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...
This is Tricia Booten's typewritten variant of the Assailant in the Backseat urban legend as collected by herself. In this variant, a woman stops for some gas when the attendant asks her to come inside the store. Once she is inside, the attendant...
This is Ruth A. Schaefer's typewritten identifier for a hangover, collected by Carole A. Schaefer in Terre Haute, Vigo County. According to the remedy, if the room is spinning while one is lying in bed, one can place a foot on the floor to center...
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
Susan Hay's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Jacque Burbank. In this account, a boy picks up a girl who is walking in the snow on the way to a school dance and offers her his jacket. After the dance, he...
Sandra Barley's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Darlene Cox. In this account, a young man gives a girl a ride home from a party and offers her his jacket to keep warm. The next day, he realizes he forgot...
Ron Quimby's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by John A. Plesniak. In this account, a boy meets a girl wearing a sweater at a school dance and takes her home that night. When he returns to see her the next...
Robert Cooksey's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Jeff Bell. In this account, two young men come across a woman who is hitchhiking and offer her a ride and a jacket to keep warm. When they stop at a gas...
Peter Goda's transcribed interview of Teko's account of a legend at Hell's Gates in Clay County,I ndiana. One night a young couple who were in love went to Hell's Gates to do a painting on the arch. The two young teens bodies were found lying in...
Michael W. Oellig's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by himself. In this account, a young man accompanies a girl home from a dance and allows her to wear his sweater since it is cold out. The next day, he...
Letter to Joseph Kluser, 7/15/1913. Writes that Kluser's piece "An Answer to Mr. Reinbold" is a "bald lie." Tells Kluser that he has been doing his dirtiest work to blacken Eugene V. Debs's name by lying about Eugene V. Debs and Theodore Debs...
Railroad strikes; Pullman Strike, 1894; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 2/12/1920. Asks Eugene V. Debs if Pullman cars were attached to freight trains during the Pullman strike to bring the strike into disrepute. Says that when he recently made this statement in public, William Taft said it...
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 11/02/1920. Writes that her mother and father went to the polls today and voted for Eugene V. Debs. Says that she wished that she was 9 years older so that she could vote for Eugene V. Debs, too. Assures Eugene V. Debs...
Letter from Theodore Debs, 8/12/13. Assures Hurt that C. J. Kluser is a "lying, malicious scoundrel in the garb of a priest." Tells Hurt that Eugene V. Debs never threatened Kluser with a libel suit for saying that Eugene V. Debs was paid $5,000...
John Peterson's typewritten variant of The Licked Hand urban legend as collected by Vicky Tomamichel. In this variant, a girl discovers her dog has been gutted and killed after believing it spent the night lying by her bed.
