This collection is primarily the correspondence and papers of G. Dunnington. Includes: a file on Private Barton Warren Mitchell with correspondence, biographical and genealogical materials on the Mitchell family; Indiana Civil War Centennial folder contains letters, resolutions, clippings, programs, postcards, handwritten notes, a Report of the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission; a collection of the Minutes of the Indiana Civil War Centennial organization (1/11/1960-5/27/1965); references of the Darr McCook's Brigade in the Official Report of the War of the Rebellion; a list of Indiana soldiers buried at the National Cemetery Andersonville, Ga. arranged by regiment; typewritten copy of the "Journal of James H. Kelly" during the Civil War who served in the 70th Indiana; 70th Indiana Company I Association records and minutes; a file on Samuel Ross with a letter to his brother, John of Williamsburg, Pennsylvania (9/8/1841); a typewritten copy of the Pea Ridge News, a local newsletter published in Johnson County (1888; reprint copy 7/11/1961); a copy of an essay entitled "Some Interesting Information about the Electric Interurban System in Indiana" for the Johnson County Historical Society, 1960; minutes from the Indiana Historical Commission Weekly Newsletter (1/8/1923-9/11/1923); Indiana Sesquicentennial planning guide (1964) with publicity guidelines, programs, exhibits, decorations; a file on the Johnson County Jr. Historical Society with the constitution, bylaws, members, minutes; a miscellaneous folder with more flyers, programs plus an essay entitled: "Camp Morton and the School Children of Forty-Five" by Amelia Elizabeth Cooper; a folder dated 1862-1961 with military discharge papers, "The Raid of General Moran," programs, clippings, correspondence with regard to her work with the Civil War Centennial Commission; reports of the National Civil War Centennial Convention in St. Louis, May 5-6, 1960; a second folder with the dates 1962-1963 with clippings and correspondence concerned with the Historical Marker Program in Indiana in relation with the Civil War Centennial, reprints of articles, programs; the final folder is dated 1964-1981 contains more correspondence with authors and reprints of more Civil War history plus a timetable for the Lincoln funeral train (a reprint).
