Special Collections

Special Collections

The Heritage Center’s Special Collections contain much of the library’s unique material.  The inventory below lists the names of each collection within the Special Collections.  The finding aids provide more detail regarding the contents of individual collections.

To access the Special Collections, please schedule an appointment with a Heritage librarian.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Abstracts: Boone County Abstract Co. 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Abstracts: Boone Title and Guaranty Company 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Abstracts: Darnall & Sons 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Abstracts: Otterman & Otterman 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Antioch Primitive Baptist Church 7 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Artifacts, Boone County Schools 26-27 N/A Archives Room click here
Artifacts, Miscellaneous 21, 35-36; Oversize Boxes 3, 6 N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here
Artifacts, Promotional Pens Small Box 15 N/A Archives Room II click here
Autograph Books Small Box 7 N/A Archives Room II click here

B

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
B Magazine N/A 8 Archives II click here
Bibles: Hill 2 N/A Archives Room click here
Bibles: Norwood 2 N/A Archives Room click here
Bibles: Sullivan 2, 28 N/A Archives Room click here
Boone County 4-H 34 N/A Archives II click here
Boone County Cooperative Weather Stations 52; Small Box 20 N/A Archives II click here
Boone County Courthouse Art Projects 8-9; Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives Room; Archives II; Photographs click here
Boone County Extension Homemakers 11, 13; Small Boxes 5-7 16 Archives Room; Archives II

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inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles

Boone County High Schools Class Reunions 6, 22; Small Box 12 N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here
inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles
Boone County Lifestyle Magazine N/A 8 Archives II click here
Boone County Magazine N/A 8 Archives II click here
Boone County Music 15 N/A Archives Room click here
Boone County Pomona Grange No. 1 N/A 17 Archives II click here
Boone County Records 25; Oversize Boxes 3, 8 2-12 (C-O) Archives Room; Archives II click here
Boone County Roots N/A 8 Archives II click here
Boone County Schools 17; Small Box 10 1 Archives Room; Archives II; Boone County Schools Shelf, Archives Room click here
Boone County Senior Services, Inc. 47; Small Box 19 N/A Archives II click here
Boone County State Centennial Time Capsule Boone County State Centennial Time Capsule, Boxes 1-2; Small Box 16 2 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Brown’s Wonder Christian Church 5, 7 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here

C

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Census, 1850 N/A 1 Archives II click here
Center Township Records 7 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Division 10; Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives Room; Archives II

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inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles

Christmas Cards by Becky Bewley 45 N/A Archives II click here
Civil War Letters: Cobb 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Civil War Letters: Dicket & Sutton 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Civil War Letters: Smith 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Civil War Letters: Stephenson 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Cooking Club N/A 17 Archives II click here
Cynthianna Regular Baptist Church 7 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here

D

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Danville Association of Regular Baptists Minutes 47 N/A Archives II click here
Daughters of the American Revolution 10 16 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Davis Family 4 N/A Archives Room click here
Delta Kappa Gamma 47 1 Archives II click here
Directories of Indiana State, County and City Officials Responsible for Road and Street Work Small Box 11 N/A Archives II click here
Donaldson & Company Builders N/A 1 Archives II click here
Dover Christian Church 35, 51; Oversize Box 1 15 Archives II click here
Dover High School 51; Small Box 11 N/A Archives II click here

E

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Early Schools in Boone County Small Box 2 N/A Archives Room II click here
Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) 12 1, 16 Archives Room; Archives II

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inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles

Erie Express Envelope, with Wax Seals, 1887 3 N/A Archives Room Restricted. Print in Transportation Vertical File
Essex, William E., Ledger 5 N/A Archives Room click here

F

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Farm Progress Show 51 Oversize Shelf Archives Room; Archives II click here

inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles

First Presbyterian Church, Lebanon, Pamphlets 5 N/A Archives Room click here
Fossils Small Box 18 N/A Archives II click here
Fountain View Manor N/A 1 Archives II click here
Fourth of July 23 N/A Archives Room; Heritage Room click here

inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles

Friendly City Garden Club Small Box 4 N/A Archives II click here

G

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Gillaspie Family Album 3 N/A Archives Room click here
Glass Plate Negative (Old Man with Young Girl) 3 N/A Archives Room Restricted. Print in Photographs-Unidentified-208
Grand Army of the Republic 7 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here

H

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Harrison Township Records 10 17 Archives Room; Archives II Click here
Hawkins, Martha, School Album, 1926-1937 3 N/A Archives Room click here
Hicks Body Company 13, 45; Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here
Historic Genealogical Magazine Specializing in Clinton and Boone Counties N/A 8 Archives II click here
History of Connecticut, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, by W. H. Carpenter (Indiana Township Library Binding) 5 N/A Archives Room N/A
Hoover, Samuel 45 N/A Archives II click here
Houck, Barbara, Genealogical Research 23-24 N/A Archives Room click here
Hubble Record Book With List of Deaths, 1941-1970 17 6 Archives Room; Archives II click here

I

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Indiana Centennial 34 N/A Archives II click here
Indiana Medal, 1816-1916, No. 10 5 N/A Archives Room N/A
Indiana United Methodist Children’s Home 23 N/A Archives Room click here
Izaak Walton League 10 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here

