Genealogy - Special Collections

Special Collections


The originals of these items are kept in Special Collections at Charlestown Library. Items can be seen upon request. Many of these items have been digitized. They can be viewed on Indiana Memory which is a statewide digital collection. You can read about our collection on Indiana Memory here

Boxes:

File drawers:

Alpha family
- Minna Alpha’s cookbook
- photo of Mitchell P. Alpha

Armstrong
- 1 photo of John Armstrong monument

Asberry family
- many unlabeled photographs which may include Blythe & Beck families

Banks
- various papers, photographs

Barnes Community House
- copy of ledger dated 22 Aug 1926 up into the 1950s which includes member lists & funeral service listings

Bell family
- photographs and papers centered around George Lynn Bell

Bluelick, Indiana
- brief history
- copy of 1875 map
- brief history of King Mineral well
- photo of Cane Hotel

Bolton, Sarah T.
- Indiana (music score)

Borden, Indiana history
- William Borden 150th Birthday celebration program

Borden Historic Buildings
- Borden Institute and historic buildings photographs

Bottorff family
- cemetery in Springville, Indiana photographs
- history of Bottorff’s in Springville, Indiana
- farm photographs
- Grange #1089 letter
- Adair horse breeding post card mailed to J. Bottorff in New Washington

Bridges and Dams
- photos 403 bridge, Brick Church Rd bridge, New Market bridge, Big 4 bridge over the Ohio River
- misc. unknown bridges photos
- photos of Greelee Bridge near Sellersburg, IN
- Muddy Fork Dam photos

Carr family
- Frank Carr photographs

Cemeteries - Baird Cemetery
- 2 photographs

Cemeteries - Charlestown Cemetery Association records

Cemeteries - Charlestown Cemetery
- Plat Book 1903 (3 copies)
- photographs

Cemeteries - Indiana Ordnance Works
- cemetery papers with map of location of cemeteries inside INAAP
- photos of Union, Lentz and Barnett Cemeteries

Cemeteries - Kessler Cemetery
- photographs c1941 (inside IOW)

Cemeteries - Union Cemetery
- records from IOW/INAAP
- photos Dec 1997
- plot map
- old list of names plots

Charlestown 1940s
- photographs
- newspaper clippings

Charlestown Architectural Preservation Society
- mostly contemporary photos of historic buildings and group meetings

Charlestown baseball team 
- photographs

Charlestown – businesses (2 folders)
- photographs
- copies of old business ads
- ephemera

Charlestown Community History
- book published in 1989 by Clark’s Grant Historical Society

Charlestown events
- Charlestown Community Chautauqua program, 19-23 Aug 1917
- Charlestown Sesquicentennial program 1958
- Tulip Tree Festival program 1942
- Ye Musick 31 Dec 1899 program
- Honoring Indiana Founders
- Jonathan Jennings 29 Jun 2016 program
- photos 1983 Charlestown on the Square Festival
- various photographs

Charlestown - Gunnison Homes & Pleasant Ridge
- photographs
- Gunnison Homes documents
- newspaper articles
- history
- house blueprints

Charlestown Gymnastic Association ledger, 1866-67

Charlestown - historic homes
- photos
- Stockwell house photo

Charlestown - history
- tornado 1943 photographs
- old post cards and photos
- some written histories
- History of Charlestown, IN and Program for Charlestown Police Benefit Jamboree 1942

Charlestown - Maps Charlestown Opera House
- The Crowning of the Gypsy Queen program

Charlestown State Park
- blueprint of picnic and play field

Charlestown time capsule 1918
*items are from Jonathan Jennings High School corner stone opened 1966
- National War Savings Committee, Clark County, Indiana 31 Aug 1918 list
- Red Cross Charlestown Township Membership List, Charlestown, Indiana 3 Sep 1918
- Improved Order of the Red Men Pecos Tribe membership list, Charlestown, IN 3 Sep 1918
- signature cards, Charlestown, Indiana 1918
- First National Bank 6952 statements, Charlestown, Indiana 1918
- Knights of Pythias Jennings Lodge 418 officers and member list 3 Sep 1918
- Town of Charlestown officers
- retail liquor license in Charlestown for Hallie K. Hughes
- speech by William H. English on Kansas Affairs, and the Threatening Aspect of the Slavery Question 1860
- speech by William S. Holman of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, April 26, 1860

