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Family life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 181 Collections and/or Records:

Bailey family photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP053
Identifier: SP053
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Bailey family in Wayne County, Indiana ranging from circa 1890 to 1903 regarding Fred, Mattie, and John Bailey and a group of musicians.
Dates: circa 1890-1903

Barnett family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L011
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence with the Thoma-Barnett families. Correspondence generally relates to family life, economic conditions, politics, farm prices, and the American Civil War. The correspondence included letters from George and Rebecca’s parents, as well as state representative J.P. Barnett of Jasper and Pulaski Counties.
Dates: 1850-1955

Ben Albert letters

 Collection — Folder S010
Identifier: S0010
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters written by Ben Albert to his brother in 1862. Albert discusses life in the army, sending money and clothing home, and family life. Both letters are photocopied from the original. Due to the poor quality of the copy, transcripts are available.
Dates: 1862

Benjamin Franklin Day letters

 Collection — Folder S0342
Identifier: S0342
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Benjamin Franklin Day in Buena Vista, Virginia to his niece Jenny ranging from 1931 to 1932 regarding daily life, current events, family news and history, recollections of his life, including his time in the U.S. Navy.
Dates: 1931-1932

Blanche Stillson collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1254
Scope and Contents This collection comprises papers including contracts, bills, letters, and receipts from the Stilson family in Bedford, Indiana ranging from 1873 to 1908 regarding the building of the family home and the medical practice of Doctors Joseph O. Stilson and Joseph Stilson, Blanche Stilson's father and grandfather, respectively. Of particular interest is a small notebook from 1873 to 1874 listing medical cases handled by the two physicians.
Dates: 1873-1908

Bluffton-Wells County Public Library oral history transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: OH003
Scope and Contents This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with five members of the Bluffton, Indiana community by Barbara Elliott for the Bluffton-Wells County Public Library in 1976. The people interivewed were Samuel Aeschliman, Sr., Harold Caylor, John H. Edris, Sr., R. N. Fitzpatrick, and James W. Stogdill.
Dates: 1976

Bradley family photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP012
Identifier: SP012
Scope and Contents This collection includes card photographs from the Bradley family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1880 to 1953 depicting men, women, and children of the Bradley, Van Scyoc, and Shackelford families. There is also an obituary for H. Guy Bradley from 1953.
Dates: circa 1880-1953

Bromwell and Wright family photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP016
Scope and Contents This collection includes tintype and carte-de-visite photographs from the Bromwell and Wright family in Indiana, Fairfield, Iowa, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Louisville, Kentucky, ranging from circa 1860 to 1900 regarding family members and friends of all ages.
Dates: circa 1860-1900

Brookville, Indiana letter and photograph

 Collection — Folder S1798
Identifier: S1798
Scope and Contents This collection includes one letter, dated March 4, 1871 and a small photograph of a woman the letter identifies as "Caroline". The letter is addressed to a sister and the sender’s name is illegible. The letter predominantly discusses the different things happening in Brookville, Indiana in March of 1871. The highlights include a fear of small pox, a local gallery that takes pictures of the town inhabitants, and various people coming to stay for a visit.
Dates: 1871

C. L. Armstrong papers

 Collection — Folder S2679
Identifier: S2679
Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed signed letter from C. L. Armstrong in Indianapolis, Indiana on 1864/09/04 regarding family life, the war, his desire to have his wife return from her visit to her parents and the arrest of Harrison H. Dodd, Order of American Knights, in Indianapolis and his incarceration in an iron cage at the soldier's home.
Dates: 1864/09/04