Indiana -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana Department of Conservation manuscript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2046
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a manuscript about the early history of the area that became Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana (circa 1940s). Topics covered include the area's topography and geology; the history of the Native Americans who inhabited Indiana, both pre-historic and those that lived in the area prior to and during its conquest by the Spanish, French, English and Americans; Parke County pioneer history; and the story of Salmon Lusk and his family. There are also two earlier...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Indiana History Bulletin photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP018
Identifier: SP018
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photogrpahs from the Indiana History Bulletin published by the Indiana Historical Bureau in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1959 to 1972 and undated regarding people, places, historic sites, and objects related to Indiana history.
Dates:
1959-1972, undated
Jacob Witmer collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1398
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and legal documents ranging from 1927 to 1930 regarding the estate of Jacob Witmer of Shelby County, Indiana and administrated by his nephew John H. Wilson. The collection also includes Velma Whitmer's notebook containing transcriptions of letters written by her mother and grandmother (1901-1907) and poems written by herself and her sister Mary (1912-1914); an April 29, 1837 deed signed by Nathan H. Wilson of Bartholomew County, Indiana granting land to...
Dates:
1837-1932, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jacob Witmer collection
Jeannette Covert Nolan "Indiana" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2562
Identifier: S2562
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the original manuscript of "Indiana," a book written and published by Jeannette Covert Nolan in 1969. The manuscript includes handwritten copyediting and printer's markups.
Dates:
1969
John A. Bremer papers
Collection
Identifier: L688
Scope and Contents
This collection contains John A. Bremer's papers regarding his work compiling and editing the fourth edition of Constitution Making in Indiana: A Source Book of Constitutional Documents, with Historical Introduction and Critical Notes covering the years 1930 to 1960. Papers related to the book include drafts of chapters of each legislative session and copies of committee reports, joint resolutions, house and senate motions, messages from the Senate to the House,...
Dates:
1857-circa 1980s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John A. Bremer papers
John G. Biel, "Jennings vs. Harrison" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2485
Identifier: S2485
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a manuscript from John G. Biel in Indiana during the 20th century, regarding the lives and political rivalry that developed between Jonathon Jennings and William Henry Harrison.
Dates:
undated
Kate Milner Rabb, "A Hoosier Listening Post" clippings
Collection — Folder S2133
Identifier: S2133
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two clippings of Kate Milner Rabb's Indianapolis Star column, "A Hoosier Listening Post." The first article was published on December 29, 1928 and relates information about an old pocketbook that once belonged to Hoosier pioneer James Marshall and was given to the museum of the Washington Historical Society in Salem, Indiana by Marshall's grandson Chalres W. Kinney. Rabb describes a list of goods to be disposed of at a sale...
Dates:
1928-1929
Kate Milner Rabb clipping
Collection — Folder S0812
Identifier: S0812
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a clipping of Kate Milner Rabb's column, "A Hoosier Listening Post," printed in the Indianapolis Star on December 30, 1934. The article relates information that Mrs. Gene Lawrence sent to Rabb regarding her ancestor, John Adam Lawrence, and it includes a list of items offered for sale by Mr. Lawrence at an 1839 auction and his family genealogy.
Dates:
December 30, 1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kate Milner Rabb clipping
Lloyd A. Whitehead essay
Collection — Folder S1396
Identifier: S1396
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of Lloyd A. Whitehead's typewritten essay "The Mastodon Who Went to College" (circa 1970). The essay discusses the chain of events that led to the discovery of an incomplete mastodon skeleton on the Bookout Farm in Randolph County, Indiana and how it was combined with other remains found previously at New Paris, Ohio and mounted together at Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) in 1895. The mounted skeleton became known as the "Randolph Mastodon".
Dates:
circa 1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lloyd A. Whitehead essay
Lorenz G. Schumm collection
Collection — Folder S1926
Identifier: S1926
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, postcards, and a brochure regarding Indiana politics and history collected by Lorenz G. Schumm. The political documents include a postcard promoting an October 21, 1940 Republican rally in LaPorte County; a card with the 1948 Indiana Republican gubernatorial candidates - Alvan V. Burch, Hobart Creighton, Walter E. Helmke, and William E. Jenner - listed with boxes for "1st Choice" and "2nd Choice"; a June 11, 1851 letter sent by James G....
Dates:
1940-1958
