A photograph of Civil War veterans. The names were numberered to correspond with the numbers on the front, but water damage and tearing obscured many names. Here is the list of legible names: 1. Jackson 2. William Jones 3. Waddle 4. (blank) 5....
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; Wylie, Jane Melheme (Jen) (1836 - 1865); Wylie Family -- Correspondence; Women -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Jane expresses frustration with letters unanswered, the war, and the longing for peace. She relays witnessing marching soldiers and discusses the Presbyterian and Episcopal churches, incl. Professor Ballentine. Uses the word "secesh" when speaking...
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History.; Monroe County (Ind.) -- Church history.; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church -- Indiana -- Bloomington.; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Bloomington, Ind.) -- History.; Church records and registers --...
One boy wearing beret and large bow at neck second boy in beret, knickers and satin cape holding a flag in front of his chest.
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History.; Monroe County (Ind.) -- Church history.; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church -- Indiana -- Bloomington.; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Bloomington, Ind.) -- History.; Church records and registers --...
Girls standing in front of house with a long white dress with a flag bodice and a bonnet. She is standing with her hand over her heart.
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Fox Family; Clear Creek (Ind.); Strikes and lockouts--Limestone industry--Indiana; National Quarry
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Fox Family; Sylvester Family; McMillen's Mill; Deckard Family; Carter, Ralph B., d. 1918
According to library historical files, the original location was occupied by the market house located on the square which was on lots 69, 70 and 71 which had been laid aside for a courthouse, jail and public market place. The lots were sold to the...
Back row from left to right: Charles Dufendach, John Worman, Clint Feltner, Otis Alvey, Guy Dearing, Ben Hoffhaus, Norm Dufendach. Middle row from left to right: Henry Warnsman, Ed Helmerick, Pat Epple, Dave Dufendach, Bill Mundy. Front row from...
A photograph of Janet Barth (right) and a helper working to organize the new Ferdinand Branch Library in Ferdinand, IN, prior to its opening. Keywords: women, library, librarian, telephone, American flag, desk, typewriter.
A reproduction of a photograph of telephone workers in Huntingburg, IN. The woman marked with a fuchsia dot is Gertie Murphy. Other names listed but not identified are: Alice Niehaus, Johnson, and Burgdorf. Keywords: men, women, Christmas tree,...
Portrait of Anna Schuler Melchior (seated). Other family members unidentified. Anna Schuler Melchior was one of the women who sewed the flag used by the local regiment during the Civil War and which still exists at the Dubois County Museum....
A photograph of children in the city of Dubois, IN, possibly around Independence Day. The names of the three children on the right are known and are as follows (from right to left): Mary Ellen Poe, Roger Zehr, Richard Kreitzer. Keywords: American...
From left to right: Robert Hochgesang, Helen (Berger) Schaaf, Ambrose Berger, Bertha (Hochgesang) Berger, Agnes (Grosser) Hochgesang, Otto Schaaf. Taken at Belle Island in Detroit, MI. People pictured are from Jasper, IN. Keywords: American flag,...
Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865; Correspondence; Fortune telling; Love-letters; American Civil War, letters and diaries; Military life
Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...
