Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 228 Collections and/or Records:
William H. Blodgett scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: L372
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two scrapbooks from William H. Blodgett in Anderson, New Castle, and Richmond, Indiana; Illinois; and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1858 to 1895 and undated. The scrapbooks contain correspondence, checks, advertisement cards, newspaper clippings, programs, and a ribbon. The first scrapbook (1858-1884, 1895) concerns numerous topics, including politics, business, religion, crime, sports, temperance, police corruption, and other current and local events...
Dates:
1858-1895
William H. Elliott collection
Collection
Identifier: L601
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, postcards, papers and bound volumes of letters from William H. Elliott and family in New Castle, Indiana; the United States; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Italy; and France, ranging from 1889 to 1945 regarding political and personal matters.
Dates:
1889-1945
William H. Hudnut III collection
Collection
Identifier: L523
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, publications from William H. Hudnut III while he was in Washington D.C. ranging from 1972 to 1974 regarding his work as a member of the House of Representatives.Series 1 consists of correspondence and general papers related to his professional work and is further broken down into three subseries. Subseries 1.1 contains correspondence, publications, reports, and other papers relating to Hudnut's work in the House of...
Dates:
1969-1974
William Henry Harrison Miller collection
Collection
Identifier: L108
Scope and Contents
The collection includes indentures, mortgages, abstracts of titles, and other legal documents from William Henry Harrison Miller regarding his property ownership in Indianapolis (1874-1906) as well as correspondence, reports, and financial papers regarding the construction and maintenance of said properties; letters of condolence to his wife and children at his death; several of Miller’s speeches; and a report to the U.S. Circuit Court on the case of James R. Jessup vs. the Wabash, St. Louis...
Dates:
1862-1919
William Henry Harrison Terrell collection
Collection — Folder S1294
Identifier: S1294
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers, letters and clippings from William Henry Harrison Terrell in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1883, regarding the U.S. Civil War, chiefly the claims on the Indiana State Arsenal during the U.S. Civil War (July 30, 1862); the state's settlement of claims and accounts at war's end (1865-1868), and Indiana soldiers' war service.
Dates:
1862-1883
William Kirkpatrick Edwards letter
Collection — Folder S3158
Identifier: S3158
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one handwritten letter from William Kirkpatrick Edwards in Indiana to Colonel Thomas Dowling on June 6, 1865. Edwards states he has already written to Samuel Crawford and that Mr. Rise wants Dowling as a candidate for the legislature. Edwards states if Dowling enters his name “in the canvass”, Edwards promises that he will show an interest in railroads and canals and that he will work hard not to be defeated.
Dates:
1856/06/06
William P. Long diaries
Collection
Identifier: L302
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of William P. Long's pocket diaries from 1897, 1900, and 1903, with daily entries covering various topics such as the weather, family, friends, church news, and farm activities.
Dates:
1897-1903
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William P. Long diaries
William R. Holloway articles and correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0644
Scope and Contents
This collection includes articles and correspondence from William R. Holloway in Indianapolis, Indiaan ranging from circa 1882 to 1896 regarding the U.S. Civil War and personal correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1882-1896
William R. Holloway letter
Collection — Folder S3350
Identifier: S3350
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a June 11, 1861 letter written by W.R. Holloway, private secretary of Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton, and sent to a Colonel Miller in response to Miller's request to the governor for a regiment appointment for his friend. Holloway also mentioned that once "one company reports from your county in accordance with the Militia Law you will be appointed" and that Governor Morton had gone to New York.
Dates:
1861/06/11
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William R. Holloway letter
William Steele Holman papers
Collection
Identifier: L073
Scope and Contents
The collection, the bulk of which dates from 1870 to 1894, includes documents from William Steele Holman’s career as a politician as well as those from the Holman family. The documents are divided into correspondence and papers and newspaper clippings. They are then arranged chronologically with the other assorted materials. Materials include correspondence from constituents, telegrams, election results, family letters, newspaper clippings, a correspondence journal, an account book,...
Dates:
1837-1936
