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Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877. Autographs of members of the General Assembly, of Indiana, for the winter session of 1861, together with other distinguished gentlemen.

Title: Autographs of members of the General Assembly, of Indiana, for the winter session of 1861, together with other distinguished gentlemen.

ArchivalResource: 107 p., [8] leaves, bound ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/756658456 View

Indiana History mss, 1725-1973

Title: Indiana History mss, 1725-1973.

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of sources, relating to Indiana. Includes correspondence, diaries, minutes, financial records, memoirs, articles about specific areas of the state, and legal documents. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 594 items.

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA1332 View

Autograph File, M

Title: Autograph File, M

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 linear feet (21 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01436/catalog View

Denny, Mary Adaline, 1849-. [Essay], 1977.

Title: [Essay], 1977.

This collection contains a typescript history of the Knights of the Golden Circle entitled: "How the capture of Indianapolis by the Knights of the Golden Circle, Aug. 16, 1864, during the Civil War was prevented" dated 1924. Gives details of the Battle of Pogue's Run in which Robert Denny spoils the plan of the Knights to capture Indianapolis and release the prisoners at Camp Morton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247134839 View

Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877. Oliver P. Morton papers, 1850-1909.

Title: Oliver P. Morton papers, 1850-1909.

This collection consist primarily of correspondence and papers from Morton's Senatorial career with an emphasis on the1876 presidential election and Louisiana politics in 1873 and 1874. There is also family correspondence, financial papers, speeches and notes on Republican politics, the Civil War, secession, and Reconstruction. Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax, Henry W. Halleck, Andrew Johnson, Henry S. Lane, Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Joaquin Miller, William H. Seward, Caleb B. Smith, Edwin M. Stanton, Lew Wallace, and Richard Yates.

ArchivalResource: 6 mss. boxes, 3 ov. folders, 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247223876 View

Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877. Letter : Indianapolis, to Henry Wager Halleck, Washington, D.C., 1863 Jan. 2.

Title: Letter : Indianapolis, to Henry Wager Halleck, Washington, D.C., 1863 Jan. 2.

Autograph letter signed. Praises Colonel Carrington for the prompt and energetic manner in which he prepared Indiana regiments for battle. Also includes an unsigned endorsement.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81313804 View

Ray, James M. (James Mitchell), 1800-1881. Letter : Indianapolis, to Abraham Lincoln, n.p., 1863 June 1.

Title: Letter : Indianapolis, to Abraham Lincoln, n.p., 1863 June 1.

Autograph letter signed. Recommends Reverend Samuel S. Potter for a position as hospital chaplain. Also includes the signatures of other prominent men from Indiana.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80445264 View

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901. Papers, 1853-1940.

Title: Papers, 1853-1940.

Chiefly letters written by Harrison, his first wife, Caroline Scott Harrison (1832-1892), and his second wife, Mary Lord Harrison (1858-1948). Includes letters from Harrison to his wife while he was serving as an officer in the Union Army in Tennessee and Georgia, and while he was president; letters (1895-1897) to Edward Bok concerning articles Harrison was writing for Ladies Home Journal on the nature of the federal government; letters to family members, including his cousin, Margaret Peltz, of St. Louis, Mo., and his son, Russell B. Harrison; Civil War military papers and correspondence; legal documents pertaining to the early years (1853-1866) of Harrison's law practice in Indianapolis, Ind.; and other letters relating to Indiana and national politics, Indianapolis, and family matters. Correspondents include Benjamin H. Brewster, Noble C. Butler, Person Colby Cheney, Schuyler Colfax, James A. Garfield, George W. Lasher, Louis T. Michener, Oliver P. Morton, Lazarus Noble, Godlove Orth, Robert S. Taylor, Richard W. Thompson, Harriet Taylor Upton, John Wanamaker, and William A. Woods.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122648391 View

Jordan, Gilmore, 1824-1897. McLaughlin-Jordan family papers, 1841-1915 (bulk 1841-1863).

Title: McLaughlin-Jordan family papers, 1841-1915 (bulk 1841-1863).

The collection consists of the family papers of the McLauglin and Jordon families of Marion County, Indinana, 1841-1915. Gilmore Jordan was an officer in the Army of Virginia, 3rd Infantry Regiment. John A. McLaughlin served in the 47th Indiana Volunteers. Henry B. McLaughlin enlisted in the 35th Alabama Infantry and was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, in 1863-64. Henry's sister, Susan McLaughlin Brown, appealed to Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton to have her brother released. The collection includes a letter of introduction from Morton to President Lincoln regarding Susan Brown, and an authorization from Lincoln to administer the oath to Henry B. McLaughlin. Other correspondence includes a letter from Henry at Johnson's Island, and John McLaughlin's description of the Seige of Vicksburg.

ArchivalResource: 8 folders, 2 artifacts.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28116483 View

Carrington Family papers, 1749-1929

Title: Carrington Family papers 1749-1929

The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a letterbook, maps, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and other items documenting his experiences as a student at Yale University, as a lawyer practicing in Ohio, and as a commanding officer for Union forces during the Civil War. Carrington's role in military campaigns and treaty negotiations with Indians of the American West is also documented. His design of Fort Philip Kearney, the site of a famous massacre, and treaty negotiations with the Flathead Indians of Montana are detailed in pamphlets, scrapbooks and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0130 View

Reconstruction Scrapbook, 1865-1880

Title: Reconstruction Scrapbook 1865-1880

The Reconstruction Scrapbook, 1865-1880, consists of clippings from newspapers and pamphlets of political speeches and commentary, spanning the entire Reconstruction period and the beginning of the Gilded Age and Progressive era.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/02159/02159-P.html View