Politics and government

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Benjamin Franklin Day in Buena Vista, Virginia to his niece Jenny ranging from 1931 to 1932 regarding daily life, current events, family news and history, recollections of his life, including his time in the U.S. Navy.

Scope and Contents This collection includes typewritten transcriptions of correspondence contained in the Dunihue papers on deposit at Indiana University. Ranging from 1832 to 1836, the letters were sent to Alexander and Daniel Dunihue of Bedford, Indiana from their cousins Harriet E. Gardiner and Caroline Gardiner and from Richard Wigginton Thompson. The collection also includes photostats of the following documents copied from the originals housed in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection,...

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...

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence and bound volumes from William H. Elliott and correspondence between family members and friends in New Castle, Indiana; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Italy, and France, with a few correspondence from miscellaneous other states in the U.S. ranging from 1895 to 1945 regarding political and personal matters.