Family life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:
George W. Lawson diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes George W. Lawson's diaries ranging from July 1877 to July 1910. In his diaries, Lawson records the weather, farm activities, business and personal accounts, marriages, births and deaths of family and friends, and church and social activities. He also records his thoughts about elections, local and national happenings, and international events. There are a several loose items inserted in the volumes, including newspaper clippings and an October 9, 1901 map and calendar...
Dates:
1877-1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George W. Lawson diaries
Greene family papers
Collection — Folder OBC220
Identifier: OBC220
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primarily certificates and diplomas for the Greene family from 1886-1933 in southern Indiana. Included are Helen Rose's diplomas from Southern Indiana Normal College and her teacher certification, Dessia Greene's diploma, teacher's license, and marriage license and certificate to Roy B. Harder, Ariel Greene's diplomas from Indiana Common Schools and Indiana University, and a vehicle title for a vehicle Ottis Greene purchased from his sister, Alma.
Dates:
1886-1933
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Greene family papers
Harmony Grove Farm, "Christmas Greetings" photograph album
Collection — Folder SP047
Identifier: SP047
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album entitled "Chistmas Greetings, 1915" from the Stewart family in Goshen, Indiana in 1915 regarding the family, Harmony Grove Farm, and the rural area surrounding the farm.
Dates:
1915
Harrison Allis letters
Collection — Folder S017
Identifier: S0017
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters sent to Harrison F. Allis by friends and family while studying at Hanover College in Indiana and after returning home to Evansville, Indiana, ranging from 1872 to 1884. The letters detail life in Evansville and what his friends and family were doing. H.D. Allis, Harrison F. Allis' father, makes a brief mention in his first letter about an earthquake that struck nearby. His friend, Pussy Walter, recounts a visit and speech given by Vice President Henry Wilson....
Dates:
1872-1884
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harrison Allis letters
Harry E. Lewis papers
Collection — Folder S0830
Identifier: S0830
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of Harry E. Lewis's family documents and includes the Society of Friends marriage certificate of Samuel Cox and Lydia Kenworthy (1837/11/02); a Sons of Temperance certificate of membership of Thomas Brooks (1848/05/29); certificates from the Methodist Episcopal Church appointing Thomas Brooks a deacon (1851/10/12) and an elder (1855/09/16); Madison Yount's discharge paper from Company H, Indiana 22nd Regiment (1864/08/15); records of the marriage of James...
Dates:
1837-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry E. Lewis papers
Harry Willis Miller autobiography
Collection — Folder S1900
Identifier: S1900
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a handwritten autobiography written by Harry Willis Miller in 1936. At the time of the donation, the original copy was housed at the Area Research Center, River Falls, Wisconsin.
Dates:
1936
Heineken family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several letters from members of the Heineken family, particularly to or from Christian, Samuel and Thomas Heineken, in Ohio, Indiana, and Great Britain ranging from 1810 to 1888 regarding settlement in Indiana and Ohio, family life, travel, weather, cholera epidemics, national politics, and farming. There is also a U.S. Civil War diary kept by Samuel Heineken during 1862-1863 and an 1888 roster of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Heineken family papers
Helen Clift clippings
Collection — Folder S1183
Identifier: S1183
Scope and Contents
This collection includes forty-nine clippings of Kate Milner Rabb's Indianapolis Star newspaper column, "The Hoosier Listening Post," range from March 14, 1935 to July 25, 1935 that contain transcribed entries from diaries kept by Helen Clift of New Castle, Indiana in 1863 and 1865. Helen used her diary to record her daily chores, the weather, visitors, social activities, and other happenings in New Castle. Her 1863 diary also recorded her time teaching in Economy, Wayne County, Indiana and...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen Clift clippings
Henry Aughinbaugh papers
Collection — Folder S3230
Identifier: S3230
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scanned copy and typed transcript of a letter from Henry Aughinbaugh in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania on March 16, 1844 regarding imminent death and family matters and a transcript of a another letter from John Thrush in Shippensburg in 1844.
Dates:
1844
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry Aughinbaugh papers
Henry E. Wahl collection
Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of letters to and from Henry E. Wahl, Jr. and his family in Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Pacific theatre, ranging from 1936 to circa 1953, regarding family life, work after college, and experiences during and after World War II in the Pacific. There are also many letters from other family members to his parents, Maude and Henry Ethan Wahl, Sr., including those of his brother Donald Wahl, who was also serving in the U.S....
Dates:
1865-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry E. Wahl collection
