Collection #

M 0179
BV 1597
OM 0044
R 0623

O. Bruce lane
papers, 1853–1971

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Content

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Betty Alberty, Robert W. Smith
Paul Brockman, Supervisor
25 April 2005
revised 1 October 2007

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:	9 Boxes, 1Bound Volume, 2 Oversize folders, 2 boxes visual materials, 1 OVC size photograph, 1 artifact
COLLECTION DATES:	1853–1971
PROVENANCE:	Mrs. Roy Zenor for the Estate of O. Bruce Lane, March 1976
RESTRICTIONS:	None
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION NUMBER:	1976.0312
NOTES:

Oscar Bruce Lane (1881–1975) was born and raised in Bainbridge, Putnam County, Indiana, and was the grand nephew of Indiana Governor and United States Senator Henry Smith Lane. From 1900–02 Lane attended Purdue University and he later was a student at Butler University. In 1902, he began teaching at Bainbridge High School where he later served as principal for eight years. During this time, he passed the bar exam and married Jessie May Gill of Cloverdale, Putnam County.

Lane resigned from Bainbridge High School to run his and his father’s farms in Putnam County. From 1934–50 he served in the Indiana State Senate as a member of the Republican Party.

Sources:

Information in collection.

Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1984 (JK 5630 .B56). vol. 2, p 247.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial documents, account books, photographs and printed materials related to Lane’s career as a teacher, farmer and state senator. The bulk of the collection is correspondence which is divided into two distinct categories. The correspondence prior to 1933 mainly contains personal letters from family and friends. Financial material includes receipts (1928–44) and an account book of farm and personal expenses (1907–32).

Lane’s later correspondence, 1936–49 is primarily concerned with legislative matters. This series consists of letters from constituents and carbon copies of Lane’s replies. The most prominent subjects are school text book purchases, gross income tax, teacher’s salaries, the Milk Control Bill and Central Standard Time. The correspondence after 1949 is also political in nature, but more general in subject matter consisting primarily from associates regarding their friendship in office. The printed material consists of Senate and House Bills either introduced by Lane or referred to his committee; information concerning legislative subjects of interest to Lane; legislative calendars, photographs, Republican Party campaign broadsides, newspaper clippings and pamphlets, 1935–1949.

Family member papers include graded essays by Nellie Ruth Lane in 1903 as a part of a correspondence course offered by the University of Chicago; essays of Reverend Oscar F. Lane; a letter to Mrs. O. F. Lane from Senator Forrest of Illinois concerning the death of her brother, a state senator; and the Sigournean Casket, a publication from 1865 of the Sigournean Society of North Western Christian University, of which Carrie L. Lane was a member.

The collection also contains the records of the Bainbridge Gravel Road Company, 1867–93, including stock certificates, receipts and an account book of board meeting minutes and stockholders.

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Family Papers and Documents, 1853–1971

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Land Deed, 1853	OM 0044, Folder 1
Plat maps, n.d.	OM 0044, Folder 1
Memorial Resolution on Lew Wallace’s Death, 1905	OM 0044, Folder 2
Legal Documents, 1900–44	Box 1, Folder 1
Financial Receipts, 1907–31	Box 1, Folder 2
Financial Receipts, 1939–44	Box 1, Folder 3
Nellie Gill, H. S. diploma, 1910	OM 0044, Folder 2
Lane-Gill Marriage License, 1915	OM 0044, Folder 2
Teacher Contracts and Licenses, 1902–14	Box 1, Folder 4
Student Examination Books, n.d.	Box 1, Folder 5
Speeches and Press Releases, 1947, 1971, n.d.	Box 1, Folder 6
History of the Development of Roads in Indiana, n.d.	Box 1, Folder 7
Notes, n.d.	Box 1, Folder 8
Nellie Ruth Lane Essays, 1903 (1of 2)	Box 1, Folder 9
Nellie Ruth Lane Essays, 1903 (2 of 2)	Box 1, Folder 10
Oscar F. and Mary Wendling Lane, Essays, Addresses and Correspondence, 1923, 1930, n.d.	Box 1, Folder 11
Family Photographs	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 1
Bainbridge High School Photographs, 1914–15	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 2
Family Photographs, Copies from Negatives	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 3
Indians and the Wild West	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 4
Illinois General Assembly, Wendling Memorial Resolution, 1925	OM 0044, Folder 2
Sigournean Casket, 1865	Box 1, Folder 12
General Family Printed Materials and Materials, 1910–44	Box 2, Folder 1
Ledger, 1907–32	Box 2, Folder 2

