Woodstock (Ill.); American Railway Union; Pullman Strike, 1894;
Letter to Theodore Debs on American Railway Union letterhead, 01/08/[1895]. Tells Theodore that he is in the best jail in the state and that he is in the best of health and spirit. Says that he eats with the sheriff's family, sleeps in clean,...
Black and white photograph of an all female cooking class. The picture shows the group using cooking utensils including sifters, bowls, measuring cups, and hand crank beaters. There are eggs and milk in glass bottles present. All are wearing aprons...
Letter to Theodore Debs on David M. Neuberger, Attorney and Counsel letterhead, 11/22/1944. Expresses the hope that Theodore Debs's eyesight recovers enough that he will be able to read again. Assures Theodore Debs that he and his family speak of...
This is a transcribed account from Jennifer Patterson as collected by Wendy Meyer of a female ghost which haunted the room of a Pickerl Hall resident at Indiana State University. The ghost was reported to have disturbed the resident's possessions...
Jonathan Anderson collected a story from informant Kathy Kintner in regards to an evil presence emanating from a suitcase stored in a storage room in Erickson Hall. This occurred in Vigo County, Indiana.
Priscilla Craven's transcribed interview of Kathy McGrath about an experience with an Ouija Board. According to McGrath, there was a girl who was a loner and had started using an Ouija Board frequently. One night several girls went into the lounge...
Malissa Johnson's transcribed interview of Ted Johnson about an experience with an Ouija Borad. According to Johnson, when he and friends asked for proof that a spirit was in the room the lights flickered and a pinball machine started playing by...
Lee Chestnut's transcribed interview of Bryan Steward about an experience with an Ouija Board. According to Steward, an Ouija Board once told him that his grandmother was talking to him. It correctly spelled her last name and no one in the room...
Jody Robinson's transcribed interview of Jennifer Richards about her experiences with an Ouija Board. According to Richards, her neighbors in a dorm were using an Ouija board in their room while Richards was using one in her room and the neighbors'...
Gretchen Braun's transcribed interview of Janelle Canaday about her experience with an Ouija Board. According to Canaday, one of her friends told her that once after using an Ouija all of the candles in the room blew out.
Gretchen Braun's transcribed interview of Michelle Alley about her experience with an Ouija Board. According to Alley, if you set an Ouija Board on fire it will make screaming noises and fly across the room.
Dorothy Goldschmidt transcribed interview of Greg VanDusseldorf's account of a forest that burnt down to make room for a subdivison. Well it was not known that a man lived in the forest. He escaped from the fire and can be seen running around with...
Steven Kyle Evans is both the collector and the Informant in this story about the ghost of Jones Hall. In this story, a male was intoxicated and tried to surf the elevators and he got caught between the elevator beams and died. This happened on the...
Suicides; College buildings; Crosses; Sounds; Shadows;
This is a transcribed account of Kurt Waywood as recorded by Heidi Wells about a female suicidal resident of Cromwell Hall at Indiana State University and a white cross which marked the window from which she jumped. The resident jumped out of the...
The Number 8 District school was built in the late 1800s to provide for the education of black children in the township. In 1909 it was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt the following year. The teacher at the time that this photo was taken...
