Processed by
Pamela J. Heath
20 February 2002
Revised
19 April 2002
Manuscript Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 manuscript box and 1 oversize folder; 1 reel of microfilm |
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COLLECTION |
1859–1920 |
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PROVENANCE: |
1972.0019 (all except photocopied diaries and notes in
Folder 1): Julia Tutewiler Taylor. |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
1972.0019, 1977.0310 |
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NOTES: |
The photocopied diaries and quartermaster notes (1977.0310) were formerly SC 1475. |
Henry Wesley Tutewiler was born in his family’s home on Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 9 January 1842, and remained an Indianapolis resident throughout his life. Tutewiler received an education at Northwestern Christian University, now known as Butler University. On 15 August 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 17th Indiana Regiment, where he served as clerk to Col. (later Brigadier General) John T. Wilder, whose letters to Tutewiler after the Civil War are a part of this collection. On 15 April 1864, Tutewiler was promoted to Regiment Quartermaster Sergeant. Later that year, Tutewiler received an officer’s commission and the rank of first lieutenant.
During the war, Tutewiler wrote to family, friends, and his fiancée, Louisa M. Dunn, who became Mrs. Henry W. Tutewiler on 21 June 1866. The couple lived at 1406 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, where a son, Harry D. Tutewiler, and a daughter, Louisa K. Tutewiler, were born.
Henry W. Tutewiler first went into business in Indianapolis with his two brothers, who had already established a stove and tinware company before the end of the war. Tutewiler remained there until 1872 when he was elected City Treasurer of Indianapolis. At the end of his term in 1876, Tutewiler opened a shoe store, Boot Upside Down. By 1885, Tutewiler sold all his businesses and became an undertaker operating from various West Market Street locations. His son Harry would later join him in this venture and they became known as Tutewiler and Son, Undertakers and Funeral Directors.
Tutewiler was an active member of Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also a 32nd degree Mason of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
Sources in the collection indicate Henry W. Tutewiler died in 1920.
Sources:
Materials in collection.
Dunn, Jacob P. Greater Indianapolis: The History, the Industries, the Institutions, and the People of a City of Homes, vol. 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1910. rr F 534.I55
Who Was Who in America 1607-1896, New York: A.N. Marquis Company, 1967. rr E 176.W64. Information on possible ancestors of Henry W. Tutewiler.
Report of W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana. Vol. 2, Indianapolis: W.R. Holloway, 1865. rrE506.2.I39
This collection is comprised of Tutewiler (also spelled Tutwiler in earlier documents) family papers ranging from 1859-1920. Letters during the Civil War between Henry W. Tutewiler and his family, including his fiancée Louisa M. Dunn, provide information regarding the front lines of battle and troop movement as well as the home front in Indianapolis. Tutewiler kept a personal journal beginning in 1859 and ending in July 1864, a photocopy of which is in this collection. The collection is rich with receipts, notes, and various types of transactions and business records from Tutewiler’s professional endeavors.
Folder 1–7 contain papers created by Henry W. Tutewiler, including his Civil War diaries and notes (photocopies; formerly SC 1475), Civil War letters, discharge paper, business papers (1863–1917), a speech, and a letter from Tutewiler to his daughter, 1901.
Folders 8–10 contain correspondence written to Tutewiler from his wife, Louisa M. Dunn, parents, and associates. Folder 11 contains typescripts of two Tutewiler ancestral property deeds (1809 and 1825).
Folders 12–14 contain materials collected by Henry Tutewiler: patriotic songs and sheet music, an anonymous letter of patriotic sentiment (c. 1864), and songs written by Tutewiler’s son, Harry D. Tutewiler.
Also in this collection are political editorials, patriotic songs, poetry, and sheet music of the day as kept in a scrapbook by Henry W. Tutewiler, which are located in OM 0394.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Henry W. Tutewiler Civil War diaries and notes, 1859–64 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Henry W. Tutewiler discharge (due to promotion) paper, 1864 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Henry W. Tutewiler Civil War correspondence, 1865 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Henry W. Tutewiler business papers, notes, receipts, 1863–1917 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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“Funeral Management,” typescript speech by Henry W. Tutewiler, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Henry W. Tutewiler letter to Louisa K. Tutewiler, 1901 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Property Deeds, 1877 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Louisa M. Dunn Civil War correspondence, 1864 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Civil War correspondence from Henry W. Tutewiler’s parents, 1864–65 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Post-Civil War correspondence from Tutewiler’s friends, 1865–1916 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Tutewiler ancestral deeds, 1809–25 (typescript copies made ca. 1900) |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Printed songs and sheet music collected by Henry W. Tutewiler |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Anonymous letter of patriotic sentiment, ca. 1864 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Printed songs by Harry D. Tutewiler, early 20th century |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Scrapbook pages containing patriotic songs, poems, and editorials pertaining to Civil War issues and the politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
OM 0394, Folder 1 |
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Microfilm of collection |
F 1667 |
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