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GUIDE TO SOURCES ON ELKHART COUNTY HISTORY At the ELKHART COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM Bristol, Indiana Revised October 2004
GUIDE TO SOURCES ON ELKHART COUNTY HISTORY
At the
ELKHART COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Bristol, Indiana
Revised October 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE AND RESEARCH TIPS 1
SOURCES 2
1. Indexes and Listings
Library Card Catalog
Indexes to Publications
Indexes to Elkhart County and City Histories
Indexes to Maps/Plat Books/Directories
Newspaper Indexes and Excerpts 3
Census Indexes and Listings
Local Records Indexes and Listings 4
Birth Records Indexes
Marriage Records Indexes
Death Records Indexes
Wills Listings 5
Cemetery Listings and Indexes
Funeral Home Indexes 6
Church Records Indexes and Listings 7
Indexes to Elkhart County Recorder’s Records
Michiana Searcher Indexes and Listings 8
Miscellaneous Indexes and Listings 9
Indexes to Archival Materials in the Society’s Collection
2. Books and Pamphlets 11
African American History
Agriculture
Amish History and Culture
Amish and Mennonite Directories 12
Architecture, Art and Historic Landmarks
Biography (Compilations) 13
Biography and Autobiography (Individual)
Business and Industry 14
Cemeteries
Church History
Cities and Towns--History, Guides, Description 19
Civil War 22
Clubs and Associations
Cookbooks
County History and Description 23
County Institutions and Records
Decorative Arts
Directories, City
Directories, Rural, County-Wide 24
TABLE OF CONTENTS - BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS (continued)
Directories, Telephone 24
Environment, Geography, Geology, Nature
Family Bibles 25
Family History--Individual Families
Family History--Groups of Families 27
Folklore 28
Health Issues
Indian History
Indiana Miscellany
Laws, Ordinances, Legislation 29
Maps, Atlases and Plat Books
Orphan Trains 30
Press, Writers, Literature, Local Authors
Railroads 31
Rivers
School History--Goshen College
School History--Elementary, Junior High and High Schools
School Sports Statistics 32
School Publications, Other than Student
School Publications--Yearbooks and Magazines
Spanish-American War 33
Tornado, Palm Sunday, 1965
Township History
World War I
World War II 34
3. Periodicals 35
4. Newspaper Collection 36
Bristol
Elkhart
Foraker 38
Goshen
Middlebury 39
Millersburg
New Paris 40
Wakarusa
Milford, Kosciusko County
Monoquet “
5. Census Records 41
Federal Census Population Schedules
Census of Agriculture
Census of Manufactures 42
Other Special Censuses
TABLE OF CONTENTS - LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS
6. Local Government Records 43
Agricultural Census
Birth Records 44
Cities and Towns--Administrative Records
County Administrative Records (County Departments)
County Commissioners’ Record 45
County Commissioners’ Papers (Auditor)
Court Records (County Courts)--Estates 46
Court Records (County Courts)--Other Than Estates
Court Records (Township Courts) 47
Death-Related Records
Election and Voter Records
Health Records 48
Land Records
Licenses and Bonds 49
Marriage Records
Patent and Trademark Records
Poor Farm and Poor Relief Records
School Administrative Records and Related Items 50
School Enumerations 51
School Teachers’ Records
Tax Assessment Records
Township Administrative Records (Other Than Tax Records) 52
Veteran and War Records 53
7. Other Manuscripts 55
Elkhart County Historical Society Records; Stonex Collection
Historical Projects
Personal Papers
Business Records 57
Abstract Company Records 58
Clubs and Organizations
8. Maps 60
Indian Village Sites
Geological Survey Maps
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
9. Additional Sources 61
Vertical Files
Business Publications
Photographs and Post Cards
Museum Displays
10. Special Note: Elkhart County Genealogical Society Library 62
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PREFACE
Since 1896, the Elkhart County Historical Society has been collecting printed materials,
manuscripts, photographs and artifacts relating primarily to the history of Elkhart County,
Indiana. Since 1968 the collections have been located at the Elkhart County Historical Museum
at Rush Memorial Center, the former Washington Township High School, in Bristol, Indiana.
The museum is supported by Elkhart County under the administration of the Elkhart County Park
and Recreation Department, and also by funds from the Elkhart County Historical Society. The
museum is open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and
Sundays from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. The library is open during museum open hours. The museum
is closed in December and January and on staff holidays.
The collections are non-circulating and are not loaned out through interlibrary loan. Free
assistance is given to researchers who visit the museum. An hour of free staff research time also
is offered to those who cannot visit; however, there is a charge for additional time. The staff
provides photocopying, microfilm copying, and photograph copying services, also for a fee.
Membership in the Society, while having no bearing on access to research services, will bring
news of Elkhart County Historical Society programs and activities. The annual individual
membership fee is $10.00; family membership, $15.00; life membership, $150.00. For assistance
and information, write Diana Zornow, Assistant Director, Elkhart County Historical Museum,
Rush Memorial Center, P. O. Box 434, Bristol, IN 46507. Telephone: 574-848-4322; fax,
574-848-5703; email, [email protected].
RESEARCH TIPS
It is important to realize, when beginning to search for information in the museum, that
due to the wealth and diversity of the Society’s collections, there are many different sources on a
given topic in numerous locations in the building. Staff members and volunteers will aid you in
exploring the various sources, and in most cases will retrieve the items. It is seldom possible to
locate everything in a short time. In fact, it is always a good idea to make a prior appointment, so
that the staff member can begin to check on pertinent items before your visit. Researchers are
asked to register and to handle the materials with care. Food and drink are not allowed in the
library or archives. Smoking is not allowed in the building.
SCOPE OF THIS GUIDE
Due to considerations of space, this guide focuses primarily on materials pertinent to the
history of Elkhart County, Indiana. There are additional items in the collections which pertain to
nearby counties in Indiana and Michigan and especially to the history of the state of Indiana.
This is the fifth edition of this guide. It has been compiled and edited by Martha M.
Pickrell, volunteer archivist, with aid from Diana Zornow, assistant director of the museum, who
is in charge of research, library and archives functions, and in the past from volunteer librarian
Bette Burrell, who with her husband Eugene founded the museum’s library in 1968.
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1. INDEXES AND LISTINGS
The collections include many invaluable tools which can shorten research time. A number
of these have been developed by the Elkhart County Genealogical Society, and by museum staff
and volunteers. Items are located in the library unless otherwise noted.
LIBRARY CARD CATALOG
The card catalog consists of the following sections: books and pamphlets (3 drawers);
census, newspapers, periodicals, telephone directories, family Bibles (1 drawer), business
publications, cemetery files, vertical file topics (1 drawer); archives (1 drawer).
INDEXES TO PUBLICATIONS
Indexes to Elkhart County and City Histories
Indiana WPA, comp. Elkhart County, Indiana, Index of Names of Persons and of Firms
(Indianapolis, 1939, 2 vols.), though not recent, is a comprehensive and useful name-index to
most of the histories concerning Elkhart County which existed in 1939. It is limited to names
only. In many cases, this is a good starting point in researching Elkhart County ancestors.
Hoffman, Wanda Kauffman, comp. Index to Goshen, the First 150 Years, 1831-1991
(Elkhart County Genealogical Society, c. 2002)
Indexes to Maps/Plat Books/Directories
Index to 1861 Map of Elkhart County (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, from
Michiana Searcher, Winter 1982).
Index to Farmers in Elkhart County Taken from 1861 Plat Book (Elkhart County
Genealogical Society, from Michiana Searcher, 1980).
Beulah Mohart Scott, comp. Index to Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart County,1874
(1970). Note: the book’s text is indexed in the WPA Index of Persons and of Firms.
Patricia K. Johnson, comp. Index to Names in the Historical Directory of Elkhart County,
1892. From the Plat Book of Elkhart County, Indiana (Elkhart County Genealogical Society,
2000).
Index to 1892 Plat Book of Elkhart County, Indiana (Ogle), on cards, currently filed as
part of archival Surname Index in library.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Newspaper Indexes and Excerpts
Card index to the Goshen Express, 1837-1838; Northern Indianan, 1840-1844; and
Goshen Democrat, 1839-1852, compiled by Eugene and Bette Burrell (4 drawers). This useful
index to the county’s earliest newspapers, all published in Goshen, describes and excerpts items
on county politics, business and industry, churches, organizations, notable events, and activities
of individuals. A genealogical section lists all notices of marriages, deaths and divorces found in
these newspapers.
Vital Statistics from the Bristol Banner, 1877-1887, compiled by Betty Huster (Elkhart
County Genealogical Society, c. 1986). Includes marriages, divorces, obituaries, and
miscellaneous items of interest.
Betty Huster, comp. Index to Items of Local Genealogical and Historical Interest from the
Elkhart Observer, Aug. 21, 1872 - Aug. 25, 1875 (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 1987).
Includes deaths and other genealogical and historical items.
Patricia K. Johnson and Marilyn Waumans, comp. Marriages, Deaths and Miscellany
Abstracted from the Elkhart Weekly Review, Feb. 5, 1859-Jan. 12, 1861 (William Tuffs Chapter
DAR, Elkhart, 1981-1982).
Terry Keller and Al Boulanger, comp. Index to Goshen Times Vital Statistics, 1859-1869
(A Work in Progress) (Goshen, 1999).
CENSUS INDEXES AND LISTINGS
Information from the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Federal Census Population Schedules for
Elkhart County has been extracted and printed. Indexes for the1830 and 1840 Censuses,
compiled by Emil V. Anderson and the Elkhart County Genealogical Society, respectively, list
name of head of family, number in family, and township. A listing of the 1850 Census compiled
by Ivan Nunemaker lists names of all persons in the household with ages, birth state and property
values, and some maiden names where known. By township; indexed. See also:
US Census Bureau 1860 Census of Elkhart County Indiana (Kratz Indexing, 1985).
1870 Federal Census, Baugo, Locke and Olive Townships, from the Michiana Searcher
(Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 1970). For additions see Michiana Searcher Indexes.
Index to 1880 Federal Census of the City of Elkhart, Martha Pickrell, comp. (1979).
See also: Michiana Searcher Indexes and Listings. For Census records, see 5. Census.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - LOCAL RECORDS (continued)
LOCAL RECORDS INDEXES AND LISTINGS:
Birth Records Indexes
Indiana WPA. Index to Birth Records, Elkhart County, Indiana, 1882-1920 (1940, 5vols.)
Ned Parcell, comp. Index to Elkhart County, Indiana Delayed Birth Records Filed
1941-1953 (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 1997).
See also Newspaper Indexes; 6. Local Govt. Records/School Enumerations.
Marriage Records Indexes
Patricia K. Johnson and Jeffrey L. Keim, comp. Marriage Records, Elkhart County,
Indiana, 1830-1867 (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 2004).
Ruth M. Slevin, comp. Elkhart County Marriages, 1830-1849 (Indiana State Library
Genealogy Division, Indianapolis, no date).
Robert E. and Phyllis J. Selby, comp. Elkhart County, Indiana Marriage Records,
1830-1849 (Kokomo, 1982).
Indiana WPA. Index to Marriage Records, Elkhart County, Indiana, 1850-1920 (1940, 5
vols.).
Ned Parcell. Elkhart County, Indiana Marriage Records, 25 December 1910 - 29
December 1920 (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 1997).
See also Newspaper Indexes, Archival Indexes, Michiana Searcher Indexes.
Divorce Indexes
See Newspaper, Archival, Michiana Searcher Indexes.
Death Records Indexes
Indiana WPA. Index to Death Records, Elkhart County, Ind., 1882-1920 (1940, 3 vols.).
Patricia K. Johnson and Lois A. Jacobson. Burial Transit Permits, July 1950 - Jan. 1984,
Elkhart City, Ind., and Aug. 1950 - Dec. 1982, Elkhart County, Ind. (Elkhart County
Genealogical Society, 2002). Check all details.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - LOCAL RECORDS (continued)
See also Newspaper, Cemetery, Funeral Home, Archival, Michiana Searcher Indexes.
Wills Listings
Ruth Slevin, comp. Elkhart County, Indiana Will Records, 1845-1881, Books 1-2 (Fort
Wayne Public Library, 1971). See also Michiana Searcher Indexes.
Cemetery Listings and Indexes
Burials in all Elkhart County cemeteries except the large city-owned cemeteries in
Elkhart and Goshen (see below) have been recorded by the Elkhart County Genealogical Society
in: Cemeteries of Elkhart County (Elkhart, 1990-1991, 4 vols.). The oldest part of Elkhart’s
Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart is included in the Concord Township listings. The series is
organized by townships. Each cemetery listing is accompanied by an alphabetical index.
The volumes are as follows: Vol. I: Benton, Clinton, Elkhart, Jackson Townships (1990);
Vol. II: Harrison, Locke, Olive, Union Townships (1990); Vol. III: Baugo, Cleveland, Concord,
Osolo Townships (1991); Vol. IV: Jefferson, Middlebury, Washington, York Townships (1991).
To accompany these volumes, the Society then published four master indexes, one for
each volume: Elaine Spires Smith. Index to Vol. I (1996); Marion Cook Fetter. Index to vol. II
(1996); Lois Jacobson. Indexes to Vol. III and Vol IV (1997).
The Elkhart County Genealogical Society’s project of listing all County cemeteries has
enlarged with the following:
Jeffrey L. Keim, comp. Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, IN (Elkhart County
Genealogical Society, 1997).
Jeffrey L. Keim, comp. Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, IN (Elkhart County
Genealogical Society, 1999).
Patricia K. Johnson and Jeffrey L. Keim, comps., Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart
County, IN (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 2000).
Jeffrey L. Keim and Patricia K. Johnson. Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN,
Vol. I (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 2001).
Patricia K. Johnson and Jeffrey L. Keim. Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County IN,
Vol. II (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 2002).
A listing of all county cemeteries was made by Patricia K. Johnson March 8, 2002.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - LOCAL RECORDS - CEMETERIES (continued)
The library has listings made previous to these books, including, among others, David L.
Miller. Record of the Old Yellow Creek Cemetery (Pilgrim Publications, Goshen, c. 1987).
The library card catalog contains cards and maps describing and locating each cemetery.
Veteran burials are listed in American Legion. Cemetery Record of Deceased Veterans,
Elkhart County (n.d.). See also Archival Indexes; Michiana Searcher Indexes; 6. Local
Government Records/Veteran and War Records; 7. Other Manuscripts/Historical Projects.
Funeral Home Indexes
Andrew L. Skwiercz, comp. Index to the Records of the Dale White Funeral Home,
Elkhart, IN. 1929-1993 (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 1995).
Andrew L. Skwiercz and John L. Gold, comp. Index to the Records of the
Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home, Elkhart, IN. April 1912 - October 1988 (Elkhart
County Genealogical Society, 1996).
Andrew L. Skwiercz and John L. Gold, comp. Index to the Records of the Andrew
Stephens (1913-1928) and Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman (1926-1996) Funeral Homes, Elkhart, IN
(Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 1997).
Donald R. and Ruth Freed, comp. Funerals Conducted by Lienhart & Weaver Funeral
Home, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, from 1896-1929 (Elkhart County Genealogical
Society, 1998).
Records of Charles F. Rohrer & Son Funeral Home, New Paris, 1926-1943 (notebook).
Andrew L. Skwiercz. Index to the Records of the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral
Home, Elkhart, IN, Vol. II, Oct. 1988-Oct. 1999 (Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 2000).
Andrew L. Skwiercz and John L. Gold. Index to the Records of the
Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN, Jan. 1954 to March 2002
(Elkhart County Genealogical Society, 2002).
