lockridge's duties as director of Hoosier Historic Memorial Activities. The bulk of the collection consists of New Harmony and members of the Owen community documentation. Also included are speeches and papers written by Lockridge and his students on early Hoosiers, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other Indiana and United States history topics.
Dates:
1877-1952
Roy E. Ferguson papers
Collection — Folder S458
Identifier: S0458
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed carbon copy of a speech from Roy E. Ferguson in Evansville, Indiana on 1949/11/21 regarding the history of railroads in Evansville.
Dates:
1949/11/21
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy E. Ferguson papers
Russell Harrell, State Highway Commission collection
Collection
Identifier: L415
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, typed speeches with autographed corrections; reports and memos; an Indiana highway map; and slides from Russell Harrell and others in Indiana and California, ranging from 1968 to 1974 regarding Indiana highways and their history.
Dates:
1968-1974
Ruth Trout Hougham historical sketch
Collection — Folder S2171
Identifier: S2171
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of Ruth Trout Hougham's historical sketch, "Franklin and Its Founder - George King," a four-page typewritten essay prepared for a talk Mrs. Hougham gave to a meeting of the Business and Professional Women in 1965. The sketch begins by describing the qualities and virtues of the early pioneers of Franklin and Johnson County, Indiana and then presents the biography of George King, the founder and "First Proprietor" of Franklin.
Dates:
1965
