History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland counties, Indiana. From their earliest settlement. Containing a history of the counties; their cities, townships, towns, villages, schools, and churches; ... biographies; preliminary chapters on the history...
A hand-written poem with no title. Dated 1888 and signed by James Whitcomb Riley. A hat illustration at top of page. A poem about not being happy about not having an umbrella when it is raining and happy to not have an umbrella when the sun is...
Handwritten letter. Riley is refusing to autograph the fly-leaves of his new book. He suggests instead that he send pictures with his written autograph to include with the books. He also offers to autograph other suitable papers if this way is...
Handwritten letter to Carey informing of Mr. Riley's date of arrival. He will be appear at Madison Square Gardens Concert Hall and has complimentary tickets.
Handwritten response from James Whitcomb Riley to unknown correspondent. Unknown correspondent requested Riley send a Thanksgiving poem, but Riley responds by saying he does not have one. He does, however, have another poem he could send...
A typed letter from Edmund H. Eitel on James Whitcomb Riley letterhead written to Lucius Lybrand. He is returning Lybrand's letter and two dollar fee for an autograph, as Riley is no longer physically able to give one. However, he is enclosing a...
Handwritten comments by Will N. Harben on printed form soliciting personal comments about James W. Riley for inclusion in special Riley issue of The Writer.
Newspaper reproduction of the original manuscript of a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, "Old Man and Jim," possibly a newspaper clipping. The manuscript copy shows how Riley changed the original name of the poem. Handwritten date of October 7, 1935.
Newspaper clipping from the December 30, 1967 issue of Tipton Tribune. An eighty year old, Mr. Ray Nash, remembers seeing an appearance of James Whitcomb Riley back in 1903. This appearance is confirmed by an Elwood librarian.
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...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Vawter, Will, 1871-1941
Photocopy of a newspaper article clipping from the Greenfield Daily Reporter. Article discusses Will Vawter's marriages and lists his death as February 11, 1941 and states that he was buried in Park Cemetery. Vawter contributed illustrations for...
Legislative journals--Indiana--Periodicals; Indiana--Politics and government--Periodicals; Indiana General Assembly
The Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington received an LSTA Grant to scan, markup, and make available the Brevier Legislative Reports. The Reports are a transcription of the proceedings of the Indiana General Assembly from the...
An article written by Louis Wann. This is a typed copy of the article featured in the Wisconsin Literary Magazine, October, 1916. The article is about James Whitcomb Riley. Narration of story told by father-in-law, Charles E. Neff, of Warsaw, IN.
Typewritten comments by Alice French (Octave Thanet) on printed form soliciting personal comments about James W. Riley for inclusion in special issue of The Writer.
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping from the Greenfield Daily Reporter dated Saturday, October 31, 1970. This article talks about James Whitcomb Riley's childhood mentors and how they played a role in his education.
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937
Newspaper clipping from the Friday, November 8, 1929 issue of Indianapolis News. The article is about how Harry S. New, owner of Indianapolis Journal, deposited material about James Whitcomb Riley into the Library of Congress. Some of the material...
