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; Oversize Box 3	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
Beck, Lila, Album	15, 47	N/A	Archives Room; 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	click here 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, 52	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	2-7, 10-11	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

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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	click here 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

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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	click here 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

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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

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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

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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
Hutchinson, Robert, Papers	28; Oversize Box 9	2, 15	Archives Room; Archive Room Cabinet; Archives II	click here Series V.A–Architect, Floor Plans/Plats/Surveys/Maps Inventory

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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; Small Box 21	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

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COLLECTION NAME	BOX NUMBER	SHELF NUMBER	LOCATION	FINDING AID
Lafayette & Indianapolis Railroad	45	N/A	Archives II	click here
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, 55; 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 h ere
Lebanon Municipal Papers	4	N/A	Archives Room	click here
Lebanon National Bank	14	17	Archives Room; Archives II	click here
Lebanon Post Office	53-54; Oversize Box 19; Map Cabinet	N/A	Archives II; Heritage Center	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

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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

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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

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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
Tanselle Family	52; Oversize Box 1	2, 12	Archives II	click here
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
World Wars I and II Home Front	13, 55; Small Box 18	N/A	Archives Room; Archives II	click here
Worth Township Farm Bureau	17	6	Archives Room; Archives II	click here

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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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