A letter from Ella, telling her father about school and a recent concert. She also thanks him for the gifts he sent to the children. Mary writes that it is cold, and she pities the poor soldiers out in the elements. She hopes the war is over...
Newspaper clipping from the Thursday, October 29, 1970 issue of the Greenfield Daily Reporter. Article discusses how James Whitcomb Riley remembered everything and his early education. Riley's father was one of two people who built Greenfield's...
Handwritten letter from James Whitcomb Riley to Lucious Lybrand, responding to Lybrand's request for Riley to appear in a public engagement. Riley, recovering from health issues, is not able to honor the request at this time. Letter is dated...
A play portraying a Civil War Reenactment featuring Colonel Benton and Captain Reuben Riley, father of James Whitcomb Riley. The play was enacted by members of the Society of Indiana Pioneers at Brandywine Park, Greenfield, Indiana. May 25, 1940.
Photograph of the 1921-22 basketball team for the Jasper College in Jasper, IN. Back row (left to right): A. Miller, A. Burger, Father Amelian, C. Osborne, F. Sahakian. Front row: O. Wiseman, A. Barth, L. Wiseman. Keywords: basketball, basketball...
Photograph of the 1921-22 baseball team for the Jasper College in Jasper, IN. Back row (from left to right): A. Barth, O. Wiseman, Father Amelian, B. Henderson. Middle row: A. Burger, A. Volz, F. Sahakian, L. Wiseman. Front row: O'Donald, D. Jones,...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Big bands; Publicity photographs;
Don Redman, born in 1900, was an American jazz musician, arranger, and composer. His father was a music teacher and his mother was a singer. He began playing the trumpet at 3 and joined his first band at 6. By age 12 he was proficient on all wind...
Steamboats; Riverboats; "Cape Girardeau"; Greene Line
This boat was built in Jeffersonville, Indiana and was originally called "Cape Girardeau". She was acquired by the Greene Line in 1935 and became their family boat with Captain Thomas R. Greene in command. His mother was usually on board with his...
The letter begins unusually formal in tone as Gene supplies biographical information about herself and the status of her last book. She then expresses condolences to Alice on the death of her father. (Alice was a second cousin to husband Charles...
Pictured on the left is Grover Salb, the father of Dr. J.P. Salb. Pictured on the right is Robert G. Hochgesang, father of Alice (Hochgesang) Noblitt. Taken on East Sixth St., Jasper, IN. The car is a 1909 Hupmobile 20 Roadster. Keywords: car, men,...
V-mail; Correspondence; Births; Father and infant; Families of military personnel; Australia--Description and travel
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