Charlestown Through 200 Years (book)

Charlestown Township
- State Board of Accounts examiner’s reports for Charlestown Township: 15 Dec 1917, 18 Sep 1918, 30 Jun 1926

Charlestown Township - deeds and abstracts
*most deeds are signed by Frank W. Carr Notary Public
- Abstract for Lot 12 in Block 2 of Pleasant Ridge in Grant 117, Charlestown, IN 9 Sep 1980
- Abstract for part of Lots 109, 110, and 111 at Water St & Main Cross in Charlestown, IN, 28 May 1986
- Copy of Abstract of Title to Lot No. 116 dated 18 May 1974
- deed William O. & Hettie Bottorff to Alois Bastian Lot No. 117 at Level St. and Ball Alley in Charlestown, IN, 23 Sep 1909
- deed Alois & Mary K. Bastianto Chester F. & Flora E. Giltner part of Grant No. 117 in Charlestown, IN, 31 Jan 1922
- deed James M. & Mary J. Covert to William Covert Lot No 28 in Otisco, IN, 11 Mar 1868
- deed Festus & Elinor Davidson to Alfred F. & Alabama Davidson part of Grants 247 & 230 on Highway 3, 7 Dec 1953
- deed Alfred F. & Alabama Davidson to Robert & Margie Lee Hammons part of Grant 247 and 230 on Highway 3, 22 Jan 1954
- deed Robert & Margie Lee Hammons to Hardy & Gladys Williams part of Grant 247 and 230 on Highway 3, 27 Jan 1962
- deed Hugh S. & Margaret E. Comingore to Howard D. & Dorothy M. Sampson Grant No. 136 on Highway 3, 27 Jul 1964
- deed Bessie L. Morrow to Mary Elizabeth Hughes 1/3 of Lot 303 in Charlestown, IN, 20 Feb 1941
- deed Bessie L. Morrow to Mary Elizabeth Hughes 2/3 of Lot 303 in Charlestown, IN, 20 Feb 1941
- deed John E. & Lorraine Kraus to Rose E. Graves part of Grant No. 137 on Highway 3, 27 Jan 1960
- deed and abstract Clara E. Howard to Fred G. & Margaret M. Lutz part of Grant No. 123, 6 Jul 1942
- deed Donald & Mary A. Rutter to George Y. Leaf part of Grant No. 123 on Highway 3; 30 Aug 1955
- US Government to James J. & Annie Irene Grammer Lot 18 Block 10 in Pleasant Ridge, Charlestown, IN, 25 May 1955
- deed US Government to Dan & Lucille Truckey Lot 3 Block 9 in Pleasant Ridge, Charlestown, IN, 27 May 1958
- deed Henry C. & Evelyn McCubbins to Clyde Zimmerman Lot 17 Block 3 in Pleasant Ridge, Charlestown, IN, 23 Jul 1959
- deed Bessie Owens & Lyman B. Applegate to Mary E. Lanz part of Lot 159 at Harrison Street; 13 Feb 1941
- deed Sarah J. Davis, Jefferson & Mamie L. Davis, Wilson Davis, Statie Davis, Clarence Davis, Dovie Davis, Nettie & Frank Ellison, Nellie & Joseph Reeves, and Henry & Mable Davis to Charlestown Township for a school part of Grand No. 210 on Lexington Rd, 28 Aug 1905
- deed Mary E. & William J. Lanz to Maude L. Hanlin part of Lots 159 and 160 in Charlestown, IN
- deed Charles F. Pangburn to Bertha P. Pangburn Lot No. 162 in Charlestown, IN, 26 Apr 1932
- deed Elmer C. & Ethel L. Prather, Cora B. & William D. Martin, James H. & Mayme Prather, and Maude J. & Otis M. Taylor to Charles F. & Bertha Pangburn Lot No 162 in Charlestown, IN, 14 Nov 1927
- deed Francis O. & Ida M. Ratts to John A. & Isabelle Prather Lot No. 162 in Charlestown, IN, 23 Sep 1917
- deed Mary & John Reimer, Caroline & Frederick W. Ruff, John Henry & Ella B. Burgess, Matilda & Carl G. Fritsche, Frank Burgess, Mary Boyer to Francis O. Ratts for Lot No 162 in Charlestown, IN, Apr 1909
- deed Frank L. Boyer for Claude L. Boyer to Francis O. Ratts Lot No 162 in Charlestown, IN, 11 May 1909
- Satisfaction of Mortgage by Pearl McClure and Mackinzie McClure to Carolyn L. Peters 1 Feb 1944

