Agriculture -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Beeler collection
Collection
Identifier: L014
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family letters of the Beeler family ranging from 1823 to 1850. The letters relate to family activities, description of Illinois legislature, and general correspondence. The collection also contains two letters from a World War I soldier. Also included in the collection are several volumes: diaries of George M. Beeler (Joseph's son), Joseph Beeler's account book (1836–1849), Fielding Beeler's account books (1847–1879), records of the Northport and Mars Hill Gravel Road...
Dates:
1778-1890s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Beeler collection
Joseph Cunningham collection
Collection
Identifier: L364
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of business correspondence between Joseph Cunningham and his clients in Miami County, Indiana, ranging from 1891 to 1919 and undated. Some of the more recurrent of his business correspondents were Morris Printing Company, printers of the Swine Breeders Journal, J. B. Luyster, Lloyd Mugg, C.M. Dayton, C.S. William and Sons, and S. B. Wenger. The correspondence discusses the sale of Poland China Swine and Plymouth Rock Poultry eggs,...
Dates:
1891-1966
Joseph Jenckes journal
Collection — Folder OB178
Identifier: OB178
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the journals of Joseph Jenckes, beginning in January of 1821 and continuing through October of 1822. Jenckes includes accounts of work accomplished by hired farm hands, weather conditions, and social life in Vigo County.
Dates:
1821-1822
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Jenckes journal
Joseph T. Barton collection
Collection
Identifier: L012
Scope and Contents
The collection contains family letters from John T. Barton from Harveysburg, Ohio; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Parkersburg, (West) Virginia; and Warren County, and Mier, Indiana. Also included are business papers, receipts, and estate administration papers of Barton’s son, John T. Barton. There is also a Charles A. Osenbaugh account book (1906-1927) and an undated tintype of Ozenbaugh.
Farm account book of John T. Barton, ranging from 1898 to 1930 is also included (V216).
Farm account book of John T. Barton, ranging from 1898 to 1930 is also included (V216).
Dates:
1809-1929
L. B. Graves collection
Collection
Identifier: L378
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of almanacs and diaries of Lamson B. Graves in Johnson County, Indiana, ranging from 1881 to 19. With the exception of Barker’s Illustrated Almanac, L. B. Graves used almanacs as diaries, which include notations of farm chores or conditions and the social obligations of the Graves family, the latter related to such activities as church attendance, the Methodist Men’s Club, a temperance union, and Red Cross sewing. Brief accounts...
Dates:
1881-1956
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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L. B. Graves collection
Louis H. Haerle collection
Collection — Folder S0563
Identifier: S0563
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 4 United States Department of Agriculture official forms; including a delivery receipt for the receipt of liming material for farm 32-006-10-115, a summary of farm data (for the same farm) showing a corn allotment and the owner’s share (Wilbur Cutts the operator, Louis H. Haerle the owner) and requesting the owner’s signature, a postcard detailing the time and place of assistance in completing the War Production Work Sheet and Farm Plan for 1943, and a notification of...
Dates:
1942-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Louis H. Haerle collection
Mary Hamilton letters
Collection — Folder S0580
Identifier: S0580
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of letters written by Mary Hamilton and sent to her cousin, Adelia Hamilton, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The letters range from 1861-1866 and relate the weather, farm work, the condition of crops, illness, and family news. In some of her letters, Mary also mentions the war and speaks about a soldier with whom she is corresponding.
Dates:
1861-1866
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary Hamilton letters
Mitchell family collection
Collection — Folder S2506
Identifier: S2506
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an assortment of printed flyers, advertisements, trade cards, and copies of genealogical material ranging from 1899 to 1922 regarding farming, agriculture, and family life. The family history material consist of a biography of Chalkley Emerson Hunt (1842-1918) and autobiographical reminscences of an unnamed person. Among the printed items are publications from Hoosier Mineral Feed, Indiana Mutual Cylone Insurance Co., E. Rauh and Sons Animal Feed Co., and Swine Breeders...
Dates:
1899-1922
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mitchell family collection
Oral history and audio collection
Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates:
circa 1904-2019
Orange County, Indiana diary
Collection — Folder S2479
Identifier: S2479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a daily diary kept by a teenager living in Orange County, Indiana from June 1856 to February 1858. The author never identifies himself, but the diary may have been kept by Francis M. Morris, the son of Washington and Mary Catherine (Jackson) Morris. The diary entries are usually short and mention the weather, farm activities, going to town and the mill, going to "meeting," and his father's activities. Some names of relatives mentioned include his uncles...
Dates:
1856-1899
