Hoosier Courthouses
Collection, 1963–1966

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Janet Schmidt and Dorothy A. Nicholson
February 2008

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: 1 document case Visual Materials: 1 folder of photographs, 7 negatives
COLLECTION DATES:	1963–1966
PROVENANCE:	National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana, 1968
RESTRICTIONS:	Negatives may be viewed with the assistance of library 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:	Edward J. Vadas Collection (M0952)
ACCESSION NUMBER:	1968.0046
NOTES:

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Indiana assists with projects to preserve historic sites throughout the state. In 1963 the organization sent a form letter to each of the ninety-two County Clerks asking for information on their respective courthouse. Some responded and others sent the requests on to local historical societies for answers. The completed forms were returned and the essays in this collection were written with information from those responses.

Sources:

Materials in the collection

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America website: http://www.nscda.org/

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection contains an unpublished typed history titled Indiana Courthouses. The essays are for the courthouses for the counties of Harrison, Marion, Wayne, Ripley, Switzerland, Jefferson, Decatur, Orange, and Posey and are accompanied by copy photographs. The essays were researched and written by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana.

Series 1 Questionnaires and Research Notes: Included here are the typed questionnaires sent by Mrs. Robert S. (Wolcott) Telfer of Bloomington, Indiana under the auspices of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana. Besides the questionnaires there are loose notes on the courthouses.

Series 2 Hoosier Courthouses: contains the typed script, copy photographs, negatives, and binder that the materials were originally stored in.

The photographs appear to be copy prints from different unknown sources. Each courthouse photograph is identified in handwriting on the verso. The typed essays and photographs were originally stored in a plastic binder. These papers and photographs have been removed and stored separately for preservation purposes. The binder is stored in the manuscript box.

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Questionnaires and Research notes, 1963, n.d.

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Questionnaires: Adams to Dubois County	Box 1, Folder 1
Questionnaires: Elkhart to Hendricks County	Box 1, Folder 2
Questionnaires: Henry to Lawrence County	Box 1, Folder 3
Questionnaires: Madison to Owen County	Box 1, Folder 4
Questionnaires: Park to Rush County	Box 1, Folder 5
Questionnaires: St. Joseph to Tipton County	Box 1, Folder 6
Questionnaires: Union to Whitley County	Box 1, Folder 7
Typed Research Notes: Counties A–H	Box 1, Folder 8
Typed Research Notes: Counties I–W	Box 1, Folder 9

Series 2: Hoosier Courthouses, 1966

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Hoosier Courthouses, Table of Contents and Foreword	Box 1, Folder 10
Harrison County	Box 1, Folder 11
Marion County	Box 1, Folder 12
Wayne County	Box 1, Folder 13
Ripley County	Box 1, Folder 14
Switzerland County	Box 1, Folder 15
Jefferson County	Box 1, Folder 16
Decatur County	Box 1, Folder 17
Orange County	Box 1, Folder 18
Posey County	Box 1, Folder 19
Copy Photographs: Constitutional Elm, Corydon, Harrison County First Harrison County Courthouse and First Capitol Park Second Marion County Courthouse, 1960 Marion County Courthouse Fourth Wayne County Courthouse Ripley County Courthouse Switzerland County Courthouse Fourth Jefferson County Courthouse Orange County Courthouse Posey County Courthouse	Photographs: Folder 1
Copy Negatives for Photographs of : Orange County [2 negatives] Posey County Ripley County Switzerland County	5x7 Acetate Negatives: Negatives [1–4]
Copy Negatives for Photographs of : Jefferson County Wayne County	8x10 Acetate Negatives: Negatives [5–6]
Empty Notebook with title: Hoosier Courthouses The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana 1966	Box 1, Folder 20

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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Collection #

M 0954