Pioneers;Frontier & pioneer life;Food;Clothing & dress;Shoes;Parke County (Ind.)
Two typed pages which contain a letter from Dempsey Seybold to an unknown person, the letter describes some of his daily life in his prior 82 years of life. It discusses making mush, jonny cakes, hominy and homemade clothing and shoes.
Twenty two pages which discusses the political, social and economic values that the residents of Terre Haute live by. It also talks about how the residents enjoy their leisure time with sports.
Parke County (Ind.); Cities & towns; Churches; Rockville (Ind.); Schools;
Twenty six typed pages which give information about the city of Rockville, Indiana. It discusses how the town came to be and its name, early residents, schools, Churches and businesses.
Three video files: oral history interview with Superior Court Judge Dexter Bolin. Judge Bolin discusses his childhood and education, the structure of Indiana courts, and criminal justice. The interviewer was Stan Buchanan, director of the Public...
Three typewritten pages which contain information about the types of geology found in Clay County. It discusses the rock formations and the types of soil and subsoils that are present in Clay County.
All Star Ranger Girls (Baseball team); Women baseball players -- Indiana; Baseball -- Indiana -- History;
This letter dated February 12, 1929, is written by Maud Nelson Olson, manager of the All Star Ranger Girls, to Toney Gisolo, Margaret Gisolo's brother. This letter was written in reply to a letter written by Toney on February 3, 1929. In this...
This document is an oral history interview with an unnamed retired coal miner from Bicknell, Indiana. This interview discusses the reality of gas in mines and how rats would come out of the mine if there was too much gas.
This document is an oral history interview with an unnamed retired coal miner from Bicknell, Indiana. In this interview he discusses machinery that was used in the coal mines.
Coal miners -- Indiana -- Knox County -- Bicknell -- Interviews; Coal mines and mining -- Indiana -- Knox County; Cages; Coal mines and mining -- Indiana -- Equipment and supplies;
This document is an oral history interview of an unnamed retired coal miner from Bicknell, Indiana. In this interview, he discusses the cages that coal miners took to get down into the coal mines.
This document is an oral history interview of an unnamed retired coal miner from Bicknell, Indiana. In the interview he discusses his work in coal mines.
This document is an oral history interview of a retired coal miner from Bicknell, Indiana. This interview discusses how there no smoking was allowed in the coal mines.
This document is an oral history interview of a retired coal miner from Bicknell, Indiana. In this interview, he discusses "black damp," a gas that you couldn't smell in the coal mines.
