Family life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:
Mahala T. Shaw diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1171
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two sets of photocopies, one as a bound volume, of Mahala T. Shaw's 1871 diary copied from the original in the possession of Shaw's grandniece, Mrs. Roy F. (Esther) Gregg. In the diary, Shaw recounts her daily activities while living in Battle Ground, Indiana and includes names of family and friends who visited, shopping, books, gardening, household chores, and church and social activities. There is also a copy of a January 25, 1874 letter sent to Shaw from her niece...
Dates:
1871-1874
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mahala T. Shaw diary
Margaret Afflis Johnston collection
Collection
Identifier: L555
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal and political correspondence and papers, photographs, notebooks, publications and other materials from Margaret Afflis Johnston in Delphi, Carroll County and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1916 to 1967, regarding her political career, public service, the Democratic Party in Indiana, the Indiana Women's Prison and the state correctional system, community engagement, and personal life. Campaign materials and periodicals for various democratic candidates and...
Dates:
circa 1916-1967
Margaret Osborne Steele Dickey collection
Collection — Folder S2991
Identifier: S2991
Scope and Contents
This 6-page, typed manuscript was written by Katharine McAfee Parker as a memorial address in honor of Margaret Osborne Steel, wife of Rev. John M. Dickey. The paper was delivered at the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Indiana, on November 21, 1938, on the occasion of placing a bronze marker at the graves of Rev. and Mrs. Dickey near New Washington. Katharine explained how Dr. Rule of Louisville, Kentucky, asked her to speak on Margaret Steele Dickey, shortly after returning from a...
Dates:
1798-1847
Mary Dalton photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP029
Identifier: SP029
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of Donald Richwine and his niece Dorothy (Richwine) Martin of Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1940 to 1950 regarding the Indianapolis plant of the Bridgeport Brass Company where Donald worked and Dorothy Ann Martin in group photographs at Girl Scout camp at McCormick's Creek State Park.
Dates:
circa 1940-1950
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
Mary Heinzerling photograph album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P049
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a photograph album with tintypes and carte de visite photographs from Mary Heinzerling in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1875 regarding portraits of family members and friends. The album is ornate and covered with green, velvet-like fabric. It has a painted panel of a woman from the waist up on the front and gold-impressed page edges. The album was given to Heinzerling as a Christmas present by George Miller in 1875.
Dates:
1875
Mary Lord Harrison papers
Collection — Folder S0599
Identifier: S0599
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Mary Lord Harrison, predominantly from New York City, ranging from 1901 to 1947. Also included are a news clipping of Mrs. Harrison's obituary from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (1948/01/06) and a photograph of the old Harrison homestead (undated).
Dates:
1901-1947
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary Lord Harrison papers
Mary Smiley photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P070
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Marie Stuart Edwards and the Shirk, Stuart, and Edwards families in Lafayette and Peru, Indiana and Marion, Ohio, as well as photographs, letters, and scrapbook pages from Mary Castner Smiley in Denver, Indiana, ranging from 1876 to 1990, regarding Edwards' women's suffrage activism (circa 1920-1922) and war work during World War II; family portraits of Edwards and three generations of the Stuart and Edwards families; the Shirk-Edwards House in Peru,...
Dates:
1876-1990
Mason family photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP033
Identifier: SP033
Scope and Contents
This collection includes carte-de-visite photographs from the Mason family and other individuals in Indiana, New Hampshire, and other places in the United States ranging from circa 1860 to 1880 depicting portraits of family members and other people, which include: Mary Archer; D.L. Armstrong, Charlie Schmuck, and W.L. Sote (Cannelton, Indiana); Maggie Armstrong; Maggie Boyd (Quincy, Illlnois); R. Boyde (Evansville, Indiana); Bob Cotton; Max Kirkpatrick; Maggie Lemming (New Albany, Indiana);...
Dates:
circa 1860-circa 1870
Maude Stines Crockett memoir
Collection — Folder S1844
Identifier: S1844
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two copies of a paper by Maude Stines Crockett in Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the founding of the Brightwood neighborhood and her experiences growing up in Indianapolis.
Dates:
undated
