Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926; Prisons;
Letter to Theodore Debs on Purcell Hotel, Wilmington, Delaware letterhead, 12/14/1921. Says that he thought that after the peace treaty was signed Eugene V. Debs would be released from prison. Tells Theodore Debs that he has no use for Warren...
George "Dave" Watson's transcribed interview of Kathy Moudy about a walker in White Pine, Tennessee. According to Moudy, her aunt was a walker. Aunt Bessie walked everywhere and would sleep wherever she was when she got tired. Sometimes she would...
Robert Schwindt's transcribed interview of Dave Leckitener about a walker in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to Leckitener, there is a drunk man who walks all around Terre Haute, Indiana, with an umbrella. Sometimes the umbrella is just the spokes...
Pat Stillson's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Jean Whitcomb. In this account, Stillson describes a woman and her baby who were hit by a train. People now claim to see this woman and her child, sometimes...
Andy Vrabel's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Jerry Novak. In this account, Vrabel describes a woman whose husband died while she was on her way to see him in the hospital. Now travelers sometimes see a...
Terry Collins's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Dennis D. Ramsey. In this account, a woman dressed in white is killed after her taxi is hit by a train. Now, a woman dressed in white is sometimes picked...
Andrew Woodart Wright shared a folk belief that vampires sometimes defy common expectations and are known to wear trench coats, cowboy boots, and have long hair. Additionally, some look as normal as any other person
Death; Travel; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Death and burial
Letter to Theodore Debs and Gertrude Debs, n.d. Says that she is writing to let Theodore Debs and Gertrude Debs know that she and her mother are thinking of them. Writes that she and her mother both know what kind of loss Theodore Debs and Gertrude...
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 07/29/1916. Writes that she received Eugene V. Debs's note and contribution and appreciated them both deeply. Says that she is sorry that Eugene V. Debs was so busy when he was in Los Angeles, California in April. Tells...
Letter from Theodore Debs, 5/28/1920. Tells Robins that he did not expect a reply to his recent letter. Writes that Robins needs to balance her ceaseless work on behalf of political prisoners with some rest. Assures Robins that he understands how...
Parke County (Ind.);Antiques;Furniture;Glassware;Bedspreads
Six typed pages which contain a description of a group of antiques that belong to Mrs. Mae Huey Rohm in Parke County, Indiana. There is furniture, a statute, a wooden maul and a frow, a Godey print, some pieces of china, and tow pieces of bedding.
Lee Chestnut's transcribed interview of Bryan Steward about his experience with an Ouija Board. According to Steward, sometimes the answers from an Ouija Board are probably from your mind.
Lisa Vicars' transcribed interview of David Harris about a miser in Fairview, Indiana. According to Harris, there was an old man who didn't believe in banks so he buried his money in jars in his yard. When he got drunk he would rebury it in other...
Covered bridges -- Indiana -- Parke County; Mill Creek Covered Bridge (Parke County, Ind.); Signs and signboards;
Photograph of the sign in front of Mill Creek Covered Bridge in Parke County, Indiana. The bridge was built in 1907 by D. M. Brown and crosses the Mill Creek. Also known as the Tow Path Covered Bridge.
Biography; Books; Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926; Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929; Health; Political prisoners; Prisons; Prison sentences; Publications; Sick persons; Writing; Socialist Party of the United...
Letter to Theodore Debs, 6/14/27. Writes that after ten weeks of sick leave he has finally returned to work. Says that this experience has demonstrated to him that "capitalist insitutions are queer things--utterly indecent where principles and the...
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; 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 senios and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
