Collection #

P 0290

blackford county
subject file Photographs, ca. 1860–ca. 1990

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Pamela Tranfield
March 1995

Revised by Dorothy Nicholson
15 September 2004

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:	Manuscript Materials: 10 folders Visual Materials: 4 boxes of photographs, 2 boxes of OVA photographs, 1 box of OVB photographs, 4 folders of OVC photographs, 1 folder of color photographs, 12 Cirkut photographs, 1 box of stereographs, 4 color slides, 5 5x7 black-and-white acetate negatives, 20 4x5 black-and-white acetate negatives, 1 box of 120 mm black-and-white acetate negatives, 1 bin of 35 mm black-and-white acetate negatives, 1 bin of 120 mm black-and-white nitrate negatives, 2 5x7 nitrate negatives, Artifacts: 1 item
COLLECTION DATES:	Ca. 1870–ca. 1990
PROVENANCE:	Forms part of the Cecil Beeson/Blackford County Historical Society Collection.
RESTRICTIONS:	Researchers may view negatives, slides, and glass plates with the assistance of the Coordinator of Visual Reference Services or a member of the Visual Collections staff.
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:	The Hartford City News-Times Collection (P 0284); The Cronin Family Collection (P 0286); The Bantz Family Photographs Album (P 0289); The Geraldine McFerren Myers Collection (P 0291).
ACCESSION NUMBER:	1961.0902, 1970.0710, 1986.0780, 1994.0734
NOTES:

Cecil Everett Beeson (1905–94) collected the bulk of the photographs in this collection from individuals and families in Blackford County, Indiana. Born 19 August 1905 in Wabash, Indiana, to William H. Beeson and Jennie (Jenks) Beeson, he moved with his father and five siblings to Hartford City, Indiana, in 1911 following the death of his mother in childbirth. He may have lived with relatives in Peru, Indiana, for a brief period in 1913. Beeson graduated from Hartford City High School in 1924 and worked for the American Window Glass Company until 1927. He then began a career with the United States Postal Service where he was a letter carrier until 1954 and a dispatching clerk until retirement in 1965.

Beeson married Hannah Catherine Sills 19 August 1928 and fathered two children: Richard Henry Beeson (1930) and Robert Lee Beeson (1931). The couple divorced ca. 1934 and Beeson married Cittie Pearl Helm of Adair County, Kentucky, in 1938. They had two children: Cecil Beeson, Jr. (1939) and Jennie Pearl Beeson (1941).

Beeson began collecting photographs, manuscripts, books, and artifacts as early as the 1940s. He was instrumental in the revival of the Blackford County Historical Society in 1975 and the establishment of a historical museum in Hartford City, Indiana, in 1976. His projects included locating and documenting private cemeteries and soldiers’ graves. He was an avid genealogist and wrote many genealogical histories of Blackford County families.

Sources:

“Cecil E. Beeson, 88; Blackford County Historian,” Hartford City News-Times, 6 April 1994.

Items found in the collection.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The bulk of the photographs in the Blackford County Subject Files come from the Cecil Beeson/Blackford County Historical Society acquisition in 1994. The material from this acquisition had been at the Blackford County Historical Society Museum. The collection also includes visual material from previous Beeson donations, including photographs of Cecil Beeson and his family. Mr. Beeson’s attributions were used to identify the images. The processor arranged both original and copy photographs by subject and assigned titles in [ ] brackets. Approximate dates are also in brackets. Most of the reproductions appear to have been made in the 1970s by the Blackford County Historical Society for use in local publications. The collection is arranged into eleven series.

Series 1: Beeson Family Photographs: includes photographs of Cecil Beeson and his siblings as children and young adults; a portrait of William Beeson at work in the Hartford City Paper Mill; and snapshots of Richard, Robert, Cecil Jr., and Jennie Beeson as children and adults.

