Education -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:
Blanche Eggleston Goode, "Sketches of Madison, Indiana" collection
Collection — Folder S2810
Identifier: S2810
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two handwritten copies of historical sketches titled "Sketches of Madison, Indiana" by Blanche Eggleston Goode on September 25, 1915 in Madison, Indiana, containing city, county, and school histories. The first sketch (2 pageS) comprises general history of the area of Madison, Indiana, from about 1808 through 1813.The second sketch (19 pages) recounts the history of schooling and education in the Madison area, and goes into detail of the teachers, schools, and...
Dates:
1915
Bradford Richardson diploma
Collection — Folder S1848
Identifier: S1848
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the Indiana Common Schools diploma awarded to Bradford Richarson of District No. 6, Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana. Signed June 14, 1901 by the county superintendent and trustee, the certificate states that Richardson had passed a "creditable examination in Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, English, Grammar, Physiology and United States History."
Dates:
1901/06/14
Center Township, Rush County, Indiana collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2248
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of items related to Center Township, Rush County, Indiana, including docket entry records of the justice of the peace from November 1830 to September 1831; school attendance records for District No. 3, Township 15, Range 10 from November 1845 to February 1846, certified and signed on March 27, 1846 by the teacher, Gabriel F. Sutton; the treasurer's book of the Shiloh United Presbyterian Church Sabbath School containing entries ranging from 1884 to 1892; and...
Dates:
1830-1892
Charles W. Moores, Jr. speeches
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0982
Scope and Contents
The collection contains speeches given at various school ceremonies and on the topic of education in general ranging from 1901 to 1916 and undated. There are also speeches on Benjamin Harrison and Abraham Lincoln; a speech delivered to Civil War veterans on Decoration Day; and a history of Fourth Presbyterian Church, which was located at the corner of Market and Delaware Streets in Indianapolis and later merged with Grace Presbyterian to form Fairview Presbyterian Church.
Dates:
1901-1916, undated
Daniel D. Pratt collection
Collection
Identifier: L128
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Daniel D. Pratt’s legal and political papers from the period 1831 to 1877. His legal papers include correspondence, briefs, legal and financial documents, and notes regarding his cases in Logansport and northern Indiana, including both criminal and civil cases. The collection also contains papers regarding collection of debts for eastern law firms and papers related to the settlement of the estate of Senator John Tipton. Additionally, there are...
Dates:
1816-1901
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Daniel D. Pratt collection
Daniel D. Pratt papers
Collection — Folder S1846
Identifier: S1846
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence received by Daniel D. Pratt, including a January 27, 1862 letter from John Turley of Galveston, Cass County, Indiana, a January 1870 subscription notice from the Logansport Presbyterial Academy, and a November 10, 1870 letter sent by Schulyer Colfax along with an unused student attendance sheet of the Rising Sun Seminary from the time Pratt was principal of the school (1832-1833) that Colfax found in his old files. The collection also includes a two-page,...
Dates:
circa 1832- circa 1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Daniel D. Pratt papers
Denver C. Harlan papers
Collection
Identifier: L238
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, maps, photographs, real estate descriptions, recepits, college papers and class notes, legislative bills and other documents concerning legislation and politics, pamphlets, periodicals, and realia from Denver C. Harlan in Indiana and Iowa, ranging from 1866 to 1927, regarding education and college yearbook publishing, as well as careers, including map sales, census taking, realty, and law.There is also an oversize folder containing a 1910 map...
Dates:
1866-1927, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Denver C. Harlan papers
Donald F. Carmony papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0224
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typewritten copies of articles written by Donald F. Carmony regarding the history of Indiana newspapers and their editors that were published in the Indiana Publisher from 1949 to 1951. The articles include sketches of Elihu Stout, Schuyler Colfax, John D. Defrees, Michael C. Garber, John B. Norman, Archibald Beal, Dr. E.W.H. Ellis, and Charles D. Murray. The collection also contains correspondence and documents regarding education and...
Dates:
1949-1964
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Donald F. Carmony papers
Dorothea Falls Larsen collection
Collection
Identifier: L417
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of the diaries of Letha Falls (1941-1953). Also included are family correspondence, letters written by a serviceman to Dorothea Falls from Europe during World War II, photographs, and genealogical information.
Dates:
1844-1988, undated
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
