A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, writing of her trip to Lafayette to get her teeth fixed. While there, she was told that the Lafayette Journal reprinted the NY Times article about Milroy's retreat from Winchester. She went to the paper and...
Typewritten article by Henry Van Dyke that appeared in Book News Monthly, March 1907, Volume 25, Number 7. Van Dyke describes the person, James Whitcomb Riley in this six page paper.
Handwritten poem by James Whitcomb Riley entitled, Give Back the Dreams. The back side of the paper is a drawing of the title, Give Back The Dreams That I Have Known forming a figure eight. Signed and dated by James Whitcomb Riley Nov. 28, 1876
Librarian, J. Christian Bay, of The John Crerar Library in Chicago cames across an original manuscript of James Whitcomb Riley's poem, The Old Man and Jim. He took it upon himself to make photostats of the manuscript and send copies to the...
Color snapshots of fifth and sixth grade students on the steps of the Monroe Township Consolidated School, Spring 1964. Students identified on a sheet of paper as: [1st row, front] David Ellenwood, Keith Nettrouer, Doug Beery, unidentified, Larry...
On March 28, 1896 at St. Louis, a great, black cloud loomed menacingly over the city. The "City of Monroe" chanced to be moored at the Anchor Line wharf-boat, ready to start on her regular trip to New Orleans. She was heavily laden with freight...
Gene had written a story and sent it to Metropolitan Magazine. Perriton Maxwell asked that a similar story be written with illustrations for the Christmas issue. This letter arrived with less than 24 hours to meet the deadline. "By four o'clock I...
This elderly gentleman is reading the Sault Ste. Marie News paper in a rather rustic setting. His white beard does not detract from the sharpness of his eyes. His hands show interesting discoloration. We have not found any of Gene's writing...
Reporting on the closing meeting of June 27, the ladies decided to continue to meet through the summer without formal programming. On July 5th, a special called meeting voted for officers who would then arrange the program of the year's work...
In September, 1937, the City Council agreed to buy the former Trow's Perfection Flour Mill building which had been damaged by the 1937 flood. The original plan, pushed by local businessmen, was to lease the building to a business concern from...
Willkie, Wendell L. ; Presidential elections; Homes & haunts;
Elwood's Wendell Willkie is the only native born Hoosier to be a major party candidate for President. Willkie grew up in this house at the northwest corner of North A and 19th Streets in Elwood.
