Collection #
SC 0870

JEFFERSON PROVING GROUND
HISTORICAL COLLECTION, 1941–1942

Collection information
Historical sketch
Scope and Content note
Folder listing
Cataloging information

Processed by
Charles Latham
4 November 1994
Updated 8 July 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: 8 folders

 COLLECTION DATES: 1941-1942

 PROVENANCE: Charles E. Heberhart, Madison IN, ca 1942

 RESTRICTIONS: None

 REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society

 ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

 OTHER FINDING AIDS: None

 RELATED HOLDINGS: M 0332, Jefferson Proving Ground Survival Committee; M 0440 Jefferson Proving Ground Records

 ACCESSION NUMBER: 00.0160

HISTORICAL SKETCH

In preparation for World War II, in order to provide live fire testing of ammunition, Jefferson Proving Ground was set up in southern Indiana. In 1939-1940 about sixty thousand acres of land were purchased in Ripley, Jennings, and Jefferson Counties. The facility opened in May 1941.

Efforts were made at the time to preserve the history of the affected area. This work was headed by Charles E. Heberhart, Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Working in cooperation with Christopher B. Coleman, Secretary of Indiana Historical Society, he gathered information, particularly about the churches and schools in the area. This information is the basis of this collection.

Source: Materials in collection

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection, filling eight folders, contains correspondence, draft historical accounts, and other records, from the years 1941-1942. It is arranged by category.

Folder 1 contains correspondence from Charles E. Heberhart to Christopher B. Coleman during the course of his researches. In Folders 2-3 is material about churches in the area of the Proving Ground; in Folders 4-5 is material about Monroe Township in Jefferson County, which was almost entirely absorbed by the Proving Ground. In Folder 6 is a general school history, and in Folder 7 material about individual schools. Folder 8 contains two JPG telephone directories.

FOLDER LISTING

FOLDER

1 Correspondence-- Charles e. Heberhart to Christopher B. Coleman

2 Churches I

3 Churches II

4 Monroe Township I

5 Monroe Township II

6 General school history

7 Individual schools

8 JPG telephone directories

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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