Series 2: Photographs Attributed to Cecil Beeson: includes documentary photographs believed to have been created by Cecil Beeson in the 1960s. The series includes photographs of cemeteries in Blackford County; aerial views of Hartford City; and documentation of a train wreck at Peru, Indiana.

Series 3: Blackford County––Subject Files: includes photographs made at locations in Blackford County. The images include documentation of what appears to be a full-immersion baptism in the 1930s, the collision of two interurban cars near Kingsland in 1910, floods at various locations in the county in 1913, a portrait of factory workers involved in a violent strike at the National Steel Casting Company in 1924, and portraits of schoolchildren at small country schools.

Series 4: Hartford City––Subject Files: contains photographs taken at locations in Hartford City. Images include small business owners and employees, schoolchildren and teachers, and factory workers in the paper and glass industries.

Series 5: Indiana Counties––Subject Files: includes portraits of individuals and families, scenes of floods; and street scenes in Delaware, Jay, Grant, Miami and Wabash counties.

Series 6: Blackford County and Hartford City––Portraits: contains identified and unidentified portraits made in Hartford City and Blackford County. The subjects are families, individuals, and groups posed in farm yards and unidentified studios.

Series 7: Non-Indiana Portraits: contains six photographs signed by young men who appear to have attended the University of Michigan ca. 1900. The provenance of these items is unknown but they likely belonged to a Blackford County resident.

Series 8: Album: contains one album of snapshots created by an unidentified individual between 1925 and 1937. The title, From Here, There and Everywhere, 1925 to 1937 is written in hand on the final page. The first four pages contain eight snapshots of a young woman with friends at a lake and country home. The photographs are not identified but two images include Helen Seelig, a Blackford County teacher. The remaining photographs show the young woman on a ship and with friends at a lake.

Series 9: Cirkut Photographs: contains twelve Cirkut photographs created between ca. 1913 and 1936. The subjects include the American Window Glass Company offices and grounds, the Hartford City Paper Mill grounds, students at Hartford City High School ca. 1913, two portraits of members of the Twentieth District of Rotary International, employees of the Overhead Door Corporation, and young men about to enter military service during World War I.

Series 10: Stereographs: contains twelve stereograph views in Blackford County. The subjects include schools, and churches. The photographs were made between 1897 and ca. 1912.

Series 11: Artifacts: contains one mirrored photo-button advertising the Senate Saloon.

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Beeson Family Photographs

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
[Cecil Beeson and his Children, Richard and Robert, 1929, and ca. 1945]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 1
[Cecil Beeson and his Children, Richard and Robert, 1929, and ca. 1945	120 mm Nitrate Negatives: N1, N2
[Cecil Beeson and his Children, Richard and Robert, 1929, and ca. 1945]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A1, A2
[Cecil Beeson and his Children] 1960–1981	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A3–A10
[Cecil Beeson, Jennie Beeson and grandchildren, ca. 1964]	35 mm Color Slides: Box 1, Bin 1
[Cecil Beeson Family, ca. 1906–ca. 1920]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 2
[Cecil Beeson Family, ca. 1906–ca. 1920]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A11–A18
[Cecil Beeson in scout uniform, ca. 1920]	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N3
[Samuel Jenk’s grave in Fall’s Cemetery, ca. 1930]	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N4, N5
Billy Spaulding	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 3
[Abe Martin Postcard addressed to Daisy Jenks from Alta] 1919	Manuscripts: Folder 10
[Beeson, Jenks, and Sherwood Families, ca. 1870–ca. 1930]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A19–A25