Charlestown Township - springs & creeks
- Deer Lick photographs
- history of various springs

Charlestown urban renewal (3 folders)
- many photographs c1960
- appraisal reports including photos 1962
- newspaper clippings
- photographs of building band stand on the square 1990s

Churches - Baptist
- photos, Pleasant Ridge Baptist prospectus 1968

Churches - Catholic
- St Michael’s fire photo (oversized)
- St Michael’s Church History 1860-1960 program
- various photos, some history

Churches - Christian
- photos
- 150th Annual meeting Christian Churches of Clark County Indiana 18 Aug 1991 program

Churches - Church of Christ
- photographs

Churches - Episcopal
- photos, some history

Churches - Full Gospel Tabernacle
- photograph & newspaper article

Churches - Methodist Episcopal
- photos
- member directories
- History of the Sellersburg Methodist Church by Q.R. Hauss
- Sellersburg United Methodist Church 100th Anniversary Sep 1971 program
- History & photos of 1st ME Church in Indiana in Charlestown
- souvenir ME Church of Charlestown, Indiana by J.G. Moore
- The Silent Evangel magazine May 1926
- Eighty-Seventh Annual Session Indiana Conference of the ME Church Sep 18-23, 1918 program

Churches - Presbyterian
- 1878 ephemera, photos, some history
- Otisco Presbyterian quilt information (quilt is in a box)
- Charlestown Presbyterian Church 1900-1901 directory
- History of the Presbyterian Church Charlestown 189

Churches - Speed Memorial
- photographs
- Dedication program 1 Jul 1990
- Speed Memorial Church 50th Anniversary 1924-1972

Civilian Conservation Corps at Henryville Forestry 1934
- photographs

Clark County Almanac
- newspaper Vol. 1 No. 10 16 Nov 1972

Clark County Central Agricultural Association stock 1887

Clark County - government
- Auditor’s Annual Report of the Receipts and Disbursements Clark County, Indiana 1885, 1886
- Recorder’s Office pages, Clark County, Indiana Territory 1816

Clark County history
- Clark County 1962 by Clark Co. Chamber of Commerce
- Look at Clark County, Indiana 1958 by Clark County of Chamber of Commerce
- Master Plan of Clark County Indiana (report adopted 1954)
- Snapshot 2017-2018 Clark, Floyd Southern Indiana by the Numbers

Clark County Interim Report 1988 (book)

Community Shelter Plan for Clark County
- (fallout shelter information)

Daughters of Pocahontas ledger 1907

Daughter’s of the American Revolution - Green Tree Tavern Chapter
- photos
- see also the map draws in the Indiana Room for scrapbooks

Dellinger family
- Henry L. Dellinger Continental Insurance Company insurance policies; 4 Jun 1897, 4 Jun 1902
- Henry L. Dellinger Home Insurance Company insurance policy, 4 June 1905
- John H. & Mary E. Dellinger & Clark W. Dellinger The Home Insurance Company insurance policies; 16 Apr 1930

Dorsey family
- photos of Jesse G. & Daisy Dorsey

Dreyer family
- photo of Anna Dold Dreyer

Eitel, Theodore
- article about his photograph book About a Town In Southern Indiana (book is oversized)

