Papers, 1924-1963.

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Papers, 1924-1963.

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The collection consists primarily of correspondence, drafts, and research material related to R. Carlyle Buley, particularly his efforts to publish "THE OLD NORTHWEST: PIONEER PERIOD 1815-1840." Correspondence includes letters exchanged with publishing houses and the Indiana Historical Society. Other correspondents include Howard Peckham, Herman B. Wells, Paul M. Angle, David Laurance Chambers, and Eli and Josiah Kirby Lilly. Other material related to "THE OLD NORTHWEST" includes drafts, notes, prepublication reviews and criticism. Visual material includes a lithograph and photographic negatives used as illustrations in "THE OLD NORTHWEST," and photographs of Buley used as Pulitzer Prize publicity. Notes and manuscripts of undetermined authorship are also included in the collection, as are Buley's research and lecture notes on various topics.

14 boxes and 2 folders.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Chambers, David Laurance, 1879-1963

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Coit, Margaret L.

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Margaret Louise Coit (1919-2003) was an alumna of Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), historian, journalist and college professor best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, John C. Calhoun, American Portrait, published in 1950. From the description of Margaret L. Coit papers, 1864-2003 (1921-1999). (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 145733899 ...

Kuhns, Frederick Irving, 1903-

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Buley, R. Carlyle (Roscoe Carlyle), 1893-1968

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Buley was born in Georgetown, Ind. He attended Indiana University and taught high school history in Delphi and Muncie, Ind. before earning his Ph.D. in 1925. Buley taught history at Indiana University from 1925 until 1964. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for THE OLD NORTHWEST: PIONEER PERIOD, 1815-1840, and the Elizur Wright Award for his history of life insurance. From the description of Papers, 1950-1968. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 37792683 R...

Jordon, Philip D. (Philip Dillon), 1903-1980.

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Wells, Herman B.

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Before becoming president of Indiana University, Herman B Wells served as an assistant cashier at the National Bank of Lebanon before going on to work for the Indiana Bankers Association, the Indiana Commission for Financial Institutions, and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions. He was named dean of the Indiana University School of Business administration in 1935 by IU President William Lowe Bryan. In 1937 he was named acting president of the university and president the following y...

Schumm, Lorenz G., 1891-1959.

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Peckham, Howard H. (Howard Henry), 1910-1995

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Director of the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. From the description of Howard Henry Peckham papers, 1943-1944 and 1966-1967. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421308 ...

Indiana Historical Society.

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Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975

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Author and historian. From the description of Paul M. Angle papers, 1947-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123391606 Paul M. Angle (1900-1975), historian and author, was secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association (1925-1932), Librarian of the Illinois State Historical Library (1932-1945), and Director of the Chicago Historical Society (1945-1965). Angle was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and wrote several books on Lincoln and Illinois history, including The Lincoln Reader (...