Series 2: Correspondence, 1882–1964

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Correspondence, 1882–1901	Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1902–04	Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1905–07	Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1908–09	Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1910	Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1911	Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1912–13	Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1914	Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1915	Box 3, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1915–29	Box 3, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1930–33	Box 3, Folder 6
Correspondence, January 1935	Box 3, Folder 7
Correspondence, Feb. 1–13, 1935	Box 3, Folder 8
Correspondence, Feb. 15–20, 1935	Box 3, Folder 9
Correspondence, Feb. 26–Dec. 1935	Box 3, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1936–38	Box 3, Folder 11
Correspondence, Jan. 1–20, 1939	Box 4, Folder 1
Correspondence, January 21–31, 1939	Box 4, Folder 2
Correspondence, Feb. 1–15, 1939	Box 4, Folder 3
Correspondence, Feb. 16–28, 1939	Box 4, Folder 4
Correspondence, March–Dec. 1940	Box 4, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1940	Box 4, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1941	Box 4, Folder 7
Correspondence, Jan.–Nov. 1942	Box 4, Folder 8
Correspondence, Dec. 1942	Box 4, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1943	Box 4, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1944	Box 4, Folder 11
Correspondence, Jan. 1945	Box 5, Folder 1
Correspondence, Feb. 1–15, 1945	Box 5, Folder 2
Correspondence, Feb. 16–28, 1945	Box 5, Folder 3
Correspondence, March 1945	Box 5, Folder 4
Correspondence, April–Dec. 1945	Box 5, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1946	Box 5, Folder 6
Correspondence, Jan. 1947	Box 5, Folder 7
Correspondence, Feb. 1–14, 1947	Box 5, Folder 8
Correspondence, Feb. 15–28, 1947	Box 5, Folder 9
Correspondence, March–Dec. 1947	Box 5, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1948	Box 5, Folder 11
Correspondence, Jan. 1949	Box 6, Folder 1
Correspondence, Feb. 1–5, 1949	Box 6, Folder 2
Correspondence, Feb. 8–10, 1949	Box 6, Folder 3
Correspondence, Feb. 11–25, 1949	Box 6, Folder 4
Correspondence, March 1949	Box 6, Folder 5
Correspondence, April–Dec. 1949	Box 6, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1950–64	Box 6, Folder 7
Correspondence, n.d.	Box 6, Folder 8
Postcards with Some Correspondence, ca. 1910s	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 7
Christmas Photograph from the Ahlgrens, ca. 1944	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 8

Series 3: Newsletters and Publications, 1928–1950

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Newsletters, Various Organizations, 1928–50	Box 6, Folder 9
Newsletters, Indiana Banker’s Association, 1939, 1949	Box 6, Folder 10
Newsletters, Henry County Council on Intergovernmental Relations, 1945	Box6, Folder 11
Midwestern Regional Conference, 1945–46	Box 6, Folder 12
Republican Party Newsletters and Publications, 1943–48	Box 6, Folder 13
Republican Campaign Posters, James A. Emmert, Attorney General	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 1
Republican Campaign Posters, Frank E. Gilkison, Supreme Court Judge	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 2
Republican Campaign Posters, Howard S. Young, Supreme Court Judge	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 3
Republican Campaign Posters, Dan C. Flanagan, Appellate Court Judge	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 4
Republican Campaign Posters, Richard T. James Lieutenant Governor	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 5
Republican Campaign Posters, A. V. Burch, Auditor	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 6
Republican Campaign Posters, Fern E. Norris, Reporter of Supreme and Appellate Courts	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 7
Republican Campaign Posters, Frank Hamilton, Appellate Court Judge	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 8
Republican Campaign Posters, Rue J. Alexander, Secretary of State	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 9
Republican Campaign Posters, Ralph F. Gates, Governor	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 10
Republican Campaign Posters, Oliver Starr, Supreme Court Judge	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 11
Republican Campaign Posters, Homer E. Capehart, Senator	Visual Collections: OVA Graphics, Box 1, Folder 12

Series 4: Indiana Legislative Records, 1935–1957

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Petitions, n.d.	Box 6, Folder 14
Senate Bills Introduced by Lane, 1936–45	Box 7, Folder 1
Senate and House Bills Referred to Lane’s Committee, 1943–47	Box 7, Folder 2
Senate and House Bills with Marginal Notations, 1943–45	Box 7, Folder 3
Senate Committee Reports, n.d.	Box 7, Folder 4
Senate Roll Call Records and Daily Agendas, 1943–49	Box 7, Folder 5
Printed Material: County and Township, 1940s	Box 7, Folder 6
Printed Material: Indiana Health Department, 1940s	Box 7, Folder 7
Printed Material: Textbook Adoption Policies, 1936–38	Box 7, Folder 8
Printed Material: Subjects Concerning Current Legislation, 1940s	Box 7, Folder 9
Legislative Calendar, Daily Bulletins, 1943	Box 7, Folder 10
Legislative Calendar, Senate Bills, 1943	Box 7, Folder 11
Legislative Calendar, House Bills, 1943	Box 7, Folder 12
Legislative Calendar, Bill Analysis, 1943	Box 7, Folder 13
Printed Material: Indiana State Legislature, 1935–49	Box 7, Folder 14
Legislative Calendar, Indiana Taxpayers Assoc., 1943	Box 8, Folder 1
Legislative Calendar, House, Indiana Taxpayers Assoc., 1943	Box 8, Folder 2
Printed Forms and Stationery	Box 8, Folder 3
Indiana Senate Standing Rules and Order, 1941	Box 8, Folder 4
Indiana Senate Standing Rules and Order, 1945	Box 8, Folder 5
Identification Cards (from wallet)	Box 8, Folder 6
Admission Tickets, Senate Gallery	Box 8, Folder 7
O. Bruce Lane Photographs from Indiana General Assembly	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 5
“Indiana Senate 85, General Assembly 1947” group at their desks in State Capitol	Visual Collections: OVC Photographs, Folder 1
Political Groups and Governor Townsend, 1930s	Visual Collections: Photographs, Box 1, Folder 6
State Assembly Women’s Club Booklets, 1937–39, 1957	Box 8, Folder 8

Series 5: Bainbridge Gravel Road Company Records, 1867–1893

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Account Book 1867–93	BV 1597
Stock Certificates, Deeds, 1868–93	Box 8, Folder 8
Stock Certificates, Financial Material, n.d.	Box 8, Folder 9

Series 6: Newspaper Clippings, 1887–1961

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Newspaper Clippings, 1887–1961 (1 of 4)	Box 9, Folder 1
Newspaper Clippings, 1887–1961 (2 of 4)	Box 9, Folder 2
Newspaper Clippings, 1887–1961 (3 of 4)	Box 9, Folder 3
Newspaper Clippings, 1887–1961 (4 of 4)	Box 9, Folder 4

Series 7: Artifact

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Brown Leather Wallet	R 0623

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