Andrew L. Skwiercz and John L. Gold. Index to the Records of the Stemm-Lawson
Peterson, 1978-2002 and Carlyse Wagner 1949-1960 Funeral Homes, Bristol, Ind. (Elkhart
County Genealogical Society, 2002).
See also Michiana Searcher Indexes.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - LOCAL RECORDS (continued)
Church Records Indexes and Listings
Patricia K. Johnson, comp. Grace Lutheran Church Elkhart, 1873-1948 (Elkhart County
Genealogical Society, 2003).
Virginia LaVoy, comp. Index of Church Families, 1873 Thru 1993, Grace United
Methodist Church, 137 Division St., Elkhart, In. (Elkhart, c. 1993).
Meliss C. Howard and Ruth Fidler Coggan, comp. Protestant Episcopal Church in the
USA, Northern Indiana Diocese, Goshen, Indiana, St. James Parish, Register, vol. 1 (1969).
See also Michiana Searcher Indexes; 2. Books and Pamphlets/ Amish and Mennonite
Directories.
Indexes to Elkhart County Recorder’s Records
In 1999 the Elkhart County Historical Society acquired from the owners of the former
Simpson/Elkhart County Abstract Company some very useful indexes compiled by the company
over the years to Elkhart County Recorder’s records. These large bound volumes are located in
the archives. They include the following:
Deed Indexes (index by surname to County Recorder’s Deed Books), 1831 - 1877 (11
vols.; missing vol. 7, 1871-1873). Like similar indexes in the Recorder’s office, these include all
the basic information on land transactions, including names of grantor and grantee, property
description, date, price, and book and page number. Note: unlike the indexes in the Recorder’s
office, names within a letter are not alphabetized. Vol. 6 has pages missing. Vol. 1 is difficult to
read because of fading ink.
General Index, c. 1830-1877 (2 vols.). Master surname index to the first 52 Deed Books.
Contains names, book page numbers only. Strict alphabetizing makes it a quick reference.
Companion set of Indexes to Deed Books, organized by property description, c.
1831-1899 (11 vols.). These are in three series: A, c. 1831-Nov. 1865; B, Dec. 1865-1899; and
C, 1883-1899. All rural areas, cities and towns are included, with essential information about
each transaction. It is possible to trace the history of a piece of property very quickly using these
books.
Three other sets of indexes are organized by date. These include: Indexes to Mortgages,
Mechanic’s Liens and other miscellaneous items, 1856-1907 (5 vols.); Index to Tax Sales,
1841-c.1931 (3 vols.); and Index to (court) Judgments, 1861-1965 (4 vols.) The Mortgage
volumes are subdivided by town/township, which is useful. See also Indexes to Archival
Materials.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - LOCAL RECORDS (continued)
Michiana Searcher Indexes and Listings
Many listings from local records, including a number of records in the Elkhart County
Historical Society’s collections, have been published since 1969 in the Michiana Searcher, the
quarterly of the Elkhart County Genealogical Society. A short-cut to locating these indexes
through 1994 is provided by Patricia K. Johnson’s Subject Index of the Michiana Searcher, Vols.
1-26, 1969-1994 (1995) and supplement (1998). The following are some of the records indexed
in the magazine:
Baugo Township Old Settlers, 1828-1879
Bristol, voters in incorporation election, 1869
Cemeteries, various
Censuses: 1830; 1840; 1870 (Baugo, Benton, Jackson, Locke, Middlebury, Olive, Union
Townships)
Churches: German Baptist meeting delegates, 1876
Elkhart Church of Christ ministers, 1879-1925
First Presbyterian Church, Elkhart, memorial garden internments
Methodist Episcopal Church, Wakarusa, various items
Trinity Methodist, Elkhart, baptisms, 1862-1954; deaths, 1865-1899
Trout Creek Chapel, various items, 1852-1929
Civil War: Olive Township enlistees; veterans in New Paris cemetery;
Discharge records, Elkhart County, Book 1
Pensioners on the Roll, 1883
Concord Township exempts
Soldiers buried at County expense, selection of
Dead letters, Goshen Post Office, 1837
Divorces in Elkhart County, 1904-1905
Elkhart, voters in town incorporation election, 1858
Estates, guardianships, 1888
Funeral homes: Walter Meyer, Elkhart, 1921-1947; Charles S. Rohrer, New Paris,
1926-1938; Jacob Ehret, Wakarusa, 1888-1899
Hospital for Insane, Logansport, County patients taken to, 1894-1901
Juror lists, 1830-1836
Land purchases, Elkhart, 1831-1832
Map, Elkhart County, 1861, farmers listed in
Marriage records, Elkhart County Clerk, 1831-1891
Middlebury incorporation, 1868
Millersburg residents, 1866; property owners, 1934
Mortality Schedule, Elkhart County, 1850
Nappanee census, 1888
Nappanee, Branham’s Hotel guests, 1912-1930
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - LOCAL RECORDS - MICHIANA SEARCHER (continued)
Naturalizations, 1880-1913
Newspapers, various items from
Nurses’ registrations, 1918-1932; in World War II
Obituaries, various
Odd Fellows deaths, 1846-1901
Orphan train passengers, 1861; adopting families
Physicians’, osteopaths’, dentists’, optometrists, chiropractors’ licenses, various dates
Poor Farm, residents in 1927
Revolutionary War soldiers buried in County
Schools, various: students, graduates, teachers
Tax assessment: Real estate owners, 1859; auto licenses, Goshen, 1928
Veterans and their wives, burials 1908-1914
Veteran burials, Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, 1908
Veteran listing from Veterans’ Administration Office
Voter records: Registrations, 1892; Absent voters, 1918-1920
Wakarusa and Olive Township, early births and deaths
Wills, 1907-1921
World War I deaths in County
World War II participants, New Paris
MISCELLANEOUS INDEXES AND LISTINGS
Dean K. Garber and Chris Witmer, comp. Washington Township Teachers and Students,
1867-1912. Notebook filed in Archives. Dean K. Garber, One Room Schools, Names and
Districts in Elkhart County (Goshen, 1986).
Indiana WPA. Inventory of the County Archives of Indiana, No. 20, Elkhart County
(1937).
INDEXES TO ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN THE SOCIETY’S COLLECTIONS
An extensive alphabetical card index to surnames in certain archival collections of the
Elkhart County Historical Society was created in the 1980s as a project of the Elkhart County
Genealogical Society and the Elkhart County Historical Society. The project was directed by
Betty Huster. Primary emphasis is on the years 1830 to 1865, with later entries as well. Most of
the records chosen for indexing were local government records. The bulk of this card index is
located in the library. A special section indexing divorces, adoptions and naturalizations
(extracted from certain court records) is filed in the archives. For identification of records that
have been included in this Surname Index, see 6. Local Government Records.
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INDEXES AND LISTINGS - E.C.H.S. ARCHIVES (continued)
Indexes to individual record groups or collections of Local Government Records in the
archives include, among others, an extensive document index to the Auditor/Commissioners
Papers (contains some names) and a surname index to Clerk/Coroner’s Inquests. Located in the
archives. See also Michiana Searcher Indexes; 6. Local Government Records.
An ongoing project is an index to a multi-volume collection of abstract books donated to
the Society by the owners of the former Simpson/Elkhart County Abstract Company, primarily
but not exclusively pertaining to the city of Elkhart. A number of the volumes have been indexed
by surname and by property description. Since this extensive card index is in the process of being
computerized, some of it is still on cards, some on printout. Index located in the archives.
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2. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
Not all the items in the Society’s library are formally published. Often this is indicated by
a simple date at the end of the listing.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Elkhart - The Inside Story; Elkhart’s Negro History (1992).
The First African/American Black Homecoming Reunion, Sept. 4, 5, 6, 1992, Elkhart,
Indiana (Elkhart, 1992).
Elkhart Urban League and Oaklawn. The State of the Black Community in Elkhart
County (Elkhart, 1978).
AGRICULTURE
Elkhart County Agricultural Society. Elkhart County Centennial Farms (n.d.).
Arnold, Eleanor, ed. Memories of Hoosier Homemakers (Rushville, 1983-88, 5 vols.)
Colby, Edna Moore. Hoosier Farmers in a New Day (Indiana Farm Bureau, Indianapolis,
1968).
Indiana Board of Agriculture. Reports. Vol. 1, 3 (1852-53), 6, 7(1857-59), 11-24
(1869-74), 26-44 (1876-95), 47 (1897-98), 49-50 (1899-1901), 52-54 (1902-05).
Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. 39th
Annual Report, 1914
(contains soil survey and description of agriculture in Elkhart County).
Indiana Department of Statistics. Annual Reports, vol. 1-5 (1879-83), 1-5 Biennial
(1885-94), 7-10 (1897-1904).
Indiana State Entomologist. Annual Report, 1910-11.
Indiana State Grange. Journal of Proceedings, 1938, 1939, 1942.
Thompson, Dave O. 150 Years of Indiana Agriculture (Indiana Sesquicentennial
Commission, Indianapolis, 1966).
US Dept. of Agriculture. Soil Survey of Elkhart County, Indiana (Washington, DC 1974).
Marti, Donald B. Historical Directory of American Agricultural Fairs (Greenwood Press,
New York, 1986).
See also Environment/Geology/Nature; 5. Census Records.
AMISH HISTORY AND CULTURE
Adams, Marcia. Cooking from Quilt Country (Clarkson N. Potter, c. 1989).
Hostetler, John A. Amish Life (Herald Press, 1959).
Hostetler, John A. Amish Roots: A Treasury of History, Wisdom and Lore (Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1992).
McLary, Kathleen. Amish Style: Clothing, Home Furnishings, Toys, Dolls and Quilts
(Indiana University Press, 1993).
Nolt, Steven M. A History of the Amish (Good Books, Intercourse, Pa. 2004).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - AMISH HISTORY AND CULTURE (continued)
Pottinger, David. Quilts from the Indiana Amish (Dutton, New York, 1983).
Scott, Stephen. Amish Houses and Barns (Good Books, Intercourse, Pa., 1992).
Troyer, Terry L. Amish Lifestyles Illustrated (TLT Publications, Goshen, 1982).
AMISH AND MENNONITE DIRECTORIES
Gingerich, Eli E., comp. Indiana Amish Directory: Elkhart and LaGrange Counties
(Middelbury, 1980).
Hostetter, C. Nelson, comp. Anabaptist-Mennonites Nationwide USA (Mastof Press,
Morgantown, Pa., c. 1997). Includes Amish and Brethren in Christ; has information on Elkhart
County people.
Miller, David. Families of the Indiana and Michigan Wisler Mennonite Church (Pilgrim
Publications, Goshen, c. 1986).
Old Order Mennonite Families (Pilgrim Publications, Goshen, c. 1987).
ARCHITECTURE, ART AND HISTORIC LANDMARKS
Carlisle, John C. A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
(Indiana Historical Society, c.1995).
Cooper, James L. Artistry and Ingenuity in Artificial Stone: Indiana’s Concrete Bridges,
1900-1942 (DePauw University, Greencastle, 1997).
Cooper, James L. Iron Monuments to Distant Posterity: Indiana’s Metal Bridges,
1870-1930 (DePauw University, Greencastle, 1987).
Hamilton, Donald E. Hoosier Temples: A Pictorial History of Indiana High School
Basketball Gyms (G. Bradley Publishing Co., St. Louis, c.1993).
Hermansen, David R. Indiana County Courthouses of the 19th
Century (Ball State
University, Muncie, 1968).
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. Hoosier Landmarks; Indiana Properties Listed
in the National Register of Historic Places (Indianapolis, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1990, 1993, 1994).
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. Indiana Historic Sites and Structures
Inventory, Elkhart County, Interim Report (Indianapolis, 1978).
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. Victorian Commercial Architecture in Indiana
(Indianapolis, The Foundation, 1978).
Indiana Junior Historical Society and Society of Indiana Pioneers. Barns and Other
Outbuildings on Indiana Farms (Indianapolis, 1975).
Peat, Wilbur D. Indiana Houses of the 19th
Century (Indiana Historical Society, 1962).
Roose, J. Earle. Bonneyville Mill (1996).
Scott, Donald H. Barns of Indiana (Donning Co., 1997).
Slade, Thomas M. ed. Historic American Buildings Survey In Indiana (Indiana University
Press, 1983).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - ARCHITECTURE, ART, LANDMARKS (continued)
White, Joseph M. Where God’s People Meet: A Guide to Significant Religious Places in
Indiana (Guild Press of Indiana, Carmel, 1996).
Authors, Local: see Press.
BIOGRAPHY (COMPILATIONS)
A Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of the State of Indiana (Western
Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, 1880).
Henry, Dean. The Skunk Lady and Colorful Goshen Characters (Goshen Historical
Society, 1989).
Honor Roll of Elkhart County, Indiana (Deery Pub. Co., Chcago, 1920).
Who’s Who & What’s What in Indiana Politics (Perry, Indianapolis, 1944).
Miller, Marion H. Source Book for Patriots Buried in Indiana (Indianapolis, 1990).
Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana
(Goodspeed Bros., Chicago, 1893).
Smith, Dorothy Elaine. A Tour of Graves of Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in
Elkhart County, In (Elkhart, 1986).
Wherly, Mrs. F. G. Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Elkhart County and Old Graves in
Baintertown Cemetery (Elkhart, 1938).
Also see Church History; City and Town History; Civil War; County History; Family
History; Laws; World War I.; World War II.
.
BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY (INDIVIDUAL)
Beck, Ervin. Joe Wright, Goshen Folk Hero (Goshen Historical Society/Goshen College,
1988).
Brenneman, Marcia. Walter: An Airman’s Life (Farmer’s Exchange, Wakarusa, c. 1989).
Bonney, Edward. The Banditti of the Prairies (Univ.of Oklahoma Press, 1963).
Carpenter, Willis and Barbara. I Was the Enemy (Middlebury, c. 1990).
Chrispyn, Paul. And Then Came Paul (Goshen, 1989).
Conn, C. G. The Sixth Sense Prayer (1916); Solving the Problem of Life (1926).
Eby, Harry. My Thoughts After 80 Years (Bristol, 1990).
Gates, Helen K. Bless the Lord O My Soul; a Biography of John Fretz Funk, 1835-1930
(Scottdale, Pa., 1964).
Hamalian, Linda. A Life of Kenneth Rexroth (W.W. orton, New York, 1991).
Kolb, Abram Bowman. A Brief historical Sketch of the Life of John F. Funk and His
Brother Abraham K. Funk..(James A. Bell Printing co., n.d.). CHECK
Haggerty, Amzy A. I Remember (GET Printing, Goshen, 1991).
Hoover, Paul. My Memories in Poetry and Prose: Life at Five Points (Evangel Press,
Nappanee, 1996).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY -INDIVIDUAL (continued)
Hubbell, Orrin Z. A University Tramp (G. W. Butler, Elkhart, 1889).
Mauck, Carl. William Tuffs, Portrait of a Patriot (Bristol, 1968).
Nusbaum, Orpha Mishler. Nuggets of Gold, Poems (Middlebury, 1969).
Pickrell, Martha. Dr. Miles: The Life of Dr. Franklin Lawrence Miles (1845-1929) (Guild
Press of Indiana, Carmel, 1997).
Pickrell, Martha. Emma Speaks Out: Life and Writings of Emma Molloy (1839-1907)
(Guild Press of Indiana, Carmel, 1999).
Price, Nancy. Zigmont George Gaska, My Story (South Bend, c. 1995).
White, Maynard and Ken White. Dawn of a New Era - Changing the World (c. 2000).
White, Maynard and Ken White. We Wore Sterling Wings: How to Do a Job for Uncle
Sam (c. 2000).
