Manuscripts

Poems written and compiled by Helen Carson Janssen and poems and sermons by Rev. David Gibson Carson, DD

The collection includes letters written between Charles C. Patton and his parents, Charles L. and Alice Patton, greeting cards, an Oak Ridge Cemetery Deed, tax returns, stocks and bonds, and a postcard. It also includes documents, magazines, booklets, photos, film negatives, a name tag, a USNR Navy Pin, drawings, and notes relating to Charles C. Patton’s time serving in the Navy between 1942 to 1946.

The collection includes photos, programs, and a guest book from the April 16, 1978 Testimonial Luncheon honoring Coley C. Cowan.

These items reflect the personal and professional life of Robert E. Fitzgerald and include correspondence, contracts, and photographs.

The collection is composed of items related to Dora Davis Armbruster’s (1880-1962) First Christian Church involvement.

G.H. Schanbacher was born in German in 1860. He began G.H. Schanbacher and Son Church Decorating firm in 1889 and was quite successful in the Midwest.

This collection contains items from Governor Samuel Shapiro's private and public activities, including photographs and correspondence with state and national political figures.

A group of 23 letters written to and from members of the William Green family of Orvil Township, Logan County, Illinois between the years 1864 and 1884.

This collection consists primarily of letters written to Mildred Jean Grimm by her father, Lester R. Grimm.