Lake County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates:
1931-1936
Anna Mae Finney collection
Collection — Folder S1884
Identifier: S1884
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of typewritten transcriptions made of the February, 1923 Indiana Harbor, Indiana Christian Church (Lake County) directory and American Civil War muster rolls for Company B, 20th Indiana Regiment from 1861 to 1863. An index of the soldiers is included. The transcriptions were made by Mrs. Lester E. [Anna Mae] Finney and Mrs. Robert Mefford and the index was created by Lucile Johnson, all members of the William Henry Harrison Chapter of the Daughters of the...
Dates:
circa 1976
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Anna Mae Finney collection
Barnard family collection
Collection
Identifier: L397
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several photographs of Barnard family members and photographs from the 1920 family reunion. An item list of the photographs is available. The collection also contains biographical and genealogical information from 1804 to 1920. There are family papers, scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, postcards and ribbons. A collection addition of Uriah Barnard correspondence (1862-1865) and transcriptions created by Kathleen A. Day (2018-2019) is also included. Items...
Dates:
1835-2019
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Barnard family collection
Cedar Lake Historical Association photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Cedar Lake Historical Association in Cedar Lake, Indiana ranging from 1888 to 1950 and undated regarding Armour Town, which is now part of Cedar Lake, including buildings such as houses, the Mellwood Hotel, businesses, points of interest, and the people who lived and visited there.
Dates:
1888-1950, undated
Charles F. Fleming scrapbook
Collection — Folder S2037
Identifier: S2037
Scope and Contents
This collection contains pages from a scrapbook used by Charles F. Fleming to hold material related to his work with the Labor Legislative Council of Lake County and Vicinity, an organization established to oppose a petition by Standard Oil Company to build a pipeline from Whiting, Indiana to Indianaolis. Ranging from 1940 to 1952, the items from the scrapbook include correspondence, newspaper clippings, formal resolutions, and typed and handwritten notes for speeches and presentations...
Dates:
1940-1952
Eugene Bainbridge papers
Collection
Identifier: L617
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers relating to Eugene Bainbridge's career in the Indiana Senate ranging from 1953 to 1975. Included are correspondence, legislation, reports, and other papers relating to issues before the Indiana Senate, including public employee' and teacher' retirement funds, the highway department, reapportionment, development of port facilities (1969), abortion, and education reform and school financing (1965-1971); papers relating to Lake County issues before the senate,...
Dates:
1953-1975
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eugene Bainbridge papers
Ezekiel Morrison indenture
Collection — Folder S0275
Identifier: S0275
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one indenture marking the exchange of property in Lake County, Indiana from Ezekiel Morrison to Frederick Busse on December 9, 1863.
Dates:
1863/12/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ezekiel Morrison indenture
Gary Public Library oral histories
Collection
Identifier: OH023
Scope and Contents
The collection contains transcripts of interviews and audio recordings from the Gary Public Library about the early days of Gary, Indiana ranging from 1955 to 1970. Eight of the folders contain items that were part of a series titled "Gary Public Library presents Living Voices of the Pinoeers," many of which were broadcast on the radio for the Gary "Golden Jubliee" in 1956. There is also a recording from a Lion Club of Gary banquet in honor of Al Greene.
Dates:
1955-1970, undated
Hammond, Indiana schools collection
Collection
Identifier: L232
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from teachers and school administrators and others; Lions International membership information; ephemera; and educational statistics and writings from educators and residents in Hammond, Indiana and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1913 to 1951, regarding education and school administration in Hammond.
Dates:
1913-1958
Jennie Wells Lehman collection
Collection — Folder S2278
Identifier: S2278
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of the several items from Jennie Wells Lehman: a program from the second commencement of the Indianapolis Female Institute held on June 26, 1862; an October 3, 1966 letter written by Lehman and sent to Edgar B. Smith of the Department of Public Instruction in Indianapolis; her one-page family history of the Vanhoutens; and a history she wrote about her grandfather Henry Wells that includes her early memories of Crown Point and brief biographical information...
Dates:
1862, 1966