See also City and Town History; Family History; Press-Literature-Local Authors; World
War II.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
General
Indiana Business & Industry vol. 10, No. 3, Mar. 1966, Elkhart- A Special Issue.
Indiana Department of Statistics, Annual Reports, vol. 1-5 (1879-83), 1-5 Biennial
(1885-94), 7-10 (1897-1904). Contain useful statistics on Elkhart county industries.
Banks, Margaret Downie. Elkhart’s Brass Roots (Univ. of South Dakota, 1994).
McMakin, Dean. Musical Instrument Manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana (1987).
Edwards, Carleton M. Homes for Travel and Living: The History and Development of the
Recreation Vehicle and Mobile Home Industries (East Lansing, Mich., c. 1977).
Specific companies
American Coating Mills and Continental Can Co. Elkhart’s Paper Industry (1990).
Buescher Band Instrument Co.: It Happened 50 Years Ago (1951).
Soltow, James, H. Ninety Years: A History of CTS Corporation, 1896-1986 (1988).
The Chase Bag Factory, Times to Remember (Goshen Historical Society, 1991).
Conn Corporation. 100 Years of Conn 1875-1975.
Conn History and Growth (c. 1960).
Locke, William S. Elcar and Pratt Automobiles, the Complete History (McFarland & Co.,
Jefferson NC 2000).
Excel Industries, History, 1928-1978.
Miller, Melvin. History of the Goshen Municipal Airport (Goshen, 1988
I-XL Furniture Co., Over 90 years of Progress (1945).
Kennedy, Philip D. Hoosier Cabinets (Indianapolis, 1989).
Midwest Commerce Banking Co., Heritage Album 1872-1972.
Midwest Commerce Banking Co., 60 Years of Constructive Banking (1922).
Cray, William. Miles 1884-1984, a Centennial history (Prentice-Hall, 1984).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (continued)
Miles Laboratories, Inc., 75 Years of Progress (Miles, Elkhart,1959).
Compton, Walter A. Serving Needs in Health and Nutrition: the Story of Miles
Laboratories, Inc. (Newcomen Society, New York, 1973).
Salem Bank, 100 Years: A Century of Banking Service 1854-1954.
Western Rubber Co., 50 Years of Service 1902-1952.
Some of these business histories are filed in the Business Publications section of the
archives. (See 9. Misc. Sources.) In this section, see also County & City Histories, Directories,
Railroads. See also 5. Census Records; 6. Local Govt. Records; 7. Other Manuscripts; 8. Maps.
CEMETERIES
Williams, Judith M. Gravestone Art in Elkhart County, Indiana (1993).
Listings, locations: see 1. Indexes and Listings/Cemeteries.
CHURCH HISTORY
This list does not include a number of church directories, dedication programs, and other
items which are located in the vertical files in the library. (See 9. Misc. Sources.)
General
White, Joseph M. Where God’s People Meet: A Guide to Significant Religious Places in
Indiana (Guild Press of Indiana,1996).
Elkhart County Agricultural Society. Elkhart County Rural Churches: Continuous Service
for Over 100 Years (n.d.).
See also Amish History and Culture; Amish and Mennonite Directories; 1. Indexes and
Listings/Church Indexes.
Baptist
Hadley, Rev. Theodis. Canaan Baptist Church Souvenir Book, “Mortgage Burning”
Edition (1982).
The Northside Baptist Church Elkhart Indiana, 50th
Anniversary, 1951-2001 (Elkhart,
2001).
Brethren
Opperman, Owen. A Brief Sketch of the Brethren Generally Known as “Dunkards” of
Northern Indiana (Goshen, 1897).
Henry, Dean L. History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana by the Historical
Committees of the Districts, Church of the Brethren in Indiana (1952).
Stemm, Joan K. Elkhart First Brethren, 1889-1989 (Elkhart, 1989). Also (no author
listed), History of the First Brethren Church, Elkhart (c. 1979).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CHURCH HISTORY - BRETHREN (continued)
Bechtel, Harold. 50th
Anniversary of the Building of the First Brethren Church, March 4,
1928-March 5, 1978 (Goshen, 1978).
Arch, Dorothy Price. History of First Brethren Church, Nappanee, Indiana (c. 1983).
History of the Elkhart City Church of the Brethren (1984).
Hershberger, Willis. Through the Years at the Elkhart Valley Church of the Brethren
(Elkhart, 1991).
Goshen City Church of the Brethren, Centennial Year 1899-1999 (Goshen, 1999); One
Hundred Years; Our Ministry to People 1899-1974: City Church of the Brethren (Goshen, 1974).
Little Pine Church of the Brethren (Goshen, 1968).
Maple Grove Church History (New Paris, 1980).
A Brief History of the Church Serving the Rock Run District, 1850-1950 (c. 1950); Rock
Run Church of the Brethren 1850-2002 (typed manuscript).
Blosser, Mrs. Lawrence. A History of the Union Center Church of the Brethren,
1859-1959 (Nappanee, 1959); same author, with Julia Blosser Stouder and Glenna Blosser
Andrews, same title, 1859-1984 (Nappanee, 1984).
Henry, Dean L. History of the West Goshen Church of the Brethren1830-1980 (Goshen,
1980).
Winding Waters Brethren Church, Elkhart, Indiana, Dedication Service, April 4, 1965
(Elkhart, 1965).
Brethren, United, see Evangelical United Brethren
Church of Christ, United
Church History, First United Church of Christ, Goshen, Indiana (Goshen, 2000);
Bradford, William A. A History of First United Church of Christ, 1875-1975 (Goshen, c. 1975).
Niccum, Marjorie. Maturing of a Congregation (Plymouth United Church of Christ,
Goshen, 1979).
See also: Congregational.
Catholic, Roman
Cis, Rev. James, comp. First Comprehensive History of St. John the Evangelist Church
1840-1967 (Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, 1967); History of St. John the Evangelist
Church, 1840-1990 (Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, 1990). St. John the Evangelist Church,
Goshen, Dedication, 1970.
St. Thomas the Apostle Church (Elkhart), Dedication, 1964.
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Central Christian Church: Looking Back - Looking Ahead; 100 Years of Discipleship,
1878-1978 (Elkhart, 1978).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CHURCH HISTORY (continued)
Christian Reformed
Seventy-fifth Anniversary Yearbook, Christian Reformed Church, Goshen, In. 1904-1979
(Goshen, 1979).
Church of God
Yoder, Karen and Betty Hepler. First Church of God (Nappanee, 1981).
Congregational
Kirkland, Helen and Ray Sproull. Highlights in the History of the First Congregational
Church (Elkhart), 1844-1979 (Elkhart, 1979). One Hundredth Anniversary 1844-1944, First
Congregational Church, Elkhart, Ind. (1944). See also Church of Christ, United.
Episcopal
Kaser, Ron. St. John’s, Bristol; A Parish History (1843-1989) (Wyndham Hall Press,
Bristol, 1989); History of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bristol (1968).
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Elkhart, Centennial Anniversary 1867-1967 (Elkhart, c.
1967); Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Commemorating the Laying of the Corner Stone, St. John’s
Episcopal Church, Elkhart (Elkhart, c.1930).
Evangelical (United Brethren): see also Methodist, United
Bethel Church, Evangelical United Brethren, Membership Directory (Elkhart, 1966).
Historical Sketch of the Oakland Avenue Evangelical Church, Elkhart 1892-1942
(Elkhart, 1942).
A History of the Sugar Grove Church of Goshen, Rural Elkhart County, Inc. 1849-1993.
(Goshen, 1993).
Evangelical and Reformed
A History of First Evangelical and Reformed Church, Goshen, In 1875-1950 (Goshen, c.
1950).
Lutheran
Centennial Celebration, Augustana Lutheran Church, A.D.1873-Nov. 15, 1973 A.D.
(Elkhart, 1973). Directory, 2003.
Grace Lutheran Church (until 1903 First English Evangelical Lutheran Church), Elkhart,
100 Years 1873-1973 (Elkhart, c. 1973).
History of the First English Lutheran Church in Goshen, In. (Goshen,1942).
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Nappanee, 100 Years 1901-2001; St. John’s Lutheran
Church, Nappanee Indiana, 80th
Anniversary, 1901-81 (Nappanee, 1981).
Trinity’s First 125 Years, 1861-1986 (Goshen, 1986); Danielson, W. Kenneth, ed.
Sixtieth Anniversary Program and Year Book , Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Elkhart, 1873-1933.
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CHURCH HISTORY - MENNONITE (continued)
Mennonite
Broni, Eudean, ed. Benton Mennonite Church 1944-1994: Nurturing for Service (1994).
Wanda Kauffman Hoffman and Gary Kauffman, ed. Brick by Brick, the Story of Clinton
Brick Mennonite Church 1854-2004 (2004); Amsa H. Kauffman. Clinton Brick Mennonite
Church, One Hundred Years of Christian Service 1854-1954 (1954).
Conrad, Lloyd V. and Robert L. Gongwer. 100th
Anniversary, 1851-1951, Holdeman
Mennonite Church (Wakarusa, c. 1951); Holdeman Mennonite Church, 1851-2001 (2001).
Horst, Aden, “Except the Lord..” 25 Years, 1943-1968, of the Locust Grove Mennonite
Church (Elkhart, 1968).
God Moves through His People..History and Pictorial Directory of North Main St.
Mennonite Church, Nappanee (Nappanee, 1980).
Wenger, J. C. Centennial Anniversary, Olive Mennonite Church, 1862-1962 (Goshen,
1962); A History of the Olive Mennonite Church, First 125 Years at the Present Location (1988).
Yoder, Marie. History of the Salem Mennonite Church Near New Paris, In. (New Paris,
1947-48).
Estes, Steven R. Silverwood Mennonite Church, 100th
Anniversary 1892-1992 (Goshen,
1992); Steven R. Silver Street Mennonite Church, 90 Years Yet with Newness of Life,
1892-1982 (Goshen, 1982).
Von Gunten, Sara. Warren Street MennoniteChurch 1923-1964; Pleasant Oaks
Mennonite Church 1965-1984 (Middlebury, 1984).
Yellow Creek Mennonite Church 1845-1995, Souvenir Program Booklet 150th
Anniversary (1995); Wenger, J.C. The Yellow Creek Mennonites; the Original Mennonite
Congregations of Western Elkhart County (Goshen, 1985); Yellow Creek Today, Souvenir
Booklet, 140th
Anniversary, Yellow Creek Mennonite Church (Goshen, 1985).
Martin, Rufus and Thelma..They Had a Vision: A Guide to Some of the Early Mennonite
Pioneers in the Yellow Creek Area, Elkhart County, Indiana, Schools, Homes, Churches, Burial
Sites (1995).
See also: Amish and Mennonite Directories; Folklore.
Methodist, United
Hermance, Emily. History of Bristol United Methodist Church (Bristol, 1974); Bristol
United Methodist Church, 1842-1992, Sesquicentennial Celebration (1992).
Roose, J. Earle. First United Methodist Church, Goshen, Ind., 1832-1982 (Goshen,
1982); Overdeer, Rev. Harley L. Souvenir & Directory of the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Goshen, In. (1927).
Mayberry, Virginia. First United Methodist House of Worship, Middlebury, In.,
1853-1978; First Methodist Church in Middlebury, In 1853-1953 (Middlebury, 1953).
Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist; Celebrate 50-80 (Elkhart, 1972).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CHURCH HISTORY - METHODIST (continued)
Myers, Carroll S. A 90-Year History of Grace United Methodist Church, 1893-1982
(Elkhart, 1983).
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Centennial, 1888-1988 (Goshen, 1988).
Trinity’s First 125 Years 1861-1986, Trinity United Methodist Church, Elkhart (1986).
Wakarusa United Methodist Church, 150 Years (c. 2000).
Missionary
Bethel Memoirs 1875-2000 Our Cup Runs Over. 125th
Anniversary Celebration at Bethel
Missionary Church 2000; Bethel Missionary Church, 1875-1975 (Goshen, c. 1975).
Yoder, Joyce. Beulah Missionary Church, A Brief History, 1895-1983.
New Paris Missionary Church (directory with brief history) (Olan Mills 2003).
Fifty Years of Progress for the Lord: Osolo Missionary Church 1924-1974 (1974).
A Brief History of Zion Missionary Church (Elkhart, c. 1980).
Presbyterian
Armstrong, Mary. First Presbyterian Church of Elkhart, 1840-1990 (Elkhart, 1989);
First 100 Years, 1840-1940, Centennial Celebration, First Presbyterian Church of
Elkhart, Ind. (c. 1940).
Jubilee Anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, In. (Goshen, 1902).
Unitarian-Universalist
Steadfast As a Growing Tree, 1961-1981: Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Elkhart,
Indiana (Elkhart,1981).
CITIES AND TOWNS - HISTORY, GUIDES, DESCRIPTION (see also Directories)
Bristol
Bristol, Indiana 1914.
Kelley, Emma Bennett. History of Bristol (1938).
Mosier, Rev. Bruce. Once Upon a Time in Bristol, Indiana, USA (Bristol, c. 1988, 1990,
c. 1992, 4 vols.).
NIPSCO, Bristol. Portrait of a Northern Indiana Community (Hammond, 1961).
Nicholson, William R., comp. Bristol, Ind., Its History and Notes of Interest (1960).
Pickrell, Martha M. “Many Reminders of Bristol’s Rich History Remain,” South Bend
Tribune, Jan. 23, 1983.
Young, Jean Ann. ed. Tales of a Hoosier Village (Wyndham Hall Press, Bristol, 1988).
Elkhart
Anderson, Emil V., Taproots of Elkhart History (Elkhart Truth, 1949).
Bentley, Polly. Jottings from the Sedate Eighties and the Gay Nineties (Elkhart, 1938).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CITY AND TOWN HISTORY - ELKHART (continued)
Burkholder, Marguerite. the City With a Heart (Elkhart Public Schools, 1958).
Butler, George W. The Manual of Elkhart (Elkhart, 1889).
Davis, E. J. Recollections of Early Elkhart (Elkhart, 1903).
Elkhart Centennial Committee, Elkhart, Indiana Centennial 1858-1958. The Picture Story
(Elkhart, 1958).
Elkhart Centennial Souvenir Program, 1858-1958 (Elkhart, 1958).
Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, Elkhart, Indiana: 1952, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1983, 1986,
1989.
Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, Elkhart on the Old St. Joe (Elkhart, 1922).
Elkhart Conference, Elkhart, Ind.: Central Area Plan (Elkhart, 1970).
Elkhart Community Schools, Project Links (1979).
Elkhart Police Department, Pictorial Souvenir, 1914 (Wilkinson-Ryan-Haight Col,
Lansing, Mich., 1914).
Elkhart Truth, New Home Souvenir (1918).
Elkhart Truth, Pictorial History of Elkhart’s Part in the War (1919).
Elkhart Truth, Progress Number (1924).
Elkhart Truth, Centennial Edition, Sept. 13, 1958.
Elkhart Truth, Centennial 1889-1989, 100 Pages of Our Past (Elkhart, 1989).
Federated Community Chest & Council, Inc., 1954 Appraisal: Health, Welfare,
Recreation and Central Services, Elkhart, In. (Elkhart, 1954).
Fieldhouse, Charles H. For Land Sakes; 73 Years in Real Estate (Elkhart, 1957).
Geedy, Patricia, Susan Johnson and Sandra Polk, Elkhart. The City With a Heart (Elkhart
Community Schools, 1980).
Lee, Clarence W. Illustrated History of Elkhart, Ind., Art Souvenir Edition, 1900 (Elkhart
Truth, 1900).
