Family life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:
Porter family letters
Collection — Folder S3142
Identifier: S3142
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of autographed and signed and printed and signed legal documents and personal correspondence between the Holman and Porter families in Indiana from 1830 to 1881.
Dates:
1830-1881
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Porter family letters
Porter-Griffin family papers
Collection
Identifier: L535
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of 46 manuscript boxes, 1 clamshell box, 118 ledgers, and 3 oversized folders, arranged in 8 series. The collection consists of papers of William A. Porter and his heirs from 1813 to 1979, as well papers from the Griffin and McGrain Company. Materials include personal correspondence, business and legal correspondence, political publications and letters, business ledgers, school and local entertainment programs, programs form various churches and their activities in Corydon...
Dates:
1813-1979
Pressey family papers
Collection — Folder S1078
Identifier: S1078
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from brothers Peter and Charles Pressey of Carlisle, Indiana, to Daniel Pressey of Rockingham, New Hampshire, and later, West Newbury, Massachusetts, ranging from 1812 to 1826, regarding family life and finance. The collection also includes a probate record for Daniel Pressey, dated June 8, 1832, naming Anna Pressey as executrix.
Dates:
1812-1832
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Pressey family papers
Raymond and Vesta Kepfer photographic slides
Collection — Folder SP043
Identifier: SP043
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35mm photographic slides from Raymond and Vesta Kepfer in California in 1975 regarding people, possibly the Kepfers and their family and friends, arid locales in California, and a rose parade, probably the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. There is also one slide of Koenigstuhl in Heidelberg, Germany.
Dates:
1975
Reeder family collection
Collection
Identifier: L027
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogy research documents and notes, correspondence, stock certificates, an estate document, photographs, and photograph albums, from the Reeder, Miles, Ploch, and Poynter families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1884 to 1958 and undated, regarding the families and their history. There is also a folder of oversize materials: a marriage certificate for Carl A. Ploch and Maude L. Poynter on June 12, 1912; a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1960s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Reeder family collection
Rhodes family collection
Collection
Identifier: L537
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of the Rhodes family, including papers from the Kreglo and Lauler families which married into the Rhodes family. It contains mortgages and deeds of Mary A. Kreglo, Sophia E. Rhodes (Kreglo), and John W. Rhodes from the late 19th century, as well as the legal papers of John William Rhodes. It also includes various investment papers of Joseph Lauler, particularly those regarding oil prospects in Texas. Finally, there are assorted personal items, such as...
Dates:
1821-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Rhodes family collection
Richard W. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates:
1818-1931
Robert F. Braden papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of enlistment papers, military communiqués and letters from Robert F. Braden in Indiana and Missouri, ranging from 1853 to 1868, regarding life in the Indiana militia and U.S. army during the U.S. Civil War, family matters, and military life. There are also photocopies of transcribed letters published in the August 1864 issue of the Indiana History Bulletin.
Dates:
1853-1868
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
Robert F. Braden papers
Robert K. Kyle photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Robert K. Kyle in Indiana ranging from circa 1867 to 1978 regarding Kyle's daily life, family, work, recreational activities, and retirement.
Dates:
circa 1867-1978
Rollinson family reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2208
Identifier: S2208
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten copies of "From Indiana to Arkansas by Flatboat, 1873 by Charles Perry Rollison and Party," a reminiscence by Thaddeus W. Rollison and dated March 19, 1937, and "Flatboat Trip from Indiana to Arkansas of William A. Rollison and Party Sunday, June 1, 1873," James Davis Rollison's recollections of his trip written down in the fall of 1906. Along with some family biographical information, the two reminiscences contain descriptions of the flatboats and how they...
Dates:
1906-1937
