Holly K. Cassity's transcribed interview of Michael Mason's account of the local legend of the ghost of the keeper of the 100 Step Cemetery who haunts the grounds to protect the graves from intruders in Clay County, Indiana.
Holly K. Cassity's transcribed interview of Michael Mason's account of the local legend involving the tomb stone of a witch that is buried in 100 Steps Cemetery that when you light a match near her tombstone it will not go out in Clay County,...
This is Gary Strong's typewritten variant of the Assailant in the Backseat urban legend as collected by Holly Miller. In this variant, a woman leaves a shopping center and discovers an elderly woman in the backseat of her car. When she reports the...
Holly Sheldon's transcribed interview of Chris McCarter's account about the local legend of the black lady who chopped off her daughters head on a tree stump and then hung herself and now haunts Stepp Cemetery in Morgan County, Indiana.
Holly Sheldon's transcribed interview of Chris May's account of a local legend involving the death of the Black Lady's baby and if you go to the cemetery at a certain date,you will see her rocking back and forth on a tree stump.
Holly Sheldon's transcribed account of Hellen Sheldon's account of a local legend involving a woman and her baby who were hung at Stepp Cemetery and now the lady haunts the cemetery looking for her baby.
Holly Sheldon's transcribed interview of Steve Russel's account of a local legend involving the murder of the Black Lady and her child by the Ku Klux Klan. It is said that if you go to the cemetery at night you will see her rocking her dead...
Holly Sheldon's transcribed interview of Rob Huser's account about the local legend about a woman and baby who were in a car accident. The baby died in the woman's arms. Now known as the Black Lady, everynight she goes to Stepp Cemetery and digs up...
This is Holly Kirkman's typewritten account of the legend of the Bonds Chapel tombstone collected by Loretta Thompson. According to legend, a man killed his wife with a chain but was found to be innocent during the trial. After he died his grave...
This is Holly Rush's typewritten account of the legend of the Bonds Chapel tombstone collected by Shelby B. Sauerheber. According to legend, a slave killed by a chain has a cross in the shape of a chain on the side of his gravestone as proof that...
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 06/21/1913. Says that he could not get out of bed the last few days of his prison sentence. Writes that he went to a doctor who told him to stop drinking alcohol and chewing tobacco. Tells Eugene V. Debs that he did....
This is Holly Morgan's typewritten variant of the legend of Crybaby Bridge near Vincennes Indiana in Knox County, collected by Michelle Wilkerson. According to legend, if one travels to the bridge at night and rolls down their window, they can hear...
Prisoners; Political prisoners; Poetry; Pullman Strike, 1894; United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia;
Note to Theodore Debs, 12/15/1921. Says that he received a sprig of holly from a fellow prisoner who was once a member of the American Railway Union. Mentions that the man was sent to prison in 1894 for "cutting a Pullman car from a train in...
Students; Student works; Newspapers; Drawings; Caricatures and cartoons; Santa Claus; Reindeer; Sleds & sleighs; Snow; Candles; Christmas; Christmas trees;
File copy of Glenn High School's newspaper the "Glenn Echo" from December 1936. The front cover is red with a lit, dripping candle and a holly leaf with three berries. There are Christmas images throughout the document including Santa Claus, toys,...
Students; Student works; Newspapers;Drawings; Caricatures and cartoons; Santa Claus; Snow; Candles; Christmas; Ships; Holly;
File copy of Glenn High School's newspaper the "Glenn Echo" from December 1936. The front cover is red with a lit, dripping candle, two holly leaves with four berries, and a light halo behind the candle flame. The text inside is black. Included...
Letter to Theodore Debs on All-American Anti-Imperialist League letterhead, 3/26/28. Asks that he be allowed to use Theodore Debs' name as a member of the National Executive Committee of the All-American Anti-Imperialist League. Says that Clarence...