Nolen, John. Planning Projects for Elkhart Ind. (Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, 1923).
Pickrell, Martha M. Elkhartans in 1880: Sketches for a Portrait (Elkhart, 1979); Women
in Elkhart a Century Ago (Elkhart, 1878).
Riebs, George. Elkhart, A Pictorial History (G. Bradley, St. Louis, 1990).
Wenger, Amy Lant. Elkhart, Indiana (Arcadia Publishing, Chicago, 2002).
Goshen
Butler, George W. The Manual of Goshen (Elkhart, 1889).
Goshen News. Goshen’s First 150 Years (Goshen, 1981).
Goshen News. Goshen, The Next 10 Years, 1981-1991 (Goshen, c. 1991).
Goshen News. Twentieth Century Goshen (Goshen, 1901).
Goshen News. Views of Goshen (Goshen, c. 1898).
Goshen Times. Portfolio of Scenes in a Live City (Goshen, c. 1899).
Goshen Times Almanac for the Year 1880.
Goshen Municipal Light & Water Dept. (Goshen, c. 1935). (see also 7.
Manuscripts/Elkhart County Historical Society.)
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CITY AND TOWN HISTORY - GOSHEN (continued)
Henry, Dean. Goshen, Indiana, Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Here (Goshen
Historical Society, c. 1990).
Noble, Louis B. Views In and About Goshen, In. (Goshen, 1890).
Vesey, Benjamin W. Goshen Area 1838-1849; 1849 California Gold Rush By Ox Team
from Goshen In. (1984).
Jamestown (Jimtown)
Bollenbacher, J. H. Jamestown Centennial, 1835-1935 (Jamestown, 1935).
Middlebury
Cochran, Gloria D. Middlebury, A Unique Experience in Community Living
(Middlebury, 1974).
Middlebury, The Town Beautiful, 1836-1986 (Friends of the Library, Goshen, 1986).
Middlebury Independent, Historical Edition, June 18, 1936.
Walker, Fred A. No More Reveille! (Middlebury, 1946).
Millersburg
Wilson, Bob. A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Millersburg, Indiana, 1855-1955
(Millersburg, 1955).
Nappanee
Furlong, Patrick J. The Hoosier Town at Work: Nappanee Yesterday and Today
(Nappanee, 1983).
Nappanee’s Golden Jubilee, 1874-1924: 50 Years of Steady Growth (Nappanee, 1924).
Nappanee News. Industrial Nappanee..Special Edition of the Nappanee News (1905).
Wenger, Amy Lant. Around Nappanee: Hometowns of the Heritage Trail (Arcadia
Publishing, Charleston, S.C., 2003).
Weygand, James L. and Esther Metzler. They Called It Nappanee; A History 1874-1974
(Nappanee, 1974).
New Paris
Conrad, Carole, ed. New Paris, Indiana, Sesquicentennial, 150 Years, 1836-1986
(Exchange Publishing Co., New Paris, 1986). See also: Cookbooks.
Osceola (St. Joseph County)
Kiracofe, J. Harold. History of Osceola, Indiana (Osceola Historical Society, 1988).
Shipshewana (LaGrange County)
Wolfe, Julie. Shipshewana, Indiana, 1889-1989 - A Patchwork Sampler (Shipshewana,
1989).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - CITY AND TOWN HISTORY (continued)
Wakarusa
McDonough, Charles. A Wakarusa Boy Remembers, edited .by Laura McDonough Lamb
(1982).
Miller, Jerry. History and Memories of Wakarusa. (2001).
Turns, Cynthia A. Cozy, Brown and Sticky: at the Maple Syrup Festival (Friends of the
Wakarusa Public Library, c. 1994). See also Biography (Individual) - Brenneman.
Waterford (Waterford Mills)
Bechtel, Lowell. Waterford, From Then to Now (Goshen Historical Society, c.1993).
Mayberry, Virginia. West to Wilderness (transcript of journal of Sarah Brown Hawks),
also published in Indiana Magazine of History, vol. lxxxiii (March, 1987).
Yoder, Harriet. History of Waterford (Goshen, 1934).
CIVIL WAR
McElfresh, Earl B. Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New
York, 1999). Contains photos of Ambrose Bierce items from the museum.
Morgan, Col. Thomas. Roster of the Survivors of the 74th
Indiana Volunteers (1907).
Nolan, Alan D. The Iron Brigade (Indiana University Press, 1994).
Peddycord, Will F. History of the 74th
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Warsaw,
1913).
State of Indiana. Reports of the Adjutant General, vols. II, V (Indianapolis, 1865).
The Soldier of Indiana in the War for the Union (Merrill & Co., Indianapolis, 1866).
CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Courtney, Grace G., comp. History, Indiana Federation of Clubs (1939).
Indiana State Grange. Journal of Proceedings, 1938, 1939, 1942.
Smith, Dwight L. Godly Heritage: 150 years of Craft Freemasonry in Indiana (Grand
Lodge F. & A.M., Indianapolis, 1968).
Kirk, Celia. The History of the Progress Club - Indiana 1901-2001 (2001).
COOKBOOKS
Adams, Marcia. Cooking from Quilt Country: Hearty Recipes from Amish and
Mennonite Kitchens (Potter, 1989).
Bonneyville Mill Baking Contest Recipes (Elkhart County Park/ Recreation Dept., 1987).
Erwin, Marjanna C., ed. New Paris, 150 Years, 1836-1989, Sesquicentennial Cookbook
(General Publishing, Iowa Falls, Iowa, 1986).
Goshen Cook Book, in Goshen Directory, 1897.
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - COOKBOOKS (continued)
Home Economist, St. Mary’s Circle, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Elkhart, 1920.
COUNTY HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
Bartholomew, H.S.K. Pioneer History of Elkhart County, Indiana (Goshen, 1930).
Bartholomew, H.S.K. Stories and Sketches of Elkhart County (E. V. Publishing,
Nappanee, 1936).
Bartholomew, H.S.K. Elkhart County, Indiana in World War I (1924).
Chapman, Charles C. & Co. History of Elkhart County, Indiana (Chicago, 1881).
Deahl, Anthony. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Elkhart
County, Indiana (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1905).
Elkhart County Plan Commission. Elkhart County Zoning ordinance; A Part of the
Master Plan Effective Feb. 1, 1960 (Elkhart, 1960).
Furlong, Patrick J. The Pioneer Era in Elkhart County (1994).
Goshen Times Almanac for the Year 1880 (Goshen, 1880).
Higgins, Belden & Co. An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart County, Indiana
(Chicago, 1874).
Weaver, Abraham E. A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana (American
Historical Society, Chicago, 1916, 2 vols.).
Also, see portions of Taylor, Robert M., Indiana, a New Historical Guide (Indiana
Historical Society, c. 1989).
County history, townships: see Townships.
COUNTY INSTITUTIONS AND RECORDS
Indiana W.P.A. Inventory of the County Archives of Indiana/Elkhart County (1940).
King, J. Bradley. Elkhart County Code, Adopted Nov. 5, 1984 (Goshen, 1984).
Rogers, Terry Lee. A History of the Elkhart County Home in Indiana (Goshen, 1971).
Also see Laws, Ordinances, Legislation.
DECORATIVE ARTS
Indiana Quilt Registry. Quilts of Indiana - Crossroads of Memories (Pub?) 1991).
DIRECTORIES, CITY
First National Bank of Elkhart. Bristol Business Directory (Elkhart, 1959).
Elkhart City Directories: 1860-61, 1874, 1883, 1885-86, 1899-1900, 1901-02, 1903-04,
1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1950,
1953, 1955, 1957-73, 1975-83, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988-89, 1993, 1997. Combined
with Goshen in earliest years.
Elkhart Street Directory, 1952 (Bell Printing Co., Elkhart, 1952).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - DIRECTORIES, CITY (continued)
Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, Roster and Buyer’s Guide, 1984.
Goshen City Directories: 1874, 1883, 1885-86, 1890, 1895-98, 1903-04, 1906-07,
1908-09 (in Moore’s Standard), 1910-11 (in Marion dir.), 1921, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1937, 1941,
1946, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957-58, 1960-62, 1964-71, 1976, 1979-81, 1984, 1991.
DIRECTORIES, RURAL, COUNTYWIDE
Hawes, G. W. Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1858 (copy of Elkhart
County listings including Bristol, Elkhart, Goshen, Waterford).
Turner, T. G. Gazetteer of the St. Joseph Valley of Michigan and Indiana, with a View of
Its Hydraulic & Business Capacities (Hazlitt & Reed, Chicago, 1867). A business directory.
Elkhart County rural directories: 1901-02 (also includes Elkhart), 1903-04, 1910-11,
1927, 1937-38, 1949, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1990.
Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Elkhart County, Indiana 1918-23
(Philadelphia, 1918).
Moore’s Standard Directory of Goshen, Millersburg, Nappanee, New Paris, Wakarusa,
Middlebury, Ind., 1908-09.
See also Amish and Mennonite Directories; Maps, Atlases, Plat Books.
DIRECTORIES, TELEPHONE
Directories 1906 - 1996, scattered dates; cover varied areas of the County.
ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, NATURE
Baker, Ronald L. and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names (Indiana University Press,
1975).
Black, Harry G. Trails to Hoosier Heritage (HMB Publications, Hammond, 1981).
Geological Survey Maps: see Maps.
Hadley, Alden H. Indiana Birds (Indiana Dept. of Conservation, 1949).
Indiana Dept.of Geology and Natural Resources. Reports, 1869, 1871-72, 1873-78,
1879-80, 1881-1907, 1912-14 (1914 includes Soil Survey, Elkhart County).
Indiana Dept.of Natural Resources. Water Resources Availability in the St. Joseph River
Basin, Indiana (Indianapolis, 1987).
Indiana State Geologist. Geological Reconnaissance in the State of Indiana, Made in the
Year 1837 (Indianapolis, 1859).
McKinney, Sally. Country Roads of Indiana (1993).
Seng, Phil T. and David J. Case. Indiana Wildlife, Viewing Guide (1992).
Simons, Richards S. The Rivers of Indiana ( Indiana University Press, 1985).
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Survey of Elkhart County, Indiana (Washington D.C.,
1974).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY (continued)
Wilson, George R. Early Indiana Trails and Surveys (Indiana Historical Society, 1919,
Reprint 1991).
See also County History/Chapman’s History.
FAMILY BIBLES
Himes, Mrs. Stephen G., comp. Bible Records Retained by the Elkhart County Historical
Society at Rush Center, Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana (William Tuffs Chapter, DAR, Elkhart,
1988). Original Bibles in archives.
FAMILY HISTORY- INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES
Arnold, Ethan L. An Arnold Family Record, 323 Years in America 1635-1958 (Elkhart,
1958).
Ball, Joseph S. 521 Virginia Avenue (1952).
Lawrence, Ellen Bemenderfer. Bemenderfer Record (1923).
Benford, David M. The Benford Family (2000).
Royse, Mintie Allen. The Bennet Family (Indiana Historical Society, 1958).
Bollman, Carl W. The Genealogy and Descendants of John Bollman Jr., 1738-1979
(Frankfort, Ind.,1979).
Boyer, Donald A. The Samuel and Sarah (Swartzendruber) Boyer Genealogy (York, Pa.,
1989).
Brown, Christine and Lela Easton. the John Brown Family Tree (Bristol, 1982).
Coe, Richard. Browne-Schutt Ancestral Lines (Los Angeles, 1979).
Crawford, Eldora Priebe. The Salt of the Earth People. . . . Brumbaugh, Brown, Jacobs.
(South Bend, 1979).
Burkholder, Margaret. My Heritage of Love (date?).
Kimber, Marian W. and Alice Darling. The Carpenter Family; Nicholas Carpenter
History; Carpenter-Hagle-Powers Family History (1966-67). Pearl Carpenter Lawson, The
Carpenter Family (1958).
Chapman, George C. Chapman Family History (Toledo, Ohio, 1997).
Smith, Elaine Spires. Colver Family 1635-1985 (1985).
Cornell, John W. Genealogy of the Cornell Family (Goshen, n.d.)
Cunningham, Bethia Ann. Memoirs (Goshen, 1919).
McFarland, Mary Ann Custer. Jeanne Miriam Sager Custer, 1909-1990, of Elkhart and
St. Joseph Counties, Indiana: Her Ancestors and Descendants (2003).
Williams, David Walker. Delcamps in Northern Indiana (2002).
Inman, Janice Hutton. The Drehobls and Lenzes from Kreuzberg, Bavaria to Bedford Ind.
1883-1885 (c. 2001).
Hutton, Edwin L. The Josef and Anna Maria (Lenz) Drehobl Family from Kreutzberg,
Bavaria, Germany to Bedford, Indiana, 1883-1885 (Cincinnati, 2003).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - FAMILY HISTORY - INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES (continued)
Liechty, Edna Ducker. Life and Legacy of a Prussian Immigrant Circuit Minister; the
Genealogy of Michael and Elizabeth Ducker’s Progeny (Elkhart, 1980).
Hostetler, Wilbur. Jonathan and Katie (Miller) Eash Family Record, 1855-1981 (Goshen,
1982).
Morgan, Deborah. The Ernsberger Family (2001).
Schalliol, Willis L. Jacob Fields Family With Related Feltons in Pennsylvania and Mikels
in Indiana (West Lafayette, 1997).
Spolaric, Mary Jane Freeland. A Family Called Freeland and Associated Families
(Buffalo, N. Y., 1988).
Garber, Dean K. Ancestors of Jacob and Esther Garber and Their Descendants (3 vols.,
Goshen, 1970, 1972, 1982).
Staruch, Stephen. Gemberling Genealogy (2000).
Kimber, Marian W. Hagle Family History from 1750-1960 (1966).
Lenz, see Inman.
Mayberry, Virginia. West to Wilderness (transcript of journal of Sarah Brown Hawks,
also published in Indiana Magazine of History, vol. lxxxiii, March, 1987).
Hess, Frank E. History of Balser Hess, 1747-1806 and Descendants (E.V. Publishing
House, Nappanee, 1950).
Hostetler, Rev. Harvey. Descendants of Barbra Hochstedler and Christian Stutzman
(Berlin, Ohio, c. 1938).
Murray, John F. and Marilyn Murray. J. Y. and Gertrude (Yoder) Hooley Family History
(1970).
Hoover, David M. Genealogy of the Children of David M. Hoover and Verna A. Mercer-
Hoover of Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart, 1936).
Inman, Janice Hutton and June Hutton Whittaker. Hutton Memories (c. 2000).
Hutton, Edwin. The Huttons of Southern Indiana 1700-2000 (Cincinnati, 2000).
Morgan, Deborah D. The Kaser Family (Goshen, 1994).
Lehman, Elmer E. Uncle Elmer’s Farm Family Stories (Goshen, 1974).
Shreve, Irene Macy Strieby. Shaking the Family Tree, The Macy Family (Columbus,
Ohio,1985).
Kendall, Hazel May Middleton. Middleton - Downing Family History (Anderson, 1932).
Miller, Harry D. Miller Family History 1795-1927 (Middlebury Independent, 1927).
Murray, John F. A Family History of Murrays, McKibbins, Smiths, Planks, Neffs and
Related Families in Elkhart and LaGrange Counties (Kouts, 1977).
Norris, Eugene Stoner, comp. Genealogy of Jonathan Myers, 1816-1892 (1983).
Pippenger, Wesley E. Pippenger and Pittenger Families (Baltimore, 1988).
Raber, Daniel J. Raber Family History, 1837-1957: Addendum of Christian Raber Family
by John C. Raber 1957-1985 (Goshen, 1985).