Flood of 1937
- post cards of 1937 flood
- Greatest Flood of the Century book
- Synchronizer 1987 50th Anniversary Edition A Tribute to LG&E Employees book
- 1945 Flood Pictures of the “POINT” And the Surrounding Areas book
- The Borden Eagle Feb. 1937 Great Flood issue of Borden Company NY, NY newsletter
- Bulletin No. 1 Washington Township Local Red Cross Flood Relief List

Floyd County, Indiana
- Carnegie Library, New Albany, Indiana postcard (postmark 1911)

The Gold Star Book by Fanny B. Coats Graves family
- Joe Graves autograph book

Guenther family
- photo album

Guernsey family
- ‘Twas Only Those Bright Eyes of Blue music by Ella Guernsey, words by John Hamilton c1883
- Holly & Mistletoe Waltz by Ella Guernsey c1880
- Early Charlestown by Mary Carr Guernsey (copy of hand written paper)
- Elam G. Guernsey items
- Ella Guernsey recipes and poems
- letter from Andrew McComb to Elem Guernsey 1864
- letter from Thomas J Mitchell 9 Feb 1862
- letter from Elam G. Guernsey
- letter from J.W.M to Elam Guernsey 5 Dec 1897
- letter from JAC McCoy to Guernsey 24 Feb 1864
- letter from Mary Lewis to Mr. Guernsey 21 Oct 1864

Handy family
- various photographs
- photograph of Handy Store in Charlestown, Indiana

Harris family
- Sarah Jane Todd Harris obituary
- ephemera
- marriage certificate of Frank R. McCutcheon and Olive N. Harris 1880
- photos of Jonah Harris tombstone
- pictures of house at Lot 64 Charlestown, IN and history of Sarah Harris living there

Harrison County, Indiana
- postcards of Corydon
- home of Col. Thomas Posey, erected 1818, Corydon, Indiana postcard (postmark 1918)

Henryville, Indiana
- Expect More Right Now WAVE 3 Storm Tracking Team Magazine about 2012 tornado
- A History of Monroe Township and Henryville in Clark County, Indiana – Monroe Twp. Vol. Fire Dept. Annual Picnic program 1966
- old photographs

Hester family
- family photos

Homberger family
- Henry Homberger passport 1872 The Hoosier Sampler
- newspaper March/Apr 1999 Vol 2 Issue 2

Hospitals
- post card of Clark County Memorial Hospital, Jeffersonville, IN c1960
- Ground Breaking Ceremony North Clark Community Hospital, Charlestown, IN program 1975
- 2 photos of Civil War hospital in Jeffersonville

Houston family
- photographs of Margaret Houston Smith c1860

Howk family
- Elvira Vail Howk and Dorothy Naylor letter 29 Apr 1834

Indiana history (2 folders)
- Indiana 1926 (book)
- Indiana 1930 (book)
- Indiana and the Civil War 1961 (book)
- Handbook on Indiana History by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission 1963

Indiana Ordnance Works
- see also boxes
- “For a Job Well Done” program for “E” Rating flag
- photographs & post cards
- The Hoosier Clan (partial photo copy of newspaper 23 Oct 1942)

Indiana Ordnance Works - The Action
- The Action 1941 IOW newsletter

Indiana Ordnance Works & Indiana Army Ammunition Plant - maps

Indiana Ordnance Works - POW camp 1945
- photographs, camp blue print, newspaper articles

Indiana Ordnance Works - Powder Horn (3 folders)
- The Powder Horn 1941-1943 IOW newsletter

IOOF - International Order of Odd Fellows
- photograph of Sellersburg members and building

James Funeral Home records, Charlestown, IN

Jefferson County, Indiana
- The Apothegm 1897 (Madison High School year book)
- Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana postcard (postmark 1914)
- 4 postcards of Hanover College
- postcard of Lanier Mansion
- postcard of Madison State Hospital

Jeffersonville Township
- Petition to stop tax collection by the Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company, Jan 1891
- deed of Katherine Carroll to Claud & Bertha Gray Lot 2 Block 93 in Jeffersonville, IN, 14 Sep 1925

