Lawrenceburg (Ind.)

Scope and Contents This collection includes a 100-page copy of the "Autobiography of Archibald Shaw," ranging from 1765 to 1934, regarding his family history, including the names of Shaw, Rous, Fitch, and more.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the following documents related to Dearborn County, Indiana: the roll of Captain James McGuire’s company of volunteers from Dearborn County during the War of 1812; a newspaper clipping of the August 1839 general election results; Nelson F. Hood’s pardon and release for the crime of fornication, signed July 27, 1877 by Governor James D. Williams; remittance of a fine to Smith Fowler for the crime of fornication signed January 31, 1878 by Gov. Williams; a list of...

Scope and Contents This collection includes an April 28, 1851 handwritten letter by Elizabeth White from Lawrenceburg, Indiana and sent to her daughter Nancy and son-in-law Jonathan Houck. In the letter Mrs. White mentions the loss of all her belonging in a fire, news regarding family members, and asks if she may "fetch" her bed and come and stay with Nancy.

Scope and Contents This collection includes various documents and receipts from Jacob B. Scogin, in Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, ranging from 1835 to 1842, regarding business and finances for a boarding house as well as life in early Indiana. Included among items are memorandum books, miscellaneous accounting notes, and boarding receipts.

Scope and Contents The collection contains newspaper clippings of the “A Hoosier Listening Post” column by Kate Milner Rabb ranging from September to October, 1930. The selected columns ran in the Indianapolis Star in September and October 1930. Rabb reprinted substantial excerpts of letters from Margaret Eliza Vance Morris to William Hamilton Lazarus Noble written in the 1840s while Noble was at Wabash College. Rabb obtained the letters from Mrs. Ferris Taylor, granddaughter...

Scope and Contents No author is given for this 28-page, typed manuscript. The narrative accompanied aerial photos showing the floods in Jeffersonville, New Albany, Madison, Lawrenceburg, and other places. Pages 1-8 gives a general report of the 1937 floor. Pages 9-22 tells of the trip by Governor Townsend and his party. Pages 23-28 continues the narrative decribing aerial views. The narrative tells of the work by WPA men. The Niblack levee north of Vincennes on the Wabash River was saved by "heroic efforts." ...

Scope and Contents This collection contains 2 insurance policies, one for a boat and one for a building, issued by the Protection Insurance Company in Indiana in 1835.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy of "The Standard Vehicle Company of Lawrenceburg, Indiana," a historical sketch written circa 1960 about the buggy manufacturer that once operated in Dearborn County. The 9-page history includes a title page with Harriet Fox's signature at the bottom, presumably the author of the sketch; a bibliography page titled "Biography"; and photographs and clippings.

Scope and Contents This collection includes materials from Charles Wesler of Batesville, Indiana ranging from 1829 to 1949, regarding the construction and restoration of the Whitewater Canal. Items in the collection are a 7-page original typed historical narrative titled, “Who Pioneered in the Reconstruction of the White Water Canal?”; a 14-page appendix of subject matter relevant to the history of the Whitewater Canal; 26 original bills and receipts from merchant George Tousey of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, relevant...