Series 2: Photographs Attributed to Cecil Beeson

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
[Betsy Ross Flag, medallions laid-in] 1975	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A26
[Letter from Cecil Beeson concerning Betsy Ross Flag donation] 1975	Manuscripts: Folder 1
[Blackford County Museum (?); Bridge; Jennie Beeson (?)] 1967	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 4
[Blackford County Museum (?); Bridge; Jennie Beeson (?)] 1967	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A27–A29
[Cemeteries––Blackford County] 1963–1968	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 5
[Cemeteries––Blackford County] 1963–1968	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A30–A36
[Cemeteries––Blackford County––Elizabethtown, ca. 1963]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 6
[Cemeteries––Blackford County––Elizabethtown, ca. 1963]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A37, A38
[Cemeteries––Blackford County––Penrod Cemetery] 1963	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 7
[Cemeteries––Blackford County––Penrod Cemetery] William Montgomery, 1974	Color Photographs: Folder 1
[Cemeteries––Blackford County––Schmidt Cemetery] 1963	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 8
[Railway Accidents—Peru] 1963	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 9
[Railway Accidents—Peru] 1963	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A39
[Ships––U. S. S. Blackford, ca. 1945]	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 1
[Ships––U. S. S. Blackford, ca. 1945]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A40
[Views––Blackford County] 1934–1980	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 10
[Views––Blackford County] Storm Clouds, Wirth Godbury’s Home, 1981	Color Photographs: Folder 1
[Views––Blackford County] 1934–1972	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A41–A43B
[Views––Blackford County] 1934–1972	35 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A43a–A43b

Series 3: Blackford County––Subject Files

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
[Accidents, ca. 1967]	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A1LF
[Automobiles, ca. 1900–ca. 1920]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 11
[Letter referring to Automobile Photograph, ca. 1900–ca. 1920]	Manuscripts: Folder 2
[Baptisms, ca. 1930s]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 12
[Children, Boy in cowboy costume, ca. 1940]	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N6
[Children, Playing on swings, ca. 1950]	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A2LF
[Civil War Veterans, ca. 1890–1981]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 13
[Dwellings, ca. 1900–ca.1980]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 14
[Dwellings, ca. 1980]	Color Photographs: Folder 1
[Farms, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 15
[Farms, ca. 1950s]	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 2
[Farms––Hiram Smith Farm, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 16
[Farms––Renner Stock Farm, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 17
[Floods, 1913]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 18
[Industries––Dredging, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A44, A45
[Industries––Oil and Gas Industry, 1886–ca. 1905]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 19
[Industries––Oil and Gas Industry, 1886–ca. 1905]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A46–A51
[Industries––Unidentified Workers, ca. 1900]	OVA Photographs: Box 1, Folder 1
[Industries––Unidentified Wire Rolls, ca. 1967]	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A3LF
[Log Homes, ca. 1880]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 20
[Log Homes, ca. 1880]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A52
[Millgrove––Churches––Old M. E. Church, ca. 1930]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A53
[Mollie––Industries––Millgrove Glass Co. Ltd.] 1898	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 21
[Mollie––Industries––Millgrove Glass Co. Ltd.] 1898	OVA Photographs: Box 1, Folder 2
[Mollie––Industries––Millgrove Glass Co. Ltd.] 1898	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A54
[Montpelier––Businesses––Barber Shops] 1908	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 22
[Montpelier––Floods] 1913	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 23