Adamson, Jason. Capt. Peter Rush of Pennsylvania and His Descendants (n.d.).
Arch, Dorothy Price. The Descendants of William Salisbury (1622-1675) (c.1996).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - FAMILY HISTORY - INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES (continued)
McFarland, Mary Ann Custer and Donald R. McFarland, comps. Jeanne Miriam Sager
Custer 1909-1990 of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana: Her Ancesters and Descendants
(2003).
Schlabach, Elias Family and Miller, Harvey Family, History of John C. Schlabach and
Catherine Mast and Descendants, Family Record (1975).
Shirk, Henry Yocum. The Shirk Family History and Genealogy, 1665-1914 (Mennonite
Publishing Co., Elkhart, 1914).
Sigerfoos, Crayton H. History of the Sigerfoos Family (n.d.).
Sigerfoos-Wilson Genealogy. (Check - a book?)
Johnson, Patricia K. The Descendants of Philip Steele (1758-1827) and His Wife
Susannah Ochs (1767-1854) (1998).
Stiver, Vernon and Patricia Donaldson. Stover-Stoever, Staver, Stiver. The Ancestry and
Descendants of John Caspar Stoever (McNaughton & Gunn, Saline, Michigan, c.1992).
Wilkinson, Lucille Murphy. Descendants of Uriah Stotts and Elizabeth Purl 1783-1994
(1994).
Stutsman, see Hostetler.
Stutesman, John Hale Jr. Jacob Stutzman (?-1775) His Children and Grandchildren
(Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1982).
Hall, Laura E.S.William Tuffs and Selder Family History (n.d.).
Dykema, Shirley A. John S. Trego/Ann Nihart: Northumberland County, Pa. to Elkhart
County (1989).
Uline, Walter Clinton. Family Genealogies (Nappanee, 1943).
Burke, Marge (Burkholder, Marguerite). My Heritage of Love: Van Dorston Family
History (c. 2001).
Vesey, Benjamin: see City and Town History/Goshen.
Ihnken, Fred E. Family Tree of Wyland, Clipp, Ihnken, Kreighbaum (1990).
Wageman, Paul Duane. Wageman Famly Genealogy and History (Family History
Publications, Bountiful, Utah, 1991)..
Morgan, Deborah. Wogomon Family (Goshen, 1991).
Yoder, Raymond Mark. Michael Yoder, 1799-1879, His Roots and “Froots” (Goshen,
1981).
Yoder, Rudolf. Life of Yoder Boy. (Blufton Peace Sentinel, n.d.).
Zook, Lois Ann. Only a Twig: A Branch of the Zugs/Zooks from Pennsylvania
(Lancaster, PA, c. 1979).
See also Biography.
FAMILY HISTORY - GROUPS OF FAMILIES
Dorrell, Ruth. Pioneer Ancestors of Members of the Society of Indiana Pioneers (Indiana
Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1983).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - FAMILY HISTORY - GROUPS OF FAMILIES (continued)
Smith, Elaine Spires. Once a Hoosier: 19th
Century Hoosier Ancestors who Left Indiana
for Other States (Indiana Genealogical Society, Fort Wayne, 1996).
See also Amish and Mennonite Directories.
FOLKLORE
Beck, Ervin. Mennofolk: Mennonite and Amish Folk Traditions (Herald Press, Scottdale,
Pa., 2004).
HEALTH ISSUES
Indiana State Board of Health. Annual Report, 7, 1888; 19-20, 1900-01; 23-25, 1903-06.
INDIAN HISTORY
Allison, Harold. The Tragic Saga of the Indiana Indians (Turner Publishing Co., Paducah,
Kentucky, 1986).
Baxter, Nancy Niblack. The Miamis (Guild Press, Indianapolis, 1987).
Edmunds, R. David. The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire (University of Oklahoma
Press, Norman, 1978).
Edmunds, R. David. Redefining Red Patriotism: “Five Medals” of the Potawatomis (from
Red River Valley Historical Review, vol. 5, Spring 1980).
Hawfield, Michael C. Historical Background to the Habitation and Settlement of
Northern Indiana (n.d.).
Justice, Noel D. Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points (Indiana University Press,
Bloomington,1995).
McPherson, Alan. Indian Names in Indiana (Blasted Works, Monticello, 1993).
Stuntz, Ervin. The Incredible Wheel of Time (1983).
Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, ed. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History (University of
Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1987).
Yenne, Bill and Susan Garratt. North American Indians (Ottenheimer Publishers, 1984).
INDIANA MISCELLANY
This is a selective listing.
Baker, Ronald L. and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names (Indiana University Press,
1975).
Black, Harry G. Trails to Hoosier Heritage (HMB Publications, Hammond, 1981).
Hanlan, George R. and Paula J. Corpuz, ed. Indiana in Stereo: 3-Dimentional Views of he
Heartland (Indiana Hisorical Society, 2003). Contains Elkhart County views.
McKinney, Sally. Country Roads of Indiana (1993).
Power, Richard Lyle. Planting Corn Belt Culture (Indiana Historical Society, 1953).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - INDIANA MISCELLANY (continued)
Reed, Robert. Greetings from Indiana: Vintage Hoosier Postcards (Indiana University
Press, 2003). Contains Elkhart County views..
Sheehan, Mrs. Frank J. The Northern Boundary of Indiana (Indiana Historical Society,
1928).
Taylor, Robert and others. Indiana: A New Historical Guide (Indiana Historical Society,
1989).
See also Environment.
LAWS, ORDINANCES, LEGISLATION
Indiana General Assembly. Laws of the State of Indiana, 1829-1975 (scattered years).
1829-30 volume contains ordinance establishing Elkhart County.
Indiana General Assembly. Revised Statutes of the State of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1852).
Indiana Legislative Bureau. Yearbook of the State of Indiana, 1927-30.
King, J. Bradley. Elkhart County Code, Adopted Nov. 5, 1984 (Goshen, 1984). Includes
lists of Elkhart County officials, early County ordinances.
Elkhart Common Council. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana So Far
As They Control the City of Elkhart (Elkhart, 1913).
Elkhart Common Council. Building Code and Zoning Ordinance of the City of Elkhart
(1928).
Elkhart County. Indiana Zoning Ordinance; a Part of the Master Plan Effective Feb. 1,
1960 (Elkhart, 1960).
Revised Ordinances of the City of Goshen, Indiana, 1896, 1904, 1948.
MAPS, ATLASES AND PLAT BOOKS
Gioe, Joan Colbert, comp. Indiana: Her Counties, her Townships, and Her Towns (The
Researchers, Indianapolis, 1979).
Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana (Baskin & Forster & Co., Chicago,
1876).
Puetz, C. J., comp. Indiana’s County Maps (Lyndon Station, Wisconsin, n.d.).
Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, ed. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History (University of
Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1987).
Map of Elkhart County, 1861 (on display, Township Room wall). Index: see 1. Indexes
An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart County, Indiana (Higgins, Belden & Co.,
Chicago, 1874). Index by Beulah M. Scott (1970).
Plat Book of Elkhart County, Indiana (Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1892). Index: see 1.
Indexes.
Standard Atlas of Elkhart County, Indiana (Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1915).
Plat Books of Elkhart County, 1922, c. 1927, 1929, 1937, c. 1941, c. 1947, 1959, 1967,
1972, 1974, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1994. Most contain alphabetical lists of residents by township.
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - MAPS, ATLASES AND PLAT BOOKS (continued)
The Directionary for Elkhart County of Indiana (c. 1990).
Geological Survey Maps, Elkhart County, 1958-62. For detail, see 8. Maps.
County maps with cemeteries (library) and former one-room schools (School Room).
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (copies) of Elkhart County cities and towns, selected years,
1885--. For detail, see 8. Maps..
ORPHAN TRAINS
Holt, Marilyn. The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America (University of Nebraska
Press, c. 1992).
PRESS, WRITERS, LITERATURE, LOCAL AUTHORS
Thompson, Donald E., comp. Indiana Authors and Their Books 1967-80 (Wabash
College, Crawfordsville, 1981).
Miller, John W. Indiana Newspaper Biography (Indiana Historical Society, 1982).
Brenneman, Elder Daniel. Thoughts in Rhyme (Goshen, IN, 1911).
Chester, Harry S. When the Light Goes Out, poems (1900).
Nusbaum, Orpha Mishler. Nuggets of Gold, Poems (Middlebury, 1969).
White, Ken. World in Peril - The Story Behind the Discovery of Imminent Global Change
(1994).
White, Maynard and Ken. Dawn of a New Era - Changing the World (pub., date)
Woodcox, Benjamin. Beyond the Store Light and Other Poems (Millersburg, 1901).
RAILROADS
Bradley, George K. Northern Indiana Railways (Electric Railway Historical Society,
Chicago, 1953).
Bradley, George K. The Northern Indiana Railway in Elkhart County (1993).
Bradley, George K. Indiana Railroad: The Magic Interurban (Central Electric Railfans
Assn., Chicago, c.1991).
Ford, Clara A. The Little Girl Who Waved - the Story of “Curly Top” (c. 1937, reprinted
by Johnson Graphics, Decatur, Mich.,1992). Children’s book.
Galloway, Joseph A. and James J. Buckley. The St. Joseph Valley Railway (Electric
Railway Historical Society, Chicago, 1955).
Kiracofe, J. Harold. Coming of the Railroad to Elkhart, Indiana (1951).
McLellan, David and Bill Warrick. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
(Transportation Trails, Polo, Ill., 1989).
Middleton, William D. South Shore – The Last Interurban (Indiana University Press,
1999).
Simons, Richard S. and Francis H. Parker. Railroads of Indiana (I. U. Press, 1977).
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS (continued)
RIVERS
Young, Robert O. The Changing Use of the St. Joseph River (typed) (c. 2002).
SCHOOL HISTORY- GOSHEN COLLEGE
Elkhart Institute Memorial Association. Elkhart Institute Memorial (Goshen, n.d.) This
was the forerunner of Goshen College.
Fiftieth Anniversary, Goshen College 1895-1945 (Goshen, 1945).
Miller, Susan Fisher. Culture for Service, a History of Goshen College 1894-1994
(Evangel Press, Goshen, 1994).
Schlabach, Kyle. The Cow in Science Hall: A Collection of Goshen College Folklore
(Goshen College, 1994).
Umble, John S. Goshen College 1894-1954 (Goshen College, 1955).
SCHOOL HISTORY - ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOLS
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. Biennial Reports, 2-10, 1863-92; 18-24,
1895-1908.
Garber, Dean K. Elkhart County One Room Schools: The Three R’s (Goshen Historical
Society, c.1993).
Garber, Dean K. One Room Schools, Names and Districts in Elkhart County (Goshen,
1986).
Todd, Nancy. Froggy Bottom. A One Room School in Indiana, 1922. Tale of a Young
Teacher (GET Printing, Goshen, 1995).
Whitehead, John G. Sketches of the Early Schools of Elkhart County (1943).
Bristol Alumni Association. History of Bristol High School (Bristol, 1985).
Pickrell, Martha. History of Bristol/Washington Township School (1990).
Hershberger, Willis and Dora and Ella Mae Halfhill. Concord Twp.: Souvenir of Our
School, 1830-1986 (1986).
Stinespring, John A. One Hundred Graduating Classes: A History of Elkhart High School
(Elkhart Community School Corp., Elkhart, 1972).
Crissman, Linda. Become a Model School: The History of Model Elementary, Goshen
(n.d.)
History of the Jefferson Township Schools (1968). In Vertical file.
Jackson, Roberta. Middlebury High School, Middlebury, Indiana 1886-1969 (News
Printing Co., Goshen, 1981).
Union Township, histories of one-room schools, in vertical files.
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS (continued)
SCHOOL SPORTS STATISTICS
McCuen, Lester. Elkhart County Basketball Records, 1908-90 (Elkhart, 1990). Also
earlier editions: 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988.
McCuen, Lester. Hilltopper, Bristol High School Basketball, 1912-1966 (Elkhart, 1983).
McCuen, Lester. Fifty-Five Years, 1927-1982, Concord High School Basketball (Elkhart,
c. 1983).
McCuen, Lester. Blue Blazers 1909-1972, Elkhart High School Basketball (Elkhart
1984).
McCuen, Lester. Goshen High School Basketball, 1908-1984 (Elkhart, 1984).
McCuen, Lester. Tigers Basketball, Jefferson High School, 1928-1969 (Elkhart, 1983).
McCuen, Lester. Jimtown High School Jimmies, 1920-1984, Basketball (Elkhart, 1984).
McCuen, Lester. Middies Basketball, Middlebury High School, 1920 to 1969 (Elkhart,
1983).
McCuen, Lester. Millers Basketball, Millersburg High School, 1916 to 1967 (Elkhart,
1983).
McCuen, Lester. Fifty-Eight Years, Nappanee High School, Basketball (Elkhart,1982).
McCuen, Lester. Cubs Basketball, New Paris High School 1916-1967 (Elkhart, 1983).
McCuen, Lester. Indians Basketball, Wakarusa High School, 1916-1969 (Elkhart, 1983).
SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS, OTHER THAN STUDENT
Benner, Audrey C. (Russell). Elkhart Into the Air-Age (Elkhart Public Schools, 1940).
Elkhart Board of Education. Rules, Regulations and Course of Study of the Public
Schools, 1900.
Goshen Board of Education. Report and Manual of the Public Schools of Goshen,
1888-89; Manual and Outlined Course of Study, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1900.
Placer, David, comp. Model School Yearbook 1929-1964 Alumni Reunion, June 24,
2000.
SCHOOL STUDENT PUBLICATIONS - YEARBOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Baugo Township School/Jamestown High School. School Bell Echoes, 1932-34,
1937-44, 1946-57; Reflections, 1983.
Bristol Elementary School. Annual, 1977-78.
Bristol High School. Annual, 1912-27; Hourglass, 1928-32; Hilltopper, 1939-55;
Voyager, 1956-66.
Brookdale Junior High School, Elkhart, 1971-84 (scattered issues)
Concord High School. Concordian, 1972, 1987.
Concord Junior High School. Unique Annual, 1981, 1982.
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - SCHOOL STUDENT PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Elkhart High School. Anthology of Student Writing, 1934, 1937.
Elkhart High School. The Ideal, 1901-02; the Pennant (monthly), 1912-20 (scattered
issues); Pennant Annual, 1922--33, 1935, 1937-41, 1943, 1947-1958, 1960, 1963-69, 1971,
1972, 1984.
Elkhart Central High School. Pennant Annual, 1973-74, 1979-80, 1982-84, 1986-87.
Elkhart Memorial High School. Monolith Annual, 1973-74, 1979, 1982-84, 1986.
Goshen High School, Crimson. 1907-13, 1917, 1921, 1923-27, 1929-31, 1946, 1961-64.
Jimtown High School. Reflections Annual, 1983.
Middlebury High School. Original, 1923; Middiette, 1946-47.
Nappanee High School. Nappanet, 1913, 1921-23, 1925, 1928-31, 1950, 1954-55.
New Paris High School. Parisian, 1957-59; Reflections, 1951.
Northside Junior High School, Elkhart, 1971-84 (scattered issues)
Pierre Moran Junior High School, Elkhart, 1971-87 (scattered issues)
Wakarusa High School. Wakadee, 1927, 1930, 1940; Waka-Hi-Lites, 1942-45; Log of the
Forty-Niners, 1949; Waky Memories, 1950-53, 1957-59, 1962, 1969.
Northwood High School, Wakarusa Div. Logue, 1970.
West Side Junior High School, Elkhart, 1971-87 (scattered issues).
