Collection #

M 0954

 

 

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 (M 0952)

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

1968.0046

NOTES:

 

historiCAL SKETCH

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The collection contains an unpublished typed history titled Indiana Courthouses.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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