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Speeches, addresses, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:

William Henry Harrison collection

 Collection — Folder S0600
Identifier: S0600
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photocopies and transcripts of letters, speeches, proclamations, and certificates as well as several originals covering the years of 1804 to 1828. The letters are those written both by and to Harrison during his time as governor of the Indiana Territory. There are also biographical materials including an autobiography written in 1839. Photocopies of several songs written about William Henry Harrison round out the collection. Also included are photographs of portraits...
Dates: 1804-1942

William McCoy speech

 Collection — Folder S872
Identifier: S0872
Scope and Contents This collection includes a speech entitled "An Address at the Silver Creek Graveyard Reunion" from William McCoy in Sellersburg, Clark County, Indiana on May 15, 1880 regarding deaths in his family and thoughts on "human mortality."
Dates: 1880

William Williams collection

 Collection — Folder S1431
Identifier: S1431
Scope and Contents These four pages, written in ink on blue paper, are notes for a speech about "Mr. Williams, the candidate for Lieutenant Govenor." Although there is no date, the year 1857 is mentioned. The final page gives expenditures by State government in 1835, 1836, and 1837. On page three, the writer stated: "Instead of a loss of two millions, Mr. Williams might just as well have made it ten millions. All this mysticism and false reasoning is put forth to cover up the Whig losses, by fraud campaigning and...
Dates: circa 1857

Willis B. Stewart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2452
Scope and Contents This collection contains handwritten speeches and other writings by Dr. Willis B. Stewart ranging from 1899 to 1927 and undated. Topics include good health practices, specific diseases, sociology, eugenics, ethics and citizenship. Titles include "Grip," "Prescriptions," "Some Socialogical Observations," "A Study of Secondary Sex Characteristics," Miscegenation, or Race Decadence," "Law and Crime," and "The Minister and the Sick."...
Dates: 1899-1927, undated

Winifred Armstrong speech

 Collection — Folder S0034
Identifier: S0034
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a typed copy of a paper by Winifred Scott read at the Indiana Historical Society on April 18, 1971. The paper traces the Armstrong family history beginning with her great grandfather, James Armstrong, in 1821.
Dates: 1971

Woman's Relief Corps collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3296
Scope and Contents This collection includes speeches given at a meeting of the 9th District of Indiana in Crawfordsville, dated 1937/09/23, one Christmas card, and several newspaper clippings circa 1942.The 2 oversize folders (OB045) comprise 102 pages of a deconstructed scrapbook that includes newspaper clippings, photographs, ribbons, programs and other materials covering the activities of the Woman's Relief Corps and the Grand Army of the Republic from 1942 to 1943. The scrapbook is organized under...
Dates: 1937-1943