Description and travel
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Oliver P. Davis family correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3478
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of correspondence of Oliver P. (O.P.) Davis and his family. The correspondence from 1846 to 1861 includes letters written by Davis to his wife Eliza during his travels for business and while he was in Indianapolis during the Indiana Constitution Convention and his service in the Indiana Senate; three letters from Congressman Edward W. McGaughey; and letters sent by Davis to the Oldridge family. The correspondence from 1864 to 1868 conisists of...
Dates:
1846-1899, circa 1927
Robert K. Kyle photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Robert K. Kyle in Indiana ranging from circa 1867 to 1978 regarding Kyle's daily life, family, work, recreational activities, and retirement.
Dates:
circa 1867-1978
Samuel Humphreys papers
Collection — Folder S702
Identifier: S0702
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat copy of an autographed, signed letter from Samuel Humphreys in New Harmony, Indiana on 1836/07/18 regarding life and persons in New Harmony.
Dates:
1836/07/18
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Humphreys papers
Sarah Ann Quarles Chandler collection
Collection — Folder S0249
Identifier: S0249
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a transcript of the diary Chandler kept while moving to Missouri. She documents the sights and experiences of the trip through Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. The diary ends in St. Louis, although the Chandlers eventually settled near Boonville, Missouri.
Dates:
1836
Smithers family photograph album
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: P036
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album containing photographs and photographic postcards of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad construction in Mier, Indiana; construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Medford, Blountsville and Muncie, including a photograph of the Delaware County Courthouse and passenger station; and construction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Winchester, Indiana.Also included are family photographs of the Smithers...
Dates:
circa 1900-1910s
W. S. Ward diary
Collection — Folder S1360
Identifier: S1360
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat copy of a diary from W. S. Ward, written in 1839 diary regarding his trip on a flatboard from New Albany, Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dates:
1839
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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W. S. Ward diary
Walter S. Lemmon collection
Collection — Folder S2876
Identifier: S2876
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters and papers from Walter S. Lemmon dating from 1884 to 1945 with the bulk of the material being from Lemmon's army service during World War I. There are letters to his family from camp, discharge papers, and a souvenir booklet of Camp McArthur in Waco, Texas. There are also family and school papers, as well as World War II ration books and records.
Dates:
1884-1945
Willis W. Thornburg collection
Collection
Identifier: L348
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, pamphlets, trade catalogs, and ephemera from Willis W. Thornburg in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1890 to 1927, regarding the railway mail service, bicycles, Prohibition, and places around the United States such as Portland, Oregon and Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Dates:
1890-1927, undated