Goshen College. Maple Leaf, 1923, 1927-34, 1946, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1968-69, 1972,
1984, 1986.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
State of Indiana, Adjutant-General. Records of Indiana Volunteers of the
Spanish-American War, 1898-1899 (Indianapolis, 1900).
TORNADO, PALM SUNDAY, 1965
Wagler, David. The Mighty Whirlwind (Pathway Publishing Corp., Aylmer, Ont., 1966).
TOWNSHIP HISTORY
Comstock, Vicki L. Brown. Journey into the Past: History of Olive Township (2001).
WORLD WAR I
Bartholomew, H.S.K. Elkhart County, Indiana in World War I (1924).
Elkhart Truth. Pictorial History of Elkhart’s Part in the War (1919).
Honor Roll of Elkhart County, Indiana (Deery Pub. Co., Chicago, 1920).
See also Biography and Autobiography, Individual.
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS (continued)
WORLD WAR II
Brenneman, Marcia, Walter: An Airman’s Life (Farmer’s Exchange, Wakarusa, c. 1989).
Carpenter, Willis and Barbara, I Was the Enemy (Middlebury, c. 1990).
Walker, Fred A., No More Reveille! (Middlebury, 1946). Letters from servicemen.
White, Maynard, with Ken White, We Wore Sterling Wings (2000).
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3. PERIODICALS
Periodicals are shelved in the Library.
Amish Heritage. See Heritage Country.
Genealogy, No. 1, 1973 - 1986.
Heritage Country (formerly Amish Heritage), Vol. 3 No. 1, 1982 - Vol. 14 No. 1, 1993
(ceased publication).
Hoosier Genealogist, Vol. 9 No. 3, 1969 to date, including published indexes. Published
by the Indiana Historical Society.
Indiana History Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 3, 1924 - 1989. Some issues missing. Published by
the Indiana Historical Bureau.
Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 12, 1916; Vols. 19-38, 1923-42; Vols. 41-45,
1945-49); Vol. 48, 1952 to date. Some issues missing. Includes published indexes.
Michiana Searcher, Vol. 1, 1969 to date. Published by the Elkhart County Genealogical
Society. Surname indexes and Patricia K. Johnson, Subject Index of the Michiana Searcher
Vols. 1-26, 1969-1994 (1995); supplement, 1995-1998.
Old Courthouse News, Vol. 1, 1967 - 1986; some issues missing. St. Joseph Valley
Record (successor), Vol. 1, 1988; Vol. 3, 1990. Published by the Northern Indiana Historical
Society.
Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Vol. 1, 1989 to date. Published by the Indiana
Historical Society.
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4. NEWSPAPER COLLECTION
Original and microfilm copies of many local newspapers are housed in the Archives.
Holdings of some of Elkhart County’s newspapers are more complete than others. This listing
does not attempt to enumerate every missing issue within each volume. Microfilms not found in
the Society’s collections can be found at community libraries. Symbols: (w) weekly; (d) daily.
Newspaper Original Microfilm
BRISTOL
Banner (w) Apr 12, 1878-1981;
Re-issue, 1988-89 (3 issues).
Bugle News Dec 1993 --
(freq. varies)
Sun.Com (Internet) 2000-2001 (copies in notebooks)
ELKHART
Call (w) Feb 24, Mar 3, 1883 Same
Country Journal (w) Mar 31, Sept 22, 1881 Same
Democrat (w) May 23, 1879-July 23, 1880, Same
Mar 25, 1881, Sept 16, 1881
Democrat Sentinel(w)Sept 21-Dec 28, 1883, 1885 Same
Democrat Union (w) Sept 3, 1869, June 24, Nov 4, Same
Dec 2, 1870, May 19-26,
July 7, 1871
May 1872-May 9, 1879
Digest (w) Sept 30-Nov 25, 1882 Same
Evening Review (d) Apr 28, Dec 6, 1873 Same
Gossip (w) Aug 16, 1879-Oct 18,1879 Same
Journal (d) Apr 2, 1883-Aug 13, 1884, Same
June 30, 1894
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NEWSPAPER COLLECTION - ELKHART (continued)
Newspaper Original Microfilm
Monitor (w) Jan 1882-Aug 1883 Same
News (d) Nov 29, 1924-Feb 19, 1925 Same
Observer (w) Aug 21, 1872-Aug 25, 1875, Same
Mar 23, 1876
Review (w) June-Oct 1868 (scattered), 1859-1874, 1873-1908
May 23, 1872-Jan 24, 1878, (scattered), 1882-1885,
1879-1910 (scattered) 1905-1910 (scattered)
Review (d) Mar 16-Dec 31, 1885, 1887, 1885 (scattered),
Jan-June 1896, 1901-1906 1887-1913 (scattered)
(scattered), 1907-1913, 1919-1920 (scattered)
1915-1920 (scattered)
St. Joe Valley (w) Oct 16-Nov 6, 1924 Same
Sentinel (w) Aug 31-Sept 14, 1883, Dec 1885- Same
Feb 1890
Sentinel (d) 1884 (scattered) Same
Sunday Call (w) July 13, 1890 Same
Truth (w) 1890-1894, 1896-1900, Same
June 1901-Sept 1910
Truth (d) Oct 23, Nov 2, 1889, Same
Jan-June 19, 1890
Jan-June 1905, July-Dec 1906,
July-Dec 1907, 1908-1910,
July-Dec 1911, 1912-1913,
July-Dec 1915, 1916, Jan-June 1918,
1920-1921, Jan-June 1923, Jan-June
1924, Jan-June 1925, July-Dec 1930,
Jan-June 1931, 1936, July-Dec 1937,
July-Dec 1938
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NEWSPAPER COLLECTION - FORAKER - GOSHEN
Newspaper Original Microfilm
FORAKER
Truth (monthly) Apr 3-June 4, 1925
GOSHEN
Buyer’s Guide Apr 3-June 4, 1925
Elkhart County May 11-Oct 26, 1939
Buyer’s Guide
Democrat (w) Aug 5, 1841, Feb 14-21, 1872, Feb 21, 1839-Feb 14, 1849,.
June 10, 1874-Mar 27, 1878, July 25, 1849-Mar 27, 1857,
June 2, 1880-May 24, 1882, July 16, 1856-Apr 21, 1869,
May 18, 1892-May 10, 1893 Jan 5, 1870-Dec 31, 1879,
June 1880-May 24, 1882,
Nov 18, 1885
Democrat (d) July-Dec 1899
Elkhart County May 29, 1856, Apr 1, 1858, Same
Times (w) Jan 13, 1859
Express (w) Jan 28, 1837-Jan 6, 1838,
Mar 10-Apr 14, 1838
Independent (w) Jan 5, 1878-May 8, 22, 1880, Same
June 12, 1880-Dec 29, 1883,
Mar 28, 1884-Mar 20, 1885
News (d) Dec 10, 1883-July 6, 1901 Dec 1883-Dec 1889
News (w) Apr 3, 1885-Dec 7, 1894 Apr-Nov 1885, Jan 1886,
Dec 1893
News (w/mid-w) Dec 19, 1894-July 3, 1901 Jan 1894-July 3, 1901
News-Democrat Oct 1, 1941-Dec 31, 1941
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NEWSPAPER COLLECTION - GOSHEN (continued) - MIDDLEBURY-MILLERSBURG
Newspaper Original Microfilm
News-Times (w/mid-w)July 9, 1901-Dec 29, 1905, Same
1907, Jan 21, 190 8-Dec 30,
1910, May 9, 1911-July 1, 1913
News-Times (w) July 4, 1913-June 28, 1918 Same
News-Times (d) Jan 1902-Dec 1903, Jan-June 1913,
Jan-June 1914, Jan 1915- Dec 1919,
July-Dec 1920, Jan 1921-Aug 1923,
Jan 1924-Aug 1927, Jan 1928-
Aug 1929
Northern Indianian(w) June 25, 1840-Nov 28, 1840,
Feb 16, 1843, Apr 6, 1843-
Apr 4, 1844, Aug 21, 1844
Reflector Vol. 1, No. 2-4 (no date)
Sunday Post (w) Apr 12-Sept 13, 1896 Same
Times, Weekly Jan 20, 1856-Dec 30, 1886 Same plus Jan 4, 1901
Jan 5, 1888-Dec 28, 1900
Times, Midweek June 9, 1896-Dec 29, 1896, Same
Mar 29, 1898-Dec 25, 1900
Times (d) Oct 2-14, 1882 Same, plus May 30, 1891,
Dec 8, 1894, Oct 21, 1896
Weekly Advertizer Nov 21, 1844
MIDDLEBURY
Record (w) June 6, 1879-Dec 23, 1880 Same
MILLERSBURG
Echo (w) Mar 27, Apr 17, 1947 Same
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NEWSPAPER COLLECTION - MILLERSBURG (continued) NEW PARIS - WAKARUSA
Newspaper Original Microfilm
Enterprise (w) Aug 31, Sept 7, 14, 18, Oct 5, Same
Nov 8, 15, 19, Dec 6, 20, 1877
Mar 14, Apr 4, May 2, 1878
Grit (w) June 13, 1895-May 30, 1901, Same
Oct 24, 1901, June 1910-June 1911,
Nov 23, 1911, June 1913-June 1914,
June 7, 1917-May 22, 1919
June 2, 1921-May 31, 1923
June 4, 1931-Mar 30, 1933
NEW PARIS
Elk.Co.Observer Apr 19, 1907 Same
Farmers Exchange June 14, June 28-July 12, July 26,
(w) Oct 11, 1935
WAKARUSA
Sun (w) June 18, 1874-Mar 6, 1879 Same
Tribune (w) 1908-1963
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
MILFORD
Independent (w) Jan 18-Nov 15, 1877, Dec 29, 1877 Same
MONOQUET
Kosziusko June 25, 1845-Nov 23, 1846 Same
Republican (w)
Contact the Elkhart County Historical Society for information on other newspapers
published outside Elkhart County. There is also a collection of individual newspaper issues
bearing headlines of noteworthy events, as well as various special issues such as the Elkhart
Truth’s annual business directory and Elkhart and Goshen centennial issues.
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5. CENSUS RECORDS
FEDERAL CENSUS POPULATION SCHEDULES
Federal Census Population Schedules (Indiana), 1830-1930 (13 rolls microfilm) for the
following counties:
1830: Fayette, Lawrence, Gibson, Sullivan, Boone, Vermillion, Hamilton, Rush, Martin,
Madison, Allen (part), Pike (part), Decatur, St. Joseph and attached territory, Elkhart and
attached territory.
1840: Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd.
1850: Elkhart, Fayette.
1860: Elkhart, Fayette.
1870: Elkhart.
1880: Elkhart, Dubois (part).
1900: Elkhart, Dubois (part).
1910: Elkhart, Dubois (part), Fayette, Floyd (part) (2 rolls).
1920: Elkhart (2 rolls).
1930: Elkhart (2 rolls).
See also: 1. Indexes and Listings/Census Indexes and Listings.
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CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
The agricultural census contains a great deal of information on farms, including acreage,
crops, animals, and much more. It is arranged by township; not indexed.
Federal Census of Agriculture (Indiana), 1850-1880 (4 rolls microfilm).
1850: Decatur through Fountain Counties.
1860: Elkhart through Gibson Counties.
1870: Delaware through Fountain Counties.
1880: Dubois through Floyd Counties.
Federal Census of Agriculture (Indiana), 1919, 1922, 1923 (original mss.) (shelved with
local government records in archives.)
1919: All Elkhart County townships except Concord, Olive, Osolo, Union, Washington.
1921: Harrison Township only.
1922: All Elkhart County townships except Harrison, Jackson, York.
1923: All Elkhart County townships except Harrison, Jackson, Osolo, York.
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CENSUS RECORDS (continued)
CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES
The Census of Manufactures gives much interesting information on early manufacturing
in our area. It records such things as power sources, number of employees, type and amount of
finished products, etc.
Federal Census of Manufactures (Indiana), 1850-1880 (4 rolls microfilm).
1850: Entire state.
1860: Entire state.
1870: Adams through Fulton Counties.
1880: Adams through Howard Counties.
OTHER SPECIAL CENSUSES
The following special censuses are filed and listed with Local Government Records.
Enrollment of War Veterans, Widows and Orphans, 1886 and 1894, and later listings of
war veterans and survivors. See 6. Local Government Records: Veteran and War Records.
State School Enumerations: see 6. Local Government Records: School Enumerations.
Town Censuses: see 6. Local Government Records: City and Town Administrative
Records; Auditor, Commissioners Papers.
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6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS
As the oldest historical organization in the county, the Elkhart County Historical Society
is an officially designated local repository for county, township, municipal and school
corporation records which have been released by those agencies.
The Society’s collections consist of more than 400 cubic feet of original records, plus 29
rolls of microfilm. A large proportion of the records have come from the County Clerk’s and
County Auditor’s offices. Other agencies represented include the County Assessor,
Commissioners, Health Department, Highway Dept., Poor Farm (County Home), Recorder,
Sheriff, Surveyor, Treasurer, and Voter Registration; Township Trustees, Advisory Boards and
Justices of the Peace; county and town school corporations; and municipal government.
In many cases, the microfilms are copies of original records in the Society’s collections.
Where possible, use of the microfilm is preferred to save wear and tear on the original document.
Items in the collections have been numbered and listed in looseleaf inventory books and,
much more briefly, on catalog cards. They are grouped and inventoried by department. Since
transfer of many of the records (prior to strict state regulations) took place in an informal fashion,
occasional errors in attribution to departments may have been made. Detailed indexes to portions
of the collections have been prepared, and in the library there is a general Surname Index to many
of the earlier records. (See 1. Indexes/Indexes to Archival Materials.) Some records also have
internal indexes; however, the term “Index” as used in this section of the Guide means indexes
prepared by museum staff and volunteers.
The following list attempts to group the records in a sequence of optimum use to
repositories and researchers. Some groups of records must of necessity be described briefly.
+ = microfilm available at museum in addition to original
* = included in Surname Index in library
AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
County Clerk, Statistical Statements, 1919-23.
For 1919, all Elkhart County townships except Concord, Olive, Osolo, Union,
Washington.
1921, Harrison Township only.
1922, all Elkhart County townships except Harrison, Jackson, York..
1923: all Elkhart County townships except Harrison, Jackson, Osolo, York (3 boxes).
See also 5. Census Records.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS (continued)
BIRTH RECORDS
Elkhart County Clerk: Applications to Establish Time and Place of Birth (applied for
between 1941-53) (3 boxes). List date and place of birth and parents of applicant, with birthplace
of parents and other family information. These are known as delayed birth records and were
compiled for Social Security purposes. For index see 1. Indexes/Vital Records: Births.
County Health Officer for Washington Township: Record of Dangerous Diseases, Births
and Deaths, 1899-1906 (1 vol.). Primarily births.
CITIES AND TOWNS - ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
Town of Bristol: Treasurer’s records, 1878-1935 (7 vols.); Clerk’s records, 1914-34 (5
vols.); misc. records, 1882-1923, 1934-47 (1 box).
City of Elkhart: Building/Electrical Depts. and other misc. records, c. 1928-84 (1 box).
City of Goshen: Clerk-Treasurer, sample claims/payroll records, 1936, 1943, 1950-51,
1959 (1 box). Municipal Utilities: see 7. Other Manuscripts/Elkhart Co. Hist. Soc. Stonex
Collection.
Town of Middlebury: Town Board Record, 1868-93 (1 roll microfilm). Original remains
with the Middlebury Town Board.
Town of Millersburg, Clerk’s records of elections, 1891-1903, and misc. items. (1 box).
Town Incorporation records in Auditor/Commissioners’ Papers include Bristol, Elkhart,.
Goshen, Middlebury, Nappanee, Wakarusa. Some include town censuses.
See also Tax Assessment Records.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS (COUNTY DEPARTMENTS)
Elkhart County Auditor: financial records detailing county government expenditures,
1841-57, 1865-89, 1900, 1903-09, 1911-22 (18 vols.). For other Auditor’s records, see County
Commissioners’ Papers, Township Administrative Records, School Administrative Records, Tax
Assessment Records.
Elkhart County Clerk: Records of Fees and Fines, 1851-64, 1861-81 (3 vols.); Estray
Notices, 1840-62 (1840-49*) and Wolf Scalp Bounties, 1840-50 (1846-50*) (500 items); Estray
Book, 1858-89 (1 vol.); Correspondence of Louis A. Dennert, 1898-99 (300 items). For other
Clerk’s records see County Commissioners’ Papers; Court Records.
Elkhart County Highway Dept.: County Highway Supt.’s Ledger, 1923-35 (3 vols.).
Details expenditures for gravel road repairs. For other information on roads see County
Commissioners’ Record and Papers.
Elkhart County Parks Department: Records of Rush Memorial Gym Renovation, 199-94
(1 box); plans for Wolf Lake Park, c. 1992 (1 tube).
Elkhart County Poor Farm (County Home): see Poor Farm/Poor Relief and County
Commissioners’ Papers.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
(continued)
Elkhart County Sheriff: Correspondence and misc. papers of Sheriffs William O. Elliott,
J. F. Kidder and A. E. Manning (1895-1906) (400 items); County Jail Record, 1942-44 (1 vol.)
(for jail records also see Commissioners’ Papers); Palm Sunday Tornado records, 1965-67 (1
box); misc. items, 1885-1949 (2 boxes).
Elkhart County Surveyor: see Land Records.
Elkhart County Treasurer: account books, 1868-96, 1951 (6 vols.), which detail county
expenditures; Receipt Books, 1887-96, 1899, 1914 (3 vols.), Tax Rate Sheets, 1867-1929,
1936-61 (75 items); Ditch Records, 1899-1948 (3 vols.).
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RECORD
County Commissioners’ Record, June 1830-Dec. 1903 ( 9 rolls microfilm; original
remains with the County Archives). The basic record of all business brought before sessions of
the Elkhart County Commissioners, including ordinances, petitions, reports, and claims for
payment presented by government officials. Each volume contains a topical index to major items
covered in the sessions.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ PAPERS (AUDITOR)
Elkhart County Auditor: Commissioners’ Papers and related records, 1831-1935 (77
boxes; over 100,000 items). A significant portion of these papers were originally filed by the
Auditor to accompany the permanent Commissioners’ Record. While some of the documents
also were copied in full into that record, in most cases the papers contain additional detail, such
as lists of names and descriptions of services. Even where lists are included in the
Commissioners’ Record, these documents contain the original signatures, which can be of
interest to a family researcher. * to 1862, later in some cases.
Please note that the documents, though voluminous, are no longer complete, and that
there are fewer documents after 1914. In addition to written and typed documents, there are
blueprints, maps, diagrams and bonds. A detailed card index lists thousands of the documents
under subject headings and contains some names. The records fall into these general types:
Administrative reports, which were filed at intervals by local public officials. Among
those of historical interest are reports of Township and School Corporation Trustees and Road
Supervisors, the County Sheriff (including Jail records), County Poor Farm Superintendent,
County Grand Juries and Boards of Charities, County Health Officer, County School
Superintendent and Truant Officer.
Petitions, remonstrances, meeting and election reports, contracts detail the history of
roads, bridges, ditches and other public works, incorporations of towns, controversies over liquor
licenses, fencing in of livestock, building of railroads, appointments and resignations of officials,
and many other matters. Petitions each contain dozens of names.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - COMMISSIONERS PAPERS (continued)
Claims for payment give much additional information on such subjects as public works
and public buildings, health problems, poor relief, county administration, treatment of prisoners,
Civil War soldiers’ bounties*, daily life of the poor farm, coroners’ inquests, and bounties for
destroying wild animals, as well as on local businesses, tradesmen, and others who supplied
services. Various institutions such as the orphanage at Mishawaka and state schools and asylums
list services given to Elkhart County residents.
Organizations, local businesses, railroads and utilities submitted reports, usually for
taxation purposes, which list their officials or members, their purposes, and financial
information.
COURT RECORDS (COUNTY COURTS): ESTATES
The following volumes were created and kept by the Elkhart County Clerk:
Probate Order Book #1, 1830-39 (1 vol.)* details estate cases, has sale bills of estates.
Record of Inventory, 1872-1954*, and Record of Sale Bills, 1852-68 and 1872-1914 (22
vols.)* list contents of estates of property publicly sold. Sale bills also show buyers’ names.
General Entry Claim and Allowance Docket, 1867-88, and Appearance Dockets (records
of estate cases), 1879-81, 1884-1934 (14 vols.).
Probate Fee Books, 1844-84 (3 vols.); Clerk’s Journal, 1903-18 (3 vols.) (1906-10*);
Administrator’s Bonds, 1853-74 (1 vol.); Guardianship and Administrator’s Record, 1874-1917
(1 vol.); Inheritance & Transfer Tax Record, 1913-20 (1 vol.); and Record of Assignments,
1860-94 (1 vol.); Journal of Estates, 1907-13 (1 vol.);
Guardianship Records of Circuit Court and Predecessors, 1847-1940 (20 vols.).
Complete Record: Circuit Court, 1837-1922 (17 vols.); General Estates Index, 1855-83 (1
vol.) Probate Court: 1844-52 (2 vols.). Court of Common Pleas: 1853-73 (5 vols.)
COURT RECORDS (COUNTY COURTS): OTHER THAN ESTATES
Circuit Court records kept by the Elkhart County Clerk include the following: Order book
No. 1, 1830-35 (1 vol.), first court record of the county; Court Docket, 1846-50, 1858-63,
1868-86 (16 vols.)* (divorces, adoptions, naturalizations only have been indexed).
Circuit Court: Entry/Issue Docket, 1850-1935 (microfilm only); Register of Jurors,
1873-99 (3 vols.); Clerk’s Docket, scattered terms, 1892-97, 1915-21 (16 vols.); Bar Docket,
1870, 1881-82 , 1930-31 (5 vols.); Fee Book, 1839-68 (5 vols.); Support Docket, 1913-42 (3
vols.); Clerk’s Memorandum, 1851-64 (1 vol.); Receipt Book, 1861-81 (1 vol.); Judgment
Docket, 1839-43 (1 vol.); Judge’s Docket, 1893 (2 vols.); Lis Pendens, 1878-1964 (6 vols.);
misc. dockets, 1893-1951 (10 vols.).
Circuit Court: Elkhart Hydraulic Company lawsuit papers, 1887-97, 1900-01, 1910 (100
items); bankruptcy papers, 1928-34 (400 items); memorial resolutions for Elkhart County
lawyers, 1907-61 (40 items); papers concerning opinions of Appellate Court, Dist. 1, 1899-1921
and Indiana Supreme Court, 1893-1935 (200 items).
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - CO. COURTS, OTHER THAN ESTATES (continued)
Grand Jury Indictment Record, 1881-92 (2 vols.).
Court of Common Pleas records include the following: Issue Docket, 1853-65 (1 vol.);
Court Docket, 1853-73 (5 vols.); Entry Docket, 1852-73 (2 vols.); Fee Books, 1844-84 (2 vols.)*,
1857-74, 1873-81 (6 vols.); Appearance Docket, 1853-79 (1 vol.).
Superior Court: Register of Sales & Executions, No. 1, 1907-38 (1 vol.).
COURT RECORDS (TOWNSHIP COURTS)
There are many dockets created by Justices of the Peace (earlier kept by the County
Clerk) which can throw light on community life as well as furnish details of individual lives. The
townships are represented as follows:
Benton Township, 1855-76 (1 vol.)+*.
Clinton Township, 1851-64 (1 vol.).
Concord Township, 1836-44*, 1860-70*, 1870-81, 1908-50 (40 vols.) (7 of these 40
vols.+).
Elkhart Township, 1836-47*, 1851-53, 1856-59*, 1861-1949 (39 vols.; one on
microfilm).
Jackson Township, 1859-79 (1 vol.).
Jefferson Township, 1875-97 (1 vol.).
Osolo Township, 1868-81*, 1959-61, 1971 (3 vols.).
Washington Township, 1871-1904 (several +), 1933-50, 1962-66, 1971 (9 vols.).
York Township, 1839 (microfilm only).
DEATH-RELATED RECORDS
Elkhart County Clerk: Coroner’s Inquest papers, 1894-1931 (5 boxes); 1978-85, 1988 (1
box); County Auditor: Coroner’s Inquest claims, 1873-1914 (300 items; part of Commissioners’
Papers, 1 box.). Documents filled out at coroners’ inquests, investigating various classes of
deaths at which no physician was present; some include testimony, determination of cause of
death. Specially indexed.
Burial forms for war veterans and widows are among Commissioners’ Papers and are
indexed in Commissioners’ Papers index in the archives as well as in Surname Index*.
ELECTION AND VOTER RECORDS
Elkhart County Auditor: Petitions for Local Option Elections and related items, 1909,
1911, 1913 (1 box); Spoiled Ballots, Railroad Elections, 1905 (a few items).
Elkhart County Clerk: Record of Township Officers, 1834-44 (1 vol.)*+; Official Bond
Record, Constables& Justices, 1910-44 (1 vol.).
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - ELECTION AND VOTER RECORDS (continued)
Elkhart County Clerk: Records of Primary Elections, 1918-55 (21 vols.). Includes
proceedings of Board of Election Commissioners, vote tallies, sample ballots (county-wide,
1918-51; Goshen only, 1947 and 1951; Goshen and Elkhart only, 1955.)
Elkhart County Clerk: Voter Registration Lists, all precincts, 1918 (first voter registration
year) and 1926 (189 vols.); Record of Absent Voters, 1918-26 (2 vols.); Record of Election
Sheriffs, 1894-96, 1908-12 (2 vols.); Register of Notice to Be a Legal Voter, 1892 (1 vol.).
Elkhart County Clerk: Official Vote of Elkhart County, 1872-88 (1 folder).
Washington Township: Election Records, 1914, 1930 (2 folders); Town of Bristol:
Election Poll Statements, 1891-1903 (1 vol.), misc. records, 1909-14.
Town of Goshen: Report of Trustees, May 4, 1846 (1 item)*.
In addition, many items in Commissioners’ Record and Papers pertain to various kinds of
elections, and appointments of public officials. Names listed in card index to Commissioners’
Papers.
HEALTH RECORDS
Elkhart County Board of Health: Minute Book, 1908-26 (1 vol.); Record of
Investigations, Fumigations & Quarantines, 1927-37 (1 vol.)*+.
County Health Officer for Washington Township: Record of Dangerous Diseases, Births
& Deaths, 1899-1906 (1 vol.).
The Elkhart County Commissioners’ Papers also contain many records in regard to
county medical services as well as claims of the County Board of Health (1896-99, 1908-14).
County Home: see Poor Farm.
LAND RECORDS
Elkhart County Recorder: plats (primarily duplicates which were filed in Auditor’s
office). Benton: Original Plat, 1834; Bristol: part of H.H. Fowler’s Addition, undated; Elkhart:
Original Plat, Apr. 1832; Second So. & Western Addition, June 1837; Original Plat of South
Elkhart, Apr. 1860; Lincoln Park Subdivision, 1913. Goshen: Original Plat, June 1831; Oliver
Crane’s Addition, June 1832; Barnes First Addition, May 1852; Second South Addition, Sept.
1852. Harrisburgh (Concord Township) plat, 1836. Middlebury: early plat, c. 1836, undated.
Elkhart County Recorder: index to early Plat Books, undated (2 vols.).
Elkhart County Surveyor: plats of I & M and Railway Rights of Way and other items,
1927-40 (43 items).
Elkhart County Recorder: General Index of Mortgages, 1914-19; Index of Chattel
Mortgages, 1897-1923 (2 vols.); Chattel Mortgage Record, 1929-31, 1934-35 (3 vols.).
Elkhart County Recorder: Entry Book, 1845-51, 1889-92 (2 vols.). Lists Recorder’s
Office transactions in exact sequence.
Copies/indexes by Elkhart County Abstract Company: see 1. Indexes; 7. Other Mss.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS (continued)
LICENSES AND BONDS
Elkhart County Clerk: Railway Police Appointment Record, 1925-44 (1 vol.); Petty
Money Lenders’ License Record, 1913-17 (1 vol.); Poultry Dealers’ License Record, 1917-41 (2
vols.); Junk Dealers’ License Record, 1905-18 (2 vols.).
Elkhart County Clerk: Physicians’ License Record, 1881-1937 (3 vols.) (1881-85*);
Physicians’ Certificates and Licenses, 1919-66 (200 items); Bond of Elkhart Academy of
Medicine, 1910 (1 item); Osteopaths’ Certificates and Licenses, 1918-63 (28 items); Drugless
Physicians’ Certificates and Licenses, 1928-55 (61 items); Dentists’ Certificates and Licenses,
1919-56 (52 items); Optometrists’ Certificates and Licenses, 1919-60 (30 items); Nurses’
Certificates, 1918-49 (400 items). Record of Application for Sire’s License, 1899-1913 (1 vol.);
Register of Insurance Certificates, 1877-1903, 1919-20 (3 vols.); Index to Notary Bonds,
1891-1924 (3 vols.); Partnership Certificates, 1918-28 (50 items).
See also: Commissioners’ Papers; Tax Assessment Records.
MARRIAGE RECORDS
Elkhart County Clerk: Marriage Affidavit, 1840*; Marriage Consent & Affidavit Record,
1900-05 (1 vol.); Marriage Licenses (Returns), 1911-30 (4 boxes).
PATENT AND TRADEMARK RECORDS
Elkhart County Clerk: trademark cases, 1930-39; patent cases, 1885-1940 (84 items).
POOR FARM (COUNTY HOME) AND POOR RELIEF RECORDS
A wealth of detail is recorded on the residents, administration and daily life of the Poor
Farm. later called the County Home. Records formerly kept at the County Home include:
Register of Residents, 1887-1975 (2 vols.)+; Register of Visitors, 1887-1900, 1976-77 (2 vols.);
account books, 1869, 1889-93, 1896-1906 (3 vols.); misc. financial records, 1936-72 (2 boxes);
blueprints, 1924, 1949 (18 p.); Specifications for Demolition, 1981 (1 vol.).
Much additional information is in the Commissioners’ Record and Papers concerning not
only this institution but earlier facilities for the poor, including applications and reports by Poor
Farm administrators, reports of Grand Juries and Boards of Charities, and very frequent data on
residents and workers, farm crops, construction, repairs, and supplies. Supplementing the public
records are two scrapbooks documenting the last years of the Home, and papers of CATCH P &
R (1981), an organization formed to try to save the building from demolition. (See 7. Other
Manuscripts/Organization Records.)
For other poor relief records, see Commissioners’ Papers and Township Administrative
Records. The former includes a large number of poor relief records starting in 1831, and detailed,
systematic reports in Report of Relief, 1900-19 (scattered years).
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS (continued)
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AND RELATED ITEMS
Elkhart County Auditor: School Trust Fund Records, 1840-96 (11 vols.). Commissioners’
Papers also include early school fund loan receipts (1836-68*) and items on apportionment of
school revenues, 1860-1900. Township Trustee records (many are with the Commissioners’
Papers) detail names of teachers, school construction/repair/maintenance data for all townships.