[Montpelier––Floods] 1913	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A55–A57
[Montpelier––Floods] 1913	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A4LF, A5LF
[Montpelier––Organizations––Red Man’s Club, ca. 1920s]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 24
[Montpelier––Street Scenes] 1910	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 25
[Montpelier––Strikes––National Steel Casting Company] 1924	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 26
[Montpelier––Views––Salimonie River] ca. 1900	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A58, A59
[Montpelier––Waterworks] 1900	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A60
[Railroads, ca. 1901]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 27
[Revolutionary War Soldiers––Memorials, 1962–1967]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 28
[Revolutionary War Soldiers––Memorials, 1962–1967]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A61–A72e
[Roll––Street Scenes, ca. 1908; ca. 1960]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A73–A75
[Schoolchildren––Montpelier High School Basketball Team, ca. 1967]	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A6LF, A7LF
[Schoolchildren––Montpelier High School Football Team, ca. 1967]	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A8LF
[Schoolchildren––Washington Township School––Graduation] 1916	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 29
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Ridertown School] 1905	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 3
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Barr School] 1920	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 4
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Barr, Hughes, Jackson, Pleasantdale, Hoover, Goodboo, Licking, and Jackson Township Graduates] 1905–1920	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A76–A84
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Carney, Creek, Ervin, Cat-Tail, Hartford City High School] 1891–1904	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A85–A91
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Carter, William Reed;South Side (?), Grochenauer, Slater, Hartford City High School (?), ca. 1890–ca. 1930]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A92–A99
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School demolition, 1970]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 30
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Hartford and Blackford High Schools, Dildine School, ca. 1920–1970]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A100–A103
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Hartford and Blackford High Schools, Dildine School, ca. 1920–1970]	35 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A102–A103
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Millgrove School, ca. 1928]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 31
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Millgrove School, ca. 1928]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A104–A107
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Roberts School, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 32
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Southside School, ca. 1920]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 33
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Roberts School; Southside School; Montpelier High School, ca. 1920]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A108–A112
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Slater School, 1900]	OVA Photographs: Box 1, Folder 3
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Unidentified, ca. 1900]	OVA Photographs: Box 1, Folder 4–9
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Unidentified, ca. 1900]	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 5
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Unidentified, ca. 1900]	OVC Photographs: Folder 1
[Schools and Schoolchildren––Unidentified, ca. 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A113, A114
[Spanish-American War Soldiers, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 34
[Views, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 35
[Views, Car Outside Montpelier Post Office with sign “Indiana to Maine”, ca. 1910]	OVA Photographs: Box 1, Folder 10
[Views, ca. 1900–ca. 1978]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 36

