Processed by
Chris Harter
17 September 1997
Revised 3 July 2002
Updated 9 March 2004
Manuscripts 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 |
1 bound volume, 1 folder |
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COLLECTION |
1862–1936 (bulk 1882–1896) |
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PROVENANCE: |
Charles D. Conway, 18 Windy Hill Road, Metuchen, NJ 08840, 11 June 1997 |
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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 |
None |
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RELATED |
None |
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ACCESSION |
1997.0556 |
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NOTES: |
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Charles Benton Funkhouser (1849–1933) was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He moved to Indiana at an undetermined date. In 1882, he may have lived near Farmland, Indiana (Randolph Co.) before moving to Muncie (Delaware Co.). Funkhouser and his wife, Emma, (1862–1936) had two daughters, Lola (b. 1881) and Mabel (b. 1887). Emma’s maiden name was either Sheets or Rausch. Charles B. Funkhouser is buried in Springport, Indiana (Henry Co.).
Sources: Material in collection.
Collection accession file.
This collection consists of a ledger (ca. 1882–1896) kept by Charles Benton Funkhouser and materials that were laid in the ledger. The majority of the pages in the ledger are filled with a journal kept by Funkhouser. The journal entries are short (most are only one line), but they do cover every day of Funkhouser’s life from June 1, 1882 to December 30, 1896. The rest of the ledger is devoted to accounts owed to him. The ledger is stored as BV 3186.
Material (1862–1936, n.d.) that was laid in the ledger was placed in a folder (SC 2632) for conservation reasons. The material includes newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence, poems, and printed items. Many of the printed items and clippings (as well as later pages in the ledger) mention medical remedies. Also present are three Confederate bills, a $1 note from the Virginia treasury, and two notes from Richmond, Virginia.
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1. Go to the Indiana Historical Society's online catalog: http://157.91.92.2/
2. Click on the "Basic Search" icon.
3. Select "Call Number" from the "Search In:" box.
4. Search for the collection by its basic call number (in this case, SC 2632).
5. When you find the collection, go to the "Full Record" screen for a list of headings that can be searched for related materials.