Elkhart County School Commissioner: Record, 1833-42 (1 vol.)+.
Elkhart County School Superintendent: Financial and Statistical Reports, 1936-63;
reports from various town school corporations and Township Trustees to the County School
Superintendent, 1945, 1950, 1957 and to State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1963 (1
box). Other items in Commissioners’ Papers.
Clinton Township Schools: Teacher’s Contract Book, 1902-12 (1 vol.).
Elkhart School Corporation: Annual Reports and Bonds of Trustees, 1865-1924
(scattered years); vouchers, 1867-1907 (scattered years), in Commissioners’ Papers (1 box).
Misc. administrative records, 1939-82 (1 box).
Goshen School Corporation: Annual Reports and Bonds of Trustees, 1864-1928
(scattered years); vouchers, 1861-1925 (scattered years), in Commissioners’ Papers (1 box).
Reports and misc. records, 1904-74 (1 box).
Harrison Township Trustee: Register of Teachers, 1882-98 (1 vol.); tuition and pupil
transfer documents, 1919-32 (1 folder).
Middlebury School Corporation/Middlebury Township Schools: Annual Reports,
1904-22 (scattered years), Bonds, 1869-1920 (scattered years),vouchers, 1871-76, 1910-11, in
Commissioners’ Papers. Financial records, 1908-65 (10 vols.); Bus Drivers’ Contracts, 1935-49
(1 vol.); Teachers’ Contract and Report Books, 1913-53 (8 vols.) Middlebury High School
student records, 1948-70 (1 box); misc. records, 1924-45, including records of construction of
Middlebury School (on Main St.), 1938-45 (2 boxes).
Nappanee School Corporation: Annual Reports of Trustees, 1904-28 (scattered years),
Bonds, 1889-1920 (scattered years), vouchers, 1920-22, in Commissioners’ Papers (1 box).
Union Township Trustee: Contract for Hauling School Children, 1923-30, 1943-51 (2
vols.); Transfer Certificates, 1933-36, 1943-45 (2 vols.); Teachers Contract & Report Book,
1899-1951 (7 vols.).
Wakarusa School Corporation: Annual Reports of Trustees, 1903-20 (scattered years),
Bonds, 1901-19 (scattered years), vouchers, 1914-22 (scattered years), in Commissioners’ Papers
(1 box).
Washington Township Schools: Trustee’s School Fund Records, 1847-67 (1 vol.);
Record of District School Meetings, 1868-85 (1 vol.); Trustee’s Transfer Record Book,
1896-1910 (1 vol.); Minutes, Washington Township Teachers Institute meetings, 1913-15 (1
vol.); Teachers’ Contract & Report Books, 1869-93, 1901-34, 1946-55, 1958-61 (10 vols.);
Bristol High School record, 1913-31 (1 vol.); Teachers’ Service Record, 1949-66 (4 vols.);
Schools Annual Report to Trustee, 1956-66 (3 vols.); misc. administrative records on School
Funds, 1949-66. Blueprints and specifications, addition to Bristol High School, 1919-23.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS (continued)
SCHOOL ENUMERATIONS
Elkhart County School Superintendent: School Enumerations, county-wide by township
and city, 1907-28 (9 boxes). The Elkhart County School Superintendent was required to list all
residents of the county from 6-21 years of age, including date and place of birth, name of parent,
occupation and other data. So the enumeration includes non-students as well as students. These
records can be very useful for genealogy. All townships and cities are represented for most of
these years; however, the majority of enumerations for 1926-28 are summaries only, without
detailed data.
Additional Enumerations in other series: Baugo Township, 1887, 1898, 1901; City of
Goshen, 1885-89; Harrison Township, 1902, 1904-05, 1914 and field sheets, 1925-28;
Millersburg, 1869; Washington Township, 1895-1914, 1932-33.
SCHOOL TEACHERS’ RECORDS
Elkhart Community Schools: attendance records, Beardsley School, 1939-75, Roosevelt
School, 1925-76 (sampled every 10 years, 2 boxes); Osolo School, 1970-86 (2 boxes).
Harrison Township: Teacher’s Record Book, 1879-84 (3 vols.).
Middlebury Township Schools: Teachers’ Grade Registers, 1912-15, 1925-46 (42 vols.).
Includes Cornell, 1923-29, 1935-39; Eight Square, 1935-36, 1938-39; Forest Grove, 1912-39
(scattered years); Griner, 1927-31, 1941-46; Sanitary, 1931-36, 1938-47; Middlebury, 1938-41,
1944-46.
Union Township Schools: Teachers’ Grade Registers, 1907-17 (6 vols.). Includes Dist. 2,
1908-09, 1916-17; Dist.5, 1907-10; Dist. 6, 1907-10; Dist. 7, 1911-12; unspecified, 1910-11. (To
identify schools, see 2. Books and Pamphlets/School History.)
Washington Township Schools: Teachers’ Grade Registers, 1867-1936 (125 vols.).
Includes records of 8 district schools, 1867-1900 (scatttered years); Washington
Township/Bristol School, 1906-36.
TAX ASSESSMENT RECORDS
These records can be very important, especially when few other sources on a person are
available.
Elkhart County Auditor: Tax Duplicates and Delinquent Lists, assorted townships/areas,
1843-50+, 1876-77, 1892-93, 1895+, 1898-1900, 1926-27, 1963 (9 vols.).
Elkhart County Auditor/Assessor: Assessors’ Books, townships/towns, 1847+, 1859+,
1900-01, 1904, 1909-12, 1914-15, 1917-31, 1935-36, 1951, 1955-56, 1958, 1961 (171 vols.).
Elkhart County Auditor: Road Tax Lists (Road Supervisors’ Reports), 1831-39*,
1849-50*, 1882-83, 1885, 1887, and Road Tax Receipts, 1868-1907, in Commrs’ Papers (2
boxes).
Also see Commissioners’ Papers, for items such as Corporation Assessments, Board of
Review records, and Jackson Township Assessors’ Lists, 1864.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - TAX ASSESSMENT RECORDS (continued)
Elkhart County Assessor: Mortgage Record, 1910-16 (1 vol.).
Elkhart County Auditor: Auto License Book, 1924-25 (1 vol.).
Elkhart County Auditor: Enumeration of White & Colored Males Over 21, 1937 (12
vols.); Enumerations, Washington Township, 1895, 1913, 1914, 1919 (4 vols.)+; Union
Township, 1919 (1 vol.).
Benton Township: Road Tax Receipt Books, 1918 (4 vols.).
Clinton Township: Horse Drawn Vehicle Tax Receipts, 1976-77; Dog Tax Records,
1976-77 (1 box); Horse Drawn Vehicle License Book, 1986-90 (5 vols.).
Elkhart Township Assessor: Dog Tax and Kennel Records, 1967-71 (1 box).
Harrison Township Trustee: Road Tax books, 1913-16, 1918 (4 vols.); Dog Register
Books and Dog Tax Receipt Books, 1921-31 (2 folders).
Union Township: Assessors’ Book, 1899 (1 vol.); Road Tax List, 1907 (1 vol.); Road
Tax Receipt Books, 1918 (3 vols.).
Washington Township: Road Tax Lists, 1860-1902 (scattered years) (16 vols.)+; Road
Supervisors’ Reports, 1892-1905 (1 vol.); Assessors’ Books, 1898, 1899, 1901-04, 1933, 1937,
1943; Dog Tax Record, 1961-76 (28 vols.). Tax Reports, 1959 (2 vols.); Assessors Real Estate
Tax Books, 1979-81 (3 vols.). Road Tax Receipt book 1918 (1 vol.).
Town of Bristol: Road Tax lists, 1870-94 (scattered years) (12 vols, 1871-79+); Assessors
Books, 1881-83 (2 vols.); Street Assessments, 1929-39 (1 vol.).
Veterans’ tax exemptions: see Veteran and War Records.
County Auditor: Township Account Books, 1859-99 (5 vols.).
Towns: see Cities and Towns.
TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS (OTHERTHAN TAX ASSESSMENT)
The Commissioners’ Papers contain Township Trustees’ Reports and vouchers for all 16
townships (1839-1928, varied and scattered years), listing expenses paid out of the Trustees’
various funds. Additional township records as follows:
Baugo Township Trustee: Advisory Board Record, 1951-74; Claims for Damages for
Stock/Fowls Killed or Damaged by Dogs, 1916-70; Financial & Appropriation Record, 1967-74
(2 vols.).
Clinton Township Trustee: Advisory Board Record, 1947-58 (2 vols.); Financial
Appropriation Record, 1962-65, 1970-74 (4 vols.).
Elkhart Township Trustee: Township Trustee’s Record, 1842 and book of Orders,
1842-60 (1 vol.)+; Township Clerk’s Journal, 1847-49, and Poor Book, 1854-59 (1 vol.)+;
selected items from Advisory Board Record, 1947-75 (1 box).
County Auditor: Record of Elkhart Township Funds...1890-1905 (1 vol.).
Jefferson Township Trustee: Trustees’ Reports, 1962-75 (filed with earlier reports in
Commissioners’ Papers).
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - TOWNSHIP ADMIN. RECORDS (continued)
Harrison Township Trustee: Administrative and financial records, 1879-1932, including
Indiana Sate Board of Accounts, Field Examiner’s Reports, 1915-23 (3 boxes).
Middlebury Township Trustee: Trustees’ Reports, 1919-23, 1930-36, 1939-41 (filed with
earlier reports in Commissioners’ Papers).
Union Township Trustee: Advisory Board Record, 1911-75 (8 vols.); Record of Funds
Received & Road Record, 1895-1904 (1 vol.); Trustee’s Financial Record, 1903-09 (1 vol.);
Financial Record & Cash Book, 1917-39 (6 vols.); Appropriation Record, 1926-38 (4 vols.);
Financial & Appropriation Record, 1939-52 (3 vols.); Ditch Record, 1896-? (1 vol.); Sheep
Book, 1928-44 (1 vol.); Report of Relief, 1931-33 (1 vol.).
Washington Township Trustee: Advisory Board Record, 1899-1931, 1949, 1955-56 (4
vols.); Township Clerk’s Record, 1853-64 (1 vol.)+; Township Treasurer’s Ledger/Journal,
1847-61 (1 vol.); Township Trustee’s Register of Receipts & Expenditures, 1869-99, Service
Account Record, 1913-29, Financial Record/Cash Book, 1921-38 and Record of Appropriations,
1931-38 (8 vols.); Trustee’s Annual Report, 1952-62 (6 vols.); Financial & Appropriation
Record, 1952-67 (15 vols.); Field Examiners Reports, State Board of Accounts, 1952-62 (9
vols.); other financial records, 1952-69 (6 vols.); Fireman’s Report, 1969 (1 vol.).
VETERAN AND WAR RECORDS
Elkhart County Auditor’s records and Commissioners’ Papers contain records on Civil
War soldiers and their families and bounties and support paid to them*; also on burials of
soldiers and widows at public expense, 1889-1903, 1908-14*. Also records concerning
Companies E and G, 74th
Regiment Indiana Infantry, 1862*.
Enrolling Commission for Elkhart County: Militia enrollment for Elkhart County, 1862
(1 vol.). Contains two annotated lists: 1) Elkhart county men interviewed for the Indiana draft of
1862 (this is notable for its large number of conscientious objectors, injuries, etc.); and 2) Elkhart
County men currently serving in the military. These are followed by minutes of the
Commission’s proceedings.
Enrollment List, Middlebury Township, 1862. (For location see 7. Other
Manuscripts/Elkhart Co. Hist. Soc.)
Elkhart County Clerk: Enrollment of Soldiers, Their Widows & Orphans, of Late Armies
of the United States, 1886 (all townships;1 vol.) Also listed under 5. Census Records..
Elkhart County Clerk: Enrollment of Soldiers, Their Widows & Orphans, of the Armies
of the U.S. Residing in the State of Indiana, 1894 (all townships, 16 vols.)+. Also in 5. Census
Records.
Elkhart County Clerk: List of Soldiers & Sailors & Members of the National Guard
Living in Indiana (Concord Township, 1913-19; Elkhart City, 1914-16; Elkhart Township,
1913-17, 1919; Goshen City, 1913-15, 1918-19, 1921; Washington Township, 1914 (1 box).
Elkhart County Auditor: Soldiers’ Exemption Forms, Southern Exemption District of
Elkhart County), 1917-18 (1 vol.); Affidavit for Soldiers’ Exemption, 1920-34, 1935-37 (17
vols.).
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - VETERAN AND WAR RECORDS (continued)
The following quasi-governmental records pertain to wartime activities and burials:
American Legion, lists of Veterans of World War I (1927); veteran burial lists (up to
World War I and including some World War I veterans).
Elkhart County Council of Defense, records, 1917-18 (1 vol.). Took charge of many
home front activities, looked for draft evaders.
Elkhart Public Library, collection of records concerning local activities in World War II,
1941-48 (1 box); World War I participant listings, 1919-20 (3 boxes of cards); scrapbooks of
service men and women in Elkhart County, 1941-45 (incomplete).
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7. OTHER MANUSCRIPTS
This listing includes only a portion of the society’s collection of records and writings of
individuals, businesses, and clubs and organizations. There are many additional smaller groups of
papers, scrapbooks, family albums and records, also catalogued and inventoried. These items are
housed in the archives (some in multi-collection boxes) and in the vertical files in the library. *
indicates listing in library Surname Index; + indicates also on microfilm.
ELKHART COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECORDS
Records of the Society and museum, 1896 - (11 boxes in archives, plus records in office.)
Includes original museum register/minutes and typed version; later minutes, visitors’ records,
correspondence, financial records, museum accession records, scrapbooks, and various other
items pertaining to the museum.
The Wilbur Stonex Collection of various items formed the museum’s first manuscript
collection. In addition to early papers of the Society, there are groupings pertaining to county
pioneers, Stonex family, autographed letters from famous people, Goshen Public Utilities,
Elkhart Institute/Goshen College, political issues, Jackson family, Middlebury Township Civil
War lists, and other subjects. (1 box).
HISTORICAL PROJECTS
Baldwin, Cara Jean, filed in Personal Papers; also E.C.H.S. Records.
Bartholomew, H.S.K., writings and clippings, filed in E.C.H.S. Records.
Beck, Ervin, Goshen writings and historical projects (1 box).
Crull, LaVerda, New Paris scrapbooks, 1940s-1990s (2 boxes).
Discovering Turnock Committee, Elkhart, E. Hill Turnock Project, c. 1995 – (3 boxes of
files and Conn factory blueprint).
Elkhart Public Library, World War I-II historical project (1 box, card files). For more
detail, see 6. Local Government Records/Veteran and War Records.
Kirkdorffer, Helen, scrapbook of Bristol, 1878-1910 (1 box)*.
National Association of Music Manufacturers, Oral History project (interviews with
people in the local music instrument industry) (box of 6 videotapes).
Smith, Elaine Spires, Revolutionary War burials project (DAR), c. 1986-1997.
Young, Jean Ann and Van, Bristol history project, 1986-88 (1 box).
PERSONAL PAPERS
Baker, John H., Goshen, papers, 1876-1915 (1 folder).
Baldwin, Cara Jean (Mrs. Chauncey), Elkhart, papers, 1967-88 (1 box).
Berkey, May, Elkhart, diaries, 1912-17 (4 vols., in Dale/Zook papers).
Billings, Capt. E.L., Goshen, Civil War journals, 1862-63 (1 vol.).
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MANUSCRIPTS - PERSONAL PAPERS (continued)
Bruce, Mary, Elkhart, letters and papers, primarily relating to the two World Wars,
1895-