Series 4: Hartford City––Subject Files

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
[Bands, ca. 1880–ca. 1890]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder
[Bands, ca. 1880–ca. 1890]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A115
[Businesses––B & J Texaco, ca. 1960]	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A9LF
[Businesses––Bars (Drinking Establishments), ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 38
[Businesses––Blacksmiths, ca. 1890]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 39
[Businesses––Campbell and Ervin (Dry Goods), ca. 1890–ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 40
[Businesses––Campbell and Ervin (Dry Goods), ca. 1890–ca. 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A116
[Businesses––Campbell and Ervin (Dry Goods), Receipts] 1887	Manuscripts: Folder 3
[Businesses––Cooley Building] 1892, ca. 1900	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A117, A118
[Businesses––Cream Station and Café at 111 Water Street, ca. 1908–ca. 1928]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder
[Businesses––Helmet Cream Station 111 Water Street, Café 202 S. Jefferson Street), ca. 1928]	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N7–N12
[Businesses––C. W. Hively Ice Cream and Confectionery, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 42
[Businesses––C. W. Hively Ice Cream and Confectionery, ca. 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A119–A121
[Businesses––Eli Hughes Feed Store, ca. 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A122
[Businesses––Excelsior Grocery, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 43
[Businesses––Excelsior Grocery, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A123
[Businesses––Franklin Insurance Company] 1975	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 44
[Businesses––Franklin Insurance Company] 1975	4 x 5 Black-and-White: Acetate Negatives: A10LF
Businesses––George L. Bonham Shoe Store] 1909	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A124
[Businesses––Handley’s Grocery, ca. 1890s]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 45
[Businesses––Harley Davidson Cycles, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A125
[Businesses––Hartford City Hotel, ca. 1920]	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 6
[Businesses––Hartford City Telegram] 1892	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 46
[Businesses––Hartford Theater (Interior), ca. 1948]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 47
[Businesses––Hubbard Shoe Store––Employees, ca. 1920s]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder48
[Businesses––J. A. Newbauer & Sons, ca. 1890s]	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 49
[Businesses––Joe’s Foods] 1980	Photographs: Box 1, Folder 50
[Businesses––Kepplinger Funeral Home, Memorial Cards for Ollie E. DuBois] 1967	Manuscripts: Folder 10
[Businesses––Krause and Caldwell] 1891	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A126
[Businesses––Mahorney Furniture Company] 1975	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 1
[Businesses––Model Laundry, ca. 1890]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 2
[Businesses––Monarch Flour and Feed Store, ca. 1890]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 3
[Businesses––Muncie Music Company, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 4
[Businesses––Sowers and Gough postcard (Photographic Supplies), ca. 1927]	Manuscripts: Folder 10
[Businesses––Tuttle Shoe Company, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 5
[Businesses––Van Cleve Building, ca. 1870]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 6
[Businesses––Van Cleve Building, ca. 1870]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A127
[Businesses––Waldo Nursing Home, ca. 1970]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 7
[Businesses––Weiler’s Store––Employees, ca. 1920]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 8
[Businesses––W. H. Gable Furniture Company, ca. 1885]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 9
[Businesses––W. H. Gable Furniture Company, ca. 1885]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A127a
[Businesses––Willman Lumber Company––Guests at Lake George, Local Carpenters] 1940–1956	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 10
[Carnivals, ca. 1909–ca. 1930] [Folder 1 of 2]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 11
[Carnivals, ca. 1960] [Folder 2 of 2]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 12
[Carnivals, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A128–129b
[Cemeteries, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 13
[Cemeteries] 1987	Manuscripts: Folder 10
[Churches––Grace United Methodist Church] 1975	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 14
[Churches––Grace United Methodist Church] 1975	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A130
[City Barn and Horses] ca. 1910	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 15
[City Hall] 1910	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A131
[Courthouses] 1890	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 16
[Courthouses] 1890, ca. 1977	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 7
[Courthouses, ca. 1890, ca. 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A132, A133
[Courthouses] 1865	5 x 7 Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A11LF
[Dwellings, ca. 1880–ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 17
[Dwellings, ca. 1970s]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 18
[Fire Departments, ca. 1954]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 19
[Industries––Glass––American Window Glass Company, ca. 1896]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 20
[Industries––Glass––Johnston Glass Works, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 21
[Industries––Glass––Johnston Glass Works, ca. 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A134
[Industries––Glass––Johnston Glass Works, Two Pamphlets, ca. 1900]	Manuscripts: Folder 10
[Industries––Glass––Sneath Glass Works, ca. 1890]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 22
[Industries––Glass––Sneath Glass Works, Employees] July 16, 1929	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 8
[Industries––Glass––Sneath Glass Works, Employees] July 17, 1929	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 9
[Industries––Glass––Sneath Glass Works, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A135–A137
[Industries––Glass––Sneath Glass Works, Pamplet for Glass Kitchen Accessories, ca. 1910]	Manuscripts: Folder 10
[Industries––Paper Mills––Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper Mill] 1908–1921	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 23
[Industries––Paper Mills––Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper Mill, Letter from Billy E. Stick] 1974	Manuscripts: Folder 4
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill, ca.1910]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 24
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill] Employees, ca. 1894	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 10
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill] Employees, July 15, 1929	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 11
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill] Employees, July 16, 1929	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 12
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill] Employees, July 16, 1929	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 13
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill] Employees, July 16, 1929	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 14
[Industries––Paper Mills––Hartford City Paper Mill, Newspaper Clipping, 1944]	OVC Photographs: Folder 2
[Interurbans] 1907–1910	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 25
[Interurbans] 1907–1910	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A138–A140
[Interurbans] 1907–1910	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N13–N15
[Interurbans] 1907–1910	4 x 5 Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A12LF
[Lawyers] 1899	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 26
[Organizations––Ku Klux Klan] 1924	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 27
[Organizations––Ku Klux Klan] 1924	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A141
[Organizations––Knights of Columbus] 1912	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 28
[Parades, ca. 1907–ca. 1915] [Folder 1 of 2]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 29
[Parades, ca. 1907–ca. 1915] [Folder 2 of 2]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 30
[Parades, ca. 1907–ca. 1915]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A142, A142a
[Political Campaigns, Sign Advertising Rally for William Jennings Bryan] [Annotation from envelope “About 9,000 people attended this rally. He passed thru [sic] here and spoke from train.” 1900]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A143
[Postal Workers, ca. 1935–ca. 1940]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 31
[Railroads, ca. 1907–ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 32
[Railroads, ca. 1907–ca. 1910]	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 15
[Railroad Stations, ca. 1920]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 33
[Railroad Stations, Pennsylvania Railroad, ca. 1928]	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N16
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School] 1914	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 34
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School] 1914	OVA Photographs: Box 2, Folder 1
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School––Basketball Team] 1914	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 35
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School––Basketball Team] 1913	8 x 10 Glass Plate Negatives: G1, G2
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School––Football Team] 1897	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 36
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School––Graduation and Prom, ca. 1967]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 37
[Schoolchildren––Hartford City High School––Graduation and Prom, ca. 1967]	4 x 5 Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A13LF
[Schoolchildren––North Ward School, ca. 1956]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 38
[Schoolchildren––Unidentified Elementary Schools, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 39
[Schoolchildren––Unidentified Elementary Schools, Dea McCready, teacher, Chet Brandt at her side, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A144
[Schoolchildren––Unidentified Elementary Schools––Graduating Class] 1895	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 40
[Schoolchildren––Unidentified Elementary Schools––Graduating Class] 1900	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 16
[Schoolchildren––William Reed School] Minnie McFerren teacher [ca. 1956]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 41
[Schoolchildren and Teachers––William Reed School, ca. 1900–ca. 1930s]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 42
[Schoolchildren and Teachers––William Reed School, ca. 1900–ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A145
[Schoolchildren and Teachers––William Reed School] Hartford City News Times, letter praising teacher Mrs. Dorton, 1961	4 x 5 Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A14LF
[Schools––Hartford City High School––Demolition] 1970	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 43
[Schools––North Ward School, ca. 1910]	Photographs: Box 2, Folder 44
[Schools––North Ward School, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A145a
[Street Scenes, ca. 1870s] [Folder 1 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 1
[Street Scenes, ca. 1870s]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A146
[Street Scenes, ca. 1880s] [Folder 2 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 2
[Street Scenes, ca. 1880s]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A147–A148
[Street Scenes, 1890s] [Folder 3 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 3
[Street Scenes, 1890s]	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 17–18
[Street Scenes, ca. 1900–ca. 1910] [Folder 4 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 4
[Street Scenes, ca. 1910–ca. 1920] [Folder 5 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 5
[Street Scenes, ca. 1910]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A149
[Street Scenes, 1910–1920] [Folder 6 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 6
[Street Scenes, Postcards, ca. 1910–ca. 1920] [Folder 7 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 7
[Street Scenes, ca. 1920s–1940s] [Folder 8 of 8]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 8
[Street Scenes, Hartford City, Aerial View] 1978	OVC Photographs: Folder 3
[Switchboard Operators] 1915	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 9
[Switchboard Operators] 1915	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A150–A151
[Traffic Accidents––Stroup’s Garage] 1947	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 10
[United Brethren Church––Dedication] 1926	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 11

