John McKnight Bloss collection, 1870-1968 (bulk 1892-1905).

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Bloss, John McKnight, 1839-. John McKnight Bloss collection, 1870-1968 (bulk 1892-1905).

John McKnight Bloss collection, 1870-1968 (bulk 1892-1905).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45818695

This collection consists of copies of photographs and published biographical information about John Bloss and his family. The written materials include local and family histories and clippings and a hand-drawn map of the Bloss Farm north of Muncie, Indiana prepared by Will Bloss. The photographs include 2 portraits of Bloss taken in New Albany, Indiana (ca. 1870-1875); images of Bloss, campus views and buildings, Corvaliis, and the Willamette River taken during Bloss' presidency (1892-1896); a photograph of the Bloss Family at their farm in Hamilton Township, Indiana (near Muncie) in early 1905 and a later family photograph from the 1950s; photographs of the 1886 and 1889 Indiana University football teams; and 2 photographs of Bloss' grave marker in Indiana taken in 1968 by his grandson. The most notable photographs show construction of the annex to Mechanical Hall in 1894; views of the orchard and garden north of Benton Hall; and a full portrait of Bloss wearing a Union greatcoat taken in the campus greenhouse.

0.04 cubic ft.

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