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Papers, 1877-1938.

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Correspondence, speeches, invitations and programs, pamphlets, photographs, and drawings. Topics include the Century Club, the Commercial Club, the 1893 G.A.R. Encampment, the local and national American Red Cross, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Fortune's donation of land for a local V.A. hospital, Abraham Lincoln's Indiana years, memorials for Nancy Hanks Lincoln and George Rogers Clark, and Fortune's 1923 world cruise. Also included are letters to James Whitcomb Riley from Young E. Allison; correspondence between Fortune and his lawyer, William H. Thompson; and draft biographies of Fortune and Col. Lilly by Anselm Chomel. Other correspondents include Ernest P. Bicknell, John J. Esch, Cary T. Grayson, Myron R. Green, and John E. Iglehart. Also included are Fortune's scrapbook, and photographs of many of his activities.

11 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 5 bound volumes.

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Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

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Commercial Club (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Century Club of Indianapolis

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Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

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George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission.

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Thompson, William H. (William Herbert), 1878-1945.

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Green, Myron R., 1888-1962.

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Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938

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Bicknell, Ernest Percy, 1862-1935.

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Chomel, Anselm, 1873-1933.

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Indiana Society of Chicago

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Allison, Young Ewing, 1853-1932

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Writer, editor, poet, insurance executive of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Young Ewing Allison : papers, 1878-1943. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49419335 Young Ewing Allison was born in Henderson, Kentucky and began his journalism career there at age nineteen by founding the county's first daily newspaper, the HENDERSON CHRONICLE. He later served as city editor of the EVANSVILLE JOURNAL and the LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL. After 1901 h...