Processed by
Pamela Tranfield
4 December 1996
Revised by Dorothy Nicholson
20 November 2003
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
One folder of photographs |
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COLLECTION |
1900 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Ralph E. Hill, Kenmore, New York, 1987 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Held by the Indiana Historical Society |
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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 |
None |
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RELATED |
None |
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ACCESSION |
1987.0185 |
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NOTES: |
The Methodist Church founded the Valparaiso Male and Female College at the present site of Valparaiso University in 1859. The institution became the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College in 1873, and Valparaiso College in 1900. Corboy Hall appears to be a residence or rooming house for students.
At least 2,000 students were enrolled at Valparaiso College in 1900. Lembke Hall housed male students on the college campus, and women students stayed at Altruria Hall. Other students lived in rooming houses in town. Corboy Hall may have been named for the Corboy family of Valparaiso. S. P. Corboy taught in the Phonographic Department of Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College in 1885, and the Corboy family name appears in the 1907 city directory.
Sources:
Bumstead’s Valparaiso City and Porter County Business Directory. Chicago: Bumstead, 1907.
Strietelmeir, John. Valparaiso’s First Century. Valparaiso: University of Valparaiso, 1959.
Valparaiso City Directory of the Institutions, Manufacturers, Enterprises and Business Houses of Valparaiso, Indiana. Valparaiso: Vidette Publishing House Printers, 1885.
The collection contains eleven photographs made in Valparaiso, Indiana, and one photograph made in Silver Creek, New York. Eight photographs are snapshots, possibly made by a student at the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College, or Valparaiso College, in 1900. The images include young men boating and swimming on Sagers Lake, and a view of the lake. Two snapshots show the interior of a room at Corboy Hall. Three group portraits of students in front of Corboy Hall include a young man, D. D. Hill. He is the only individual identified in the portraits. A fourth portrait of students includes the annotation “The Corboy Hall Gang” and a stamp “D. D. Hill, Angola New York.” The snapshot made in Silver Springs, New York, shows three cats sleeping in the winter sun on the steps of the John Johnt residence.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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“A room in Corboy Hall, 1900 Valparaiso,
Ind.” |
Folder 1 |
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Shoot the Chutes on Sagers Lake, 1900 [2 views] |
Folder 1 |
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“N. P. R. R. Grade 1900 Valparaiso,
Ind.” |
Folder 1 |
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“Boating on Sagers Lake 1900 Valparaiso,
Ind.” |
Folder 1 |
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[Group of men and women on front steps] “The Gang at Corboy Hall Valparaiso, Ind.” “D.D. Hill, Angola, N.Y.” |
Folder 1 |
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[Group of men under tree] “Corboy hall Valparaiso Ind. 1900,” “D.D. Hill, 1900” [identified on front] |
Folder 1 |
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[Group of men under tree] “Green” “D.D. Hill 1900” [identified on front] |
Folder 1 |
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[Group of men and women on front steps] “Corboy Hall Valparaison, Ind. July 26, 1900” “D.D. Hill 1900” [identified on front] |
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