History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Hunter, David Eckley (1834 - 1892); Education -- Indiana -- Monroe County; Teachers -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Personal Diary of D.E. Hunter. Provides a daily record of his life as a teacher in Ellettsville. Included is his trial and acquittal for the excessive whipping of two students.
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; McCalla, Elizabeth Wylie (1821 - 1900); Wylie Family -- Correspondence; Women -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Writes about coming down to Bloomington to take care of Redick and how John McCalla is boarding with his sister. Lists people in the house. Mentions the hired man - named Sam - who is a deserter from the Rebel army. Discusses Jane�s health.
Letters of recommendation; Teaching; Correspondence
This item is part of a larger collection of items from the Elam B. Guernsey Family Collection. Mary Lewis of Seymour, Indiana writes to Mr. Guernsey of Henryville, Indiana on 21 October 1869. She asked him to write a letter of recommendation about...
Jennie Duncan (1855-1933) was for many years a teacher in the Madison city schools. She was born in Madison to David and Jean Duncan. Miss Duncan began her long teaching career in the little stone school building on North Walnut Street. She...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Korean War, 1950-1953--United States; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Sheppard Air Force Base (Tex.); Military training--Air Craft and Engine Mechanics; Correspondence
Fritz is stationed at Sheppard Air Force base in Texas where he is an instructor in the Air Craft and Engine Mechanics department. He enjoys teaching and recalls an experience of instructing a group of Turkish students. He wants to know where Bill...
The McGee Family Letters consists of three letters written to the McGee family in Charlestown, Indiana in 1822, 1831, and 1832. Transcriptions of the letters are provided. Misspellings were not corrected.
Correspondence; Military service; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Postal service; Correspondence; Teaching; 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...
Lide White (1870-1967) was the daughter of Alexander and Jean Rankin White and was the youngest of ten children. She graduated from Madison High School in 1888 and began teaching the following year at Upper Clifty School. A few years later she...
Charlotte (Lottie) Caplinger was born in March of 1870 in Jefferson County, Indiana to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Pritchard. She was educated in the Jefferson County School system. She married Walter R. Caplinger on June 3, 1890. Mrs. Caplinger was a...
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Name It! & Take It!; Limestone Industry; Quarries and quarrying