J

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Jamestown Journal 50 N/A Archives II click here

K

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Knights of Pythias, Lebanon Lodge No. 45 4 17 Archives Room (2 volumes in Archives Cabinet); Archives II click here

L

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Land Patent, Henry Stephenson Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives II click here
Lebanon Athletics and Sports Films N/A 13 Archives II click here
Lebanon Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) 14-15; Small Box 8 16 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Lebanon Community School Corporation 27, 29, 40; Oversize Box 17; Small Box 2, 9, 11, 12 N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here
Lebanon Lifestyle Magazine N/A 8 Archives II click here
Lebanon Municipal Papers 4 N/A Archives Room click here
Lebanon National Bank 14 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Lebanon Public Library Archives 18-21, 37-39, 41, 44, 46; Oversize Box 1-2, 4-6, 16; Small Box 16 14 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Loren A. Deer Stamp Collection 42-43 N/A Archives II click here

M

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Magazine Club 4; Small Box 3 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here
McCray, Harry, Papers 45 N/A Archives II click here
McDaniel, Jacob, Family Genealogy 23 N/A Archives Room click here
Meals on Wheels 47 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Mt. Zion United Brethren Church N/A 17 Archives II click here

N

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Neal, Von, portrait 5 N/A Archives Room Restricted. Copy in Photographs-Neal Family-91
New, George W., Diaries, 1871-1901 51 7 Archives II click here

O

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Oak Hill Cemetery 28 15 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Old Indiana Fun Park 11, 22 N/A Archives Room click here
Oral Histories 23; Boone County Oral Histories boxes N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here
Otterbein United Methodist Church 40 10 Archives II click here

P

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Perry Township Country Correspondence 47 N/A Archives II click here
Picture Frames Small Box 1 N/A Archives Room II click here
Pinnell-Coombs Lumber Company 28 N/A Archives Room click here
Political Parties and Campaigns 35-36; Oversize Box 10-15; Rolled Box 1; Newspapers, Original N/A Archives Room; Archives Cabinet, Drawer 3 (Archives Room); Archives II; Map Cabinet click here
Presidential Inauguration, 1981 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Project Literacy: Boone County 45; Small Box 2 N/A Archives II click here
Pugh, Elias, Journal, 1855-1868 17 6 Archives Room; Archives II click here

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R

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Rainbowettes 10 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Ralph W. Stark and Holman Hamilton, Correspondence re: Claude Bowers 4 N/A Archives Room click here
Red Cross Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives II click here
Remington “Coming through the Rye”, cast, pieces 3 N/A Archives Room Restricted
Research Club 10; Oversize Box 1 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Rhine Family Album 22 N/A Archives Room click here
Ross, Jerry, Genealogical Research 23 N/A Archives Room click here
Rotary Club 5 N/A Archives Room click here
Rural Youth Service List Oversize Box 3 N/A Archives II N/A

S

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
School Exams 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Schools, 19th and Early 20th Century Textbooks 14 N/A Archives Room; Heritage Center Yearbook Cabinet click here
Schools, Commencement Invitations/Programs and Diplomas/Testimonials 40; Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives II click here
Seminar 10; Small Box 4 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here
September 11, 2001 34; Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives II click here
Sesquicentennial, Indiana 47; Oversize Box 1 N/A Archives II click here
Smith, Benjamin, Family Genealogy 16-17 N/A Archives Room click here
Snepp Family 34; Small Box 17 N/A Archives II click here
Special Books N/A N/A Archives Room (Cabinet) click here
Stark Family 17; Oversize Box 1; Small Box 2 N/A Archives Room; Archives II; Heritage Room click here
Staton Family 48 N/A Archives II click here
Stephenson, Mary, Guestbook 10; Small Box 2 N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here

T

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Tourist Club 7 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Township Histories 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Travel Club 11 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Tri Kappa 11 16 Archives Room; Archives II click here
Tri-Area Library 17 N/A Archives Room click here

U

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Ulen Country Club Album, c. 1927 3 N/A Archives Room click here
United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) 7 17 Archives Room; Archives II click here
University Women’s Club Small Box 3 N/A Archives II click here
U.S. Machine Corporation 51 2 Archives II click here

V

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Veterans of World War 1 of the USA Barracks No. 525 10 1 Archives Room; Archives II click here

W

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Wall, Marilyn, Notebook N/A 6 Archives II click here
Washington, George, Writings 49 N/A Archives II click here
Western Boone Community School Corporation 30-35; Oversize Box 3, 7 2 Archives II click here
Whiffing/Pollard Family Collection 3, 12; Photographs; Oversize Photographs Box 2 N/A Archives Room; Archives II click here
Whitestown Quarterly N/A 8 Archives II click here
Wolfe Family Reunions, 1929-2010 1 N/A Archives Room click here
Worth Township Farm Bureau 17 6 Archives Room; Archives II click here

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Y

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Z

COLLECTION NAME BOX NUMBER SHELF NUMBER LOCATION FINDING AID
Zionsville Home and Style N/A 8 Archives II click here
Zionsville Magazine N/A 8 Archives II click here
Zionsville Main Street Almanac N/A 8 Archives II click here
Zonta Club 23 N/A Archives Room click here

inventory of uncataloged newspaper articles

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