Miami County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Mills, Grant and Miami Counties collection
Collection — Folder S2047
Identifier: S2047
Scope and Contents
The collection includes two photocopied typesc1ipt recollections by King about mills in Miami and
Grant Counties dated 1966 and 1970. Included are descriptions of two events, changing
ownership of the Peoria and Conners mills and technological changes that took place within and
near the mills. Technological changes include switching from the use of water power to the use of
steam and cylinder gasoline engines and from the use of bmT stones for flour or grist (feed)
production to the use of...
Dates:
1966, 1970
Norris family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P035
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Norris family in Whitely County, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to circa 1950 and undated regarding several generations of the family as well as the Hower, Carns, and Smale families, and the Norris family homes and businesses. Box 2 contains a late 19th-century photograph album with tintypes and cartes de visite of members of the Carns, Smale, and Norris families
Dates:
circa 1860-circa 1950
Quaker meeting records collection
Collection
Identifier: L467
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises record books created by Webster Parry with information gathered from various Society of Friends monthly meetings, in Indiana and Miami, Ohio. ranging from 1880 to 1928. The information includes births, marriages, and deaths, beginning in 1708 and continuing through 1928.
Dates:
1880-1928
Valentine Smith letter
Collection — Folder S2688
Identifier: S2688
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one photostat copy of a letter sent by Valentine Smith to J.W. Sheals, while Smith was serving in the Civil War on January 25, 1863.
Dates:
1863/01/25
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Valentine Smith letter
Vesper Cook, "The Brownell Block and Senger Dry Goods Company" paper
Collection — Folder S2885
Identifier: S2885
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a typed history of the Brownell block of Peru, Indiana written by Vesper Cook, dated 1982, with a focus on the Senger Dry Goods Company. Senger was responsible for the last major transformation of the block. The first three pages of this history describe initial construction of the two commercial buildings of the Brownell block under C.H. Brownell, President of Citizens’ National Bank, and Charles Spencer, who let out the contract on the adjoining building. The...
Dates:
1982
Wabash Carnegie Public Library oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH033
Scope and Contents
This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with 45 individuals, conducted by George Dingledy for the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Project ranging from 1971 to 1986, regarding their lives and the history of Wabash, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Dates:
1971-1986
