Speeches, addresses, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:
Edward N. Wentworth manuscript
Collection — Folder S1384
Identifier: S1384
Scope and Contents
This collection is a single typed, 35-page manuscript by Edward N. Wentworth entitled: "When Porter County Was Indian Frontier." On page two, Edward indicated that this was a speech he presented. He wrote about how he became interested in the history of the area when he and his wife purchased property in the winter of 1941-1942. Wentworth wrote about the Great Sauk Trail which connected Detroit in Michigan with Rock Island in the Mississippi River. Joseph Bailly received a grant from President...
Dates:
circa 1949
Edwin S. Mills, "History of the Decatur Township School System" address
Collection — Folder S2305
Identifier: S2305
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two typewritten copies of "History of the Decatur Township School System," a paper read by Edwin S. Mills, chairman of the Decatur Township Advisory Board, on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of Decatur Central School on November 25, 1931. A copy of the history was placed in the cornerstone along with other mementos as part of the ceremony.
Dates:
1931/11/25
Elijah Martindale collection
Collection — Folder S907
Identifier: S0907
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two partial copies of a speech given at The Old-Settlers meeting by Elijah Martindale in New Castle, Indiana ranging on 1871/08/10 regarding settling in Indiana, the War of 1812, and the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Dates:
1871
Ellen Graydon collection
Collection — Folder S0535
Identifier: S0535
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises correspondence and photocopies of typed documents, including speeches and programs, from Katharine Merrill Graydon and John H. Holliday in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1914 to 1938, regarding Samuel Merrill, William A. Bell, Henry P. Coburn, Constance Fennimore Woolson, and Benjamin Harrison. A few notable items include a January 28, 1914 speech entitled "William A. Bell"; a 1924 document titled, "A Pioneer Tale: the Life of Samuel Merrill"; and an undated...
Dates:
1914-1938, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ellen Graydon collection
Emma Eaton White speech
Collection — Folder S1393
Identifier: S1393
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a speech given by Mrs. E. E. White before the House
Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., regarding the Wadsworth Amendment. From
the content of the speech, it appears this amendment was intended to make it more
difficult to amend the Constitution. Senator Wadsworth was an opponent of women’s
suffrage.
Dates:
1926
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Emma Eaton White speech
Fassett A. Cotton papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2698
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopied, mimeographed, typed and autographed and signed letters, speeches, newspaper articles and miscellaneous from Fassett Cotton, Kate Milner Rabb, Theodore Roosevelt and others in Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1893 to 1943 regarding education, Fassett Cotton, government issues and other topics.
Dates:
1893-1945, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fassett A. Cotton papers
Florentine J. Hoelker speeches
Collection — Folder S0706
Identifier: S0706
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of an October 16, 1962 speech given by Florentine J. Hoelker at the Franklin County Historical Society meeting held in Oldenburg, Indiana regarding the history of Oldenburg; a speech he gave on July 3, 1965 at the Oldenburg Firemen's Festival; and a circa 1965 historical summary of Oldenburg's four public places.
Dates:
1962-1965
Frances Wright papers
Collection — Folder S1460
Identifier: S1460
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a speech from Frances Wright in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 1829/07/04 regarding the future redemption of the world from violence, injustice, and tyranny and the independence and freedom of America.
Dates:
1829/07/04
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Frances Wright papers
Francis Marion Van Pelt family collection
Collection
Identifier: L168
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Van Pelt family correspondence ranging from 1863 to 1929 and includes letters written by Frank, Madge and their children; letters sent to Frank's mother, Almira Van Pelt Smith, by her children and grandchildren; and letters sent by Madge's relatives in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. Family documents range from 1879 to 1936 and include Frank's promotion and resignation certificates from the Railway Mail Service; "The Bee-Hive" cover pages from College Temple of...
Dates:
1861-1936
Franklin College collection
Collection — Folder S1544
Identifier: S1544
Scope and Contents
There are four letters concerning the invitation to Harold Brigham, Director of the Indiana State Library, to serve as representative of Princeton University at the inauguration of Harold Wellington Richardson as 10th president of Franklin College and his response, as well as a letter from Dwight Heath, Chairman of the Faculty Committe on Inauguration. The five-page, typed speech entitled "Inaugural Charge" by Assistant Dean, Harlan C. Koch, is also in this collection.
Dates:
1950