Jonathan Jennings
- history of Jonathan Jennings
- photograph negatives of items related to Jennings
- photographs of Jennings memorial ceremony and construction at Charlestown Cemetery
- invitation to Jennings memorial ceremony at Charlestown Cemetery

Knights of Honor
- photographs of Sellersburg group

Knights of Pythias
- Bethlehem KOP ledger 1902-1928

Lafayette, Marquis de
- Visit of Lafayette, Indiana, May 11, 1825 by Capt. L.C. Baird

Ledbetter family
- Chuck Ledbetter photographs

Library construction photographs Library photographs (2 folders)

Louisville Cement Company - employees
- photographs & postcards

Louisville Cement Company
- history

- Louisville Cement Company Louisville, KY 1965 book
- histories
- letters

Louisville Cement Company - photographs

Maps
- plat map of Clark County 1951
- plat map of Clark County 1918

Marble Hill, Hanover, IN
- promotional poster
- photograph

Masonic Lodges
- history and photographs

McAleese family
- Robert McAleese of Louisville, KY family bible pages
- ephemera items
- ribbons: delegate 1897; delegate Convention May 5, 1908; George Washington Memorial league, July 4, 95 Louisville, KY

McClara family
- John and Nancy McClara of Memphis, IN mortgage papers for property in Survey Grant No. 185, 1 Jul 1862

McDaniel family
- Peter L. McDaniel of Charlestown, IN receipt for furs sold to A.E. Burkhardt & Co. in Cincinnati, OH

McGee letters
- letter to William P. McGee from James Park, 16 Jun 1832
- letter to William McGee from James McGee, 6 Mar 1831
- letter to Samuel or Robert McGee from Walter Craig, 22 Apr 1822
- letter from Civil War Soldier to Belle McGee 29 Jul 1862

Memphis, Indiana
- photographs

Meyer family
- photographs

Mills of Clark County
- paper The Early Mills of Clark County, Ind. by D.F.M.Carr 189?

Monroe Township Election Poll Books for 1863, 1865, & 1867

Morrow family
- misc. photographs of unknown people from the Morrow House
- group photograph of John and Rebecca Jane Collins Morrow family

New Hanover River Boat Ledgers
- copies of 2 ledgers - 18 Nov 1932 - 20 Feb 1933 - 27 Feb 1933 - 31 May 1933

New Washington, Indiana
- photographs
- 1933 New Washington telephone directory

Ohio Falls Cities & Their Counties book index

Ohio River
- photographs

Oregon Township
- Marysville, IN post office dedication program 1967

Pangburn family
- school paper “Mugwumps” by M.E. Pangburn 1903
- school paper “Third Party Movement” by M.E. Pangburn 1903

Pendegraft family
- photograph of Charles, Ida, George, Mary, Mr & Mrs Pendegraft, and 2 grandchildren c1910

Poor Farm
- picture, article
- see also oversized ledger

Potter family
- Bible pages with Franklin Levi Potter family information

Prisons
- Illustrated Souvenir of the Indiana Reformatory book 1906

Quartermaster Depot, Jeffersonville, Indiana
- Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot and You employee handbook
- Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot history

Railroads
- photos of Charlestown depot; Interurban in Charlestown and Sellersburg; B&O bridge in Charlestown; William Crooks train in Charlestown, IN; Marysville depot; Henryville depot; Sellersburg depot
- Louisville & Northern Railway tickets Sellersburg to Louisville
- post card of a conductor for the Louisville & Southern Indiana Track Co.
- The Sentiel 3rd Quarter 2016 magazine by B&O Railroad Historical Society

Ramsey family
- letters to Mattie Ramsey from Ina Marden 11 Aug 1885
- letters to Mattie Ramsey from I.N.C. 7 Aug 1885
- letters to Mattie Ramsey from ? 12 Aug 1885
- post card to Mattie Ramsey
- post card to Mattie W. Ramsey from I. M. Stark 29 Jul 1883
- post card to Mr. G.A. Ramsey from Allen
- post card to Prof. A. Newt Murdew from M.D.D. 7 Apr 1882

Red Men
- By Laws of Tokape Tribe No 116 Improved Order Red Men of Salem, IN

Reich family
- Warranty Deed from A.J. Gibbs to Charles Reich for land in Grant No. 118, 29 Apr 1895
- Warranty Deed from James Bridges to Charles Reich for land in Grant No. 117, 18 Apr 1872

The Reporter
- newspaper Vol 1 Issue 1 6 Jun 1991

Riley family
- John Riley teacher’s license from Orange County, Indiana 1897

Riverboats
- photo of America Steamboat
- photo of Columbia Steamboat docked
- see also Rose Island folder

Roads of Clark County
- photograph of Highway 62 construction 2 miles south of Charlestown, IN 1941
- Middle Road Toll Gate ledger 1867-1890 in Charlestown, IN
- photo of I65 exit 19 Henryville 1960
- Opening of Third Section of Interstate 65 14 sep 1960 program

Robinson family
- Eva Martin Robinson photographs unlabeled

Robison family
- Bible pages for John & Sally Robison including Jane, Sally Ann, Benjamin, Joseph, & James Robison and Benjamin, Agnis, Matilda & Saly Culver

Rose Island
- photographs
- Rose Island 14 Miles Above Louisville on the Beautiful Ohio c1930 pamphlet - Images of Rose Island by T.A. Chapman book
- 1937 Mud, Sweat & Tears: A Community Remembers The Flood

Ross, Judge John
- information about painting that was given to the library, painting is in storage

School Supply Catalog c1920 Schools - Barnett Academy collection 1864-65
- Barnett Academy commencement program, Charlestown, Indiana 16 Jun 1864
- Barnett Academy entertainment program, Charlestown, Indiana 18 Jun 1869
- Barnett Academy Catalogue, Charlestown, Indiana 1865
- Barnett Academy Programme of Exercises, Charlestown, Indiana 29 Jun 1865
- photograph

Schools - Carr Township
- Bennettsville School photograph
- St. Joseph School photographs

Schools - Charlestown School - old court house 1878-1917
- photographs

Schools - Charlestown School - Jonathan Jennings K-12 school 1917-1953
- photographs

Schools - Charlestown School 1960s
- photographs

Schools - Charlestown School 1970-1980s
- photographs

Schools - Charlestown School - sports
- photographs

Schools - Charlestown Township
- Harrod School No 7 photograph
- Crab College photographs
- Carver School photographs and food receipts
- Tucker School photograph
- Haymaker Public School souvenir
- Catalogue and Circular of the Charlestown Female Institute 1853-54
- First Annual Catalogue of the Graded School and Normal Institute, of Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana 1883-84

Schools - Monroe Township
- Henryville Seminary photographs
- Henryville High School class of 1913 photo
- Henryville High School photographs
- Oakland School photographs
- Pleasant Hill School souvenir 1903
- list of teachers and students at Maple Grove School

Schools - Silver Creek Township (2 folders)
- Silver Creek Township and Sellersburg Schools 1st Commencement program 1893
- Silver Creek and Speed Schools Commencement program 1898
- Silver Creek High School construction photographs 1938-39
- Silver Creek School photographs
- Silver Creek High School postcard
- Silver Creek basketball team 1931 photograph
- Silver Creek girls glee club 1926 photograph
- Sellersburg Grade School 1853-1901 information & photographs
- Sellersburg Grade School photograph 1925
- Sellersburg grade school postcard
- Speed Grade School group photo c1898, plus others
- Speed Grade School/Stout Elementary
- Speed School postcard
- Speed Grade School 1926 photograph
- Hamburg School photograph
- Belknap School photograph & information
- Oklahoma School photographs
- Greenwood School information

Schools - unknown photographs

Schools - Utica Township
- Utica School photograph
- Utica Township Schools commencement program 1945

Schools - Washington Township
- New Washington High School commencement program, New Washington, Indiana 1912

