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Lake County (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

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

Karen J. Campbell, Lake County, Hoosier Prairie artist print

 Collection — Folder OBC186
Identifier: OBC186
Scope and Contents This collection contains a drawing created by Karen J. Campbell of a prairie in Lake County, Indiana dated April of 1975.
Dates: 1975 April

Lake County, Indiana collection

 Collection
Identifier: L551
Scope and Contents This collection includes autographed, signed correspondence from Solon Robinson and others in Indiana ranging from 1836 to 1919 regarding county organization and government and military service; typed commissioners minutes and court records and other government documents in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1837 to 1936 regarding county government and official business; typed and autographed histories of Lake County and communities from 1836 to 1955 and undated; typed records of businesses,...
Dates: 1836-1955

Mary Coquillard oral history transcript

 Collection — OH064
Identifier: OH064
Scope and Contents This collection contains 1 transcript of an interview with Mary Clark Coquillard. While she speaks very little about herself, she goes into great detail about social life in South Bend around 1900. Topics include: daily domestic life, cars, fashion, the Studebaker family, South Bend society, the Oliver family, and local history.
Dates: 1966/02/18

Powell A. Moore photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP142
Identifier: SP142
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs from historian Powell A. Moore in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1946 and undated, regarding the cities of Gary and Hammond and other places in Lake County, as well as local industries, such as meat packing and oil refining.
Dates: 1883-1946, undated

Richard B. Sealock collection

 Collection — Folder S2461
Identifier: S2461
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of Richard Sealock's typewritten notes taken directly from Steel City's Culture: An Interpretation of the History of Gary, Indiana, a comprehensive report written by William Dale Fisher in 1941 while a senior student at Yale University. Sealock compiled the highlights from Fisher's report in circa 1948 from a copy in the Gary Public Library collection. The author of the report was most likely former United States diplomat William...
Dates: 1941, circa 1948

Safe deposit boxes collection

 Collection
Identifier: L291
Scope and Contents This collection includes insurance policies, typed and signed personal correspondence, receipts, birth and baptism certificates, marriage certificates, photographs, diaries, Confederate States of America currency, other personal and legal documents and titles and land deeds from various individuals in Indiana ranging from 1849 to 1967.Notably, it contains a series of correspondences from William and Lucille Marlow, love letters and detailing their travels in 1935.The...
Dates: 1849-1967

Sam B. Woods collection

 Collection — Folder S2341
Identifier: S2341
Scope and Contents This collection includes ten handwritten items from Sam B. Woods of Lake County, Indiana, ranging from 1856 to 1883 regarding early resident, Aaron N. Hart, of Lake County, Indiana.
Dates: 1856-1883

Sam B. Woods papers

 Collection
Identifier: L181
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, periodicals, articles, clippings, speeches, and other papers from Sam B. Woods in Lake County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1941 and undated, regarding the Woods family, Lake County history, and politics. There are also 1903 issues of Milk News (OB247).
Dates: 1848-1941, undated

Solon Robinson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L136
Scope and Contents This collection includes songs, correspondence, notes, reviews, and articles from Solon Robinson in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1832 to 1931. The collection also includes a biography and bibliography of Solon Robinson.
Dates: 1832-1853