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Family life

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Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Roscoe R. Leak papers

 Collection
Identifier: L089
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, receipts, financial documents, essays, histories, research notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, periodicals, and other papers and ephemera from the Roscoe R. Leak and the Buzzard, Leach, and Leak families (also spelled Leake) ranging from 1842 to 1958 and undated, regarding family, business affairs, and Indiana history, specifically genealogy, history in Hendricks and Clark counties and church history, including the Disciples of...
Dates: 1842-1958, undated

Russell and Rainwater family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P007
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs and two postcards from the Russell and Rainwater families in Parke County, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1940, undated regarding members of the family, their home, and their daily lives.
Dates: circa 1860-1940, undated

Ruth Burgess Lebo Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: L147
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, a diary, clippings and articles, periodicals, pamphlets, ephemera, a yearbook, a pin, and other papers from Ruth Burgess Lebo Smith, Charles H. Smith, Mildred Smith Holsworth, and members of the extended Burgess and Smith families in Indiana, the United States, Europe, north Africa, and the Middle East, ranging from 1851 to 1967 and undated, relating to their daily lives, education vocations, travels, family history, and the Methodist Episcopal Church....
Dates: 1851-1967

Samuel and Hannah Taylor letter

 Collection — Folder S2457
Identifier: S2457
Scope and Contents This collection includes a letter from Samuel and Hannah Taylor in Frankfort, Indiana to Mr. and Mrs. James Allen in Rockville, Indiana regarding family news, illness, the deaths of children, rural life, and Samuel Taylor's vocation as a preacher.
Dates: 1843/11/22

Samuel J. Keller papers

 Collection
Identifier: L285
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters, a war diary, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, advertising cards, photographs, receipts, ephemera, and business, legal and financial papers from Samuel J. Keller and the Keller family in Bluffton, Indiana, California, Minnesota, and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1972, concerning Keller's daily life, business concerns, family, and military service in the U.S.-Mexican and Civil wars.There is also an oversize appointment certificate for...
Dates: 1848-1972

Sarah F. Baker letters

 Collection — Folder S0057
Identifier: S0057
Scope and Contents This collection contains three letters written by Sarah F. Baker to her cousin Lib. The letters concern social, political, and familial matters that are primarily related to the Civil War.
Dates: 1863-1864

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