Series 5: Indiana Counties––Subject Files

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
[Allen County––Fort Wayne––Taylor University Medical School, ca. 1890]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A152
[Delaware County––Eaton––Floods] 1913	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 12
[Delaware County––Eaton––Memorials] 1981	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 13
[Delaware County––Eaton––Memorials] 1981	Color Photographs: Folder 1
[Delaware County––Eaton––Memorials] 1981	Manuscripts: Folder 5
[Delaware County––Muncie––Floods] 1913	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 14
[Delaware County––Muncie––Interurbans, ca. 1913]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 15
[Delaware County––Muncie––Interurbans, ca. 1913]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A153
[Delaware County––Muncie––Unidentified Portraits, ca. 1920]	OVA Photographs: Box 2, Folder 2
[Franklin County––Blooming Grove––Churches, ca. 1935]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A154
[Franklin County––Blooming Grove––Churches, ca. 1935]	120 mm Black-and-White Nitrate Negatives: N17–N19
[Franklin County––Blooming Grove––McKindrie Cemetery] 1964	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A155–A156
[Grant County––Marion––Businesses––Service Barber Shop, ca. 1971]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 16
[Grant County––Marion––Floods] 1913	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 17
[Grant County––Marion––Lynching] 1930	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A157
[Grant County––Marion––Unidentified Portraits, ca. 1880–1900]	OVA Photographs: Box 2, Folder 3
[Indiana Counties––Unidentified Portraits, ca. 1880–1900]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 18
[Jay County––Balbec––Log Home] 1987	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 19
[Jay County—Dunkirk—Hart Glass Co.]	OVC Photographs: Folder 4
[Jay County––Portland––Street Scenes] 1858	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 20
[Jefferson County––Madison––Buildings, ca. 1970]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A158
[Knox County––Vincennes––Fort Sackville, ca. 1850]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A159
[Miami County––Peru––Floods] 1913	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 21
[Vermilion County––Dana––Memorials––Ernie Pyle, ca. 1950]	5 x 6 Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A15LF
[Wabash County––Kingsland––Interurban Accidents] 1910	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 22
[Wabash County––Kingsland––Interurban Accidents] 1910	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A160–A161
[Wabash County––Kingsland––Interurban Accidents] 1910	5 x 6 Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A16LF
[Wabash County––Wabash––Floods] 1913	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 23
[Wabash County––Wabash––Portraits––Jack Higgins] 1925	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A161a
[Wabash County––Wabash––Utilities, ca. 1886]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A161b
[Wells County––Dunkirk, Street paving] 1893	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 24
[Wells County––Dunkirk, Group portrait of women in white] 1893	OVB Photographs: Box 1, Folder 19
[Wells County––Keystone––Dee Wees Family, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 25

Series 6: Blackford County and Hartford City––Portraits

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
[Bantz Family, ca. 1910–ca. 1920s]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 26
[Bantz Family, ca. 1910–ca. 1920s]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A162–A168
[Cecil Beeson, ca. 1966–ca. 1986]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 27
[Cecil Beeson] 1986	Color Photographs: Folder 1
[Cecil Beeson] 198?	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A169
[Cecil Beeson] County Historian Proclamation 1986	Manuscripts: Folder 6
[Isaac Newton Blackford, ca. 1870]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 28
[Isaac Newton Blackford, ca. 1870]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A170
[C. I. Brickley Family, ca. 1920]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 29
Charley Carval & Dog, East Conger	Color Photographs: Folder 1
[Cronin Family, ca. 1870–1978]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 30
[Cronin Family, ca. 1870]	OVA Photographs: Box 2, Folder 4
[Frederick Harold Culbertson, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 31
[Bertha and Ida Dale, ca. 1940]	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A171
[Emshwiller Family, ca. 1900]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 32
[Futrell Family] ca. 1890s	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 33
[Futrell Family] ca. 1920	120 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A172
[Futrell Family–Genealogy] 1973	Manuscripts: Folder 7
[Gove (?) Family, ca.1880–ca. 1940]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 34
[Hartford City High School Graduating Class of 1922] 1972	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 35
[Honey Family, ca. 1942]	Photographs: Box 3, Folder 36
[Honey Family, ca. 1942]	35 mm Black-and-White Acetate Negatives: A173–A180
[Identified Portraits––Ayres to Turner, ca.1880–ca. 1980]	Photographs: Box 4, Folder 1
[Identified Portraits––Ayres to