William G. Archambeault collected a story from Father Gerard pertaining to a monk that had supposedly been harassed by the Devil. This happened in Louisville, Kentucky in 1963.
Rhoads, Baskin, 1834-1895; Indiana State Normal School; Teachers colleges; Education; Universities & colleges; Judges;
View of Judge Baskin E. Rhoads a "founding father" of the Indiana State Normal School and an avid supporter of the Normal school in the Indiana Legislature. He was an member of the Gerenal Assembly from Vermillion County.
Spottswood, Edmund T., 1827-1917; Indiana State Normal School; Teachers colleges; Education; Universities & colleges; Politicians;
View of Dr. Edmund T. Spottswood who was a founding father of the Indiana State Normal School and supported it in the Indiana State Legislature. He was a member of the General Assembly from Vermillion County.
Vickie Jenkins' transcribed interview of John Caldwell about the Face in the Wall in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to Caldwell, a young boy was killed by a car, so his father built a wall and put limestone over his son's face. The man said that...
Two typed pages which contain a description of the father-son dinners that the churches of Clay County. It describes a recent dinner that the author attended at the Christian Church in Brazil, Indiana.
Cemeteries; Daughters of the American Revolution; Soldiers;
Two typed pages describing the Grondyke Family Cemetery. References include Mrs. Ora Doyle. Grondyke members in this cemetery include Samuel Grondyke, father of John Grondyke, and Lucetia Rappley Grondyke and her husband John Grondyke. Lucetia...
Two typed pages describing the bombing of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Clinton, Indiana, in November of 1909. Father Maher was the priest for the church at the time of the bombing. The article also mentions the bombing of the piers...
Indians of North America; Mounds (Burials); Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813;
Two pages typed which relate the story told by Albert Greenwood about where Tecumseh was buried in Canada and how he came to have that knowledge. He grew up with a boy who's father was a good friend to Tecumseh and his friend's father showed him...
Twenty two typed pages which contain letters from various people in the Lusk family, the oldest going back to Salmon Lusk, John's father, written in 1816.
Twelve typed pages describing Clinton, Indiana. The population of Clinton was 7,936. Residents listed include: DeWitt Clinton, Lewis P. Rodgers, L.O. Bishop, James Payne, Esquire Harrison, Orville White, Ren White, Florence White, James White,...
Tracie Spencer's transcribed account of gypsies. According to Spencer, a young girl fell in love with a gypsy boy. Her father forbid her to see the boy. One day, the village caught fire and the girl was killed. Before she died, she put a curse on...
Timothy Ross's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Richard D. White. In this account, Ross describes a man who picks up a hitchhiking woman during a rainy night and offers her his coat to keep her warm. He...
Three typed pages describing a robbery in Newport in 1870. Harry White, son of Orville J. White relates the story his father played in recovering half of the money. Orville J. White was the brother of Dr. C.M. White. Orville chased the men to...
Three miners are posed inside the dragline in this circa 1940s photograph taken at the Ayshire Strip Mine in Centenary, Indiana, Vermillion County. In the foreground is Hugh McGill Sr., father of former Clinton Mayor, Hugh McGill.
Thomas Foster's transcribed interview of Robert Gillogly about the Face in the Wall in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to Gillogly, another version of the story is that a teenager was drunk and hit the wall in his car. His father left the mark...
This transcribed account from Mark Gladson as recorded by Peggy Conklin is about Gladson's father telling of how a "hairy man" killed three of four boys who had gone fishing at White River, never leaving a trace of their bodies. The only surviving...