Sellers family
- post cards addressed to Ethel Sellers Charlestown, IN
- various pictures unmarked

Sellersburg, Indiana (3 folders)
- photographs & postcards
- business ephemera
- Silver Creek Canning Company stock 1894
- Chautauqua 1916 Sellersburg program
- Sellersburg, Indiana: A Century of Change book
- Chautauqua 1916 program
- Abstract to Title Survey No 88 at 7505 HWY 31 in Sellersburg, IN

Sellersburg Time Capsule
- newspaper article
- photos
- Indiana Sesquicentennial coin
Speed Community Fair
- programs 1920-1929
- 1920 ribbon

Speed Community House
- photos
- newspaper articles

Speed, Indiana
- Greetings from Home Christmas 1943
- photographs of Speed Park, Speed Community House, Speed Store, Speed Restaurant, Speed Hotel
- Speed Stars baseball team c1910 photograph

Speed Woman’s Club
- photos

Spicknall family
- funeral notice of Irene Mars Spicknall 25 Mar 1883

Spurgeon, Norris
- 1918 daily journal

Stockwell family
- Stockwell cave photo
- see also boxes

Swartz-Doughty family
- family photograph in Speed, IN

Tunnel Mill
- photographs

Turner family
- receipts and letters for Kid M. & Elisha Turner and Berry A. Turner

Union Township
- Abstract for Grant No. 203 in Memphis, IN in 1890 around Lot 73 where train depot was
- photographs

United States Government
- Selective Service publication

Utica Township
- plat map of Utica, IN
- photographs of buildings in Utica

Waters family
- envelop addressed to Mr. Frank Waters Charlestown, IN from Christ Eberle Produce and Commission Merchant Cincinnati, OH, 26 Apr 1896 and 12 Jun 1895 with receipt
- envelop addressed to Frank Waters Charlestown, IN from Larkin Soap Mfg Co. Buffalo, NY with catalog

Watkins Liniment promotional booklet “A Few Old Favorites”

Wessendorf family
- photo

World War II
- war ration book no. 3

Work-Faris family records
- Bible records from at least 5 Bibles listing births, deaths, marriages
- John Work’s will - 2 pages
- Jesse William Faris death notice
- Indiana Common Schools (Charlestown) diploma for Jesse Fairs 1888

Over Sized Storage:

Rare Books:

  • Baedeker’s London and Its Environs. by K. Baedeker; London 1885
  • Baird’s History of Clark County Indiana by Captain Lewis C. Baird (signed); Indianapolis 1909
  • Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington Indiana 1889 (reproduction 1969)
  • The Brotherhood; Being a Presentation of the Principles, of Odd-Fellowship by Rev. Thomas G. Behareel (signed); Cincinnati 1868
  • Bryant’s Station and The Memorial Proceedings; Louisville, KY 1897
  • First Explorations of Kentucky by J. Stoddard Johnston; Louisville, KY 1898
  • The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana; Indianapolis 1850
  • History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties Vol I & II; Cleveland, Ohio 1882
  • Mammoth Cave and the Cave Region of Kentucky by Helen F. Randolph; Louisville 1924
  • The New and Universal Gazetteer; or, Modern Geographical Dictionary Vol. II by Joseph Scott; Philadelphia 1799
  • The New and Universal Gazetteer; or, Modern Geographical Dictionary Vol. IV by Joseph Scott; Philadelphia 1800
  • The Pocket Companion; Every Man His Own Lawyer by a Gentleman of the Bar; Philadelphia 1830
  • The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Poems, Plays and Essays by Oliver Goldsmith; Boston 1866
  • Senate: Standing Rules and Orders for the Government of the Same for the Regular Session of 1897 with the Constitution of the State of Indiana
  • The Story of Methodism Throughout the World by A.B. Hyde; Springfield, Mass 1889
  • The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; Washington 1884
  • The Works of Daniel Webster Volume V; Boston 1877
  • 31st Congress, 1st Session House of Representatives Ex. Doc No. 5 Part II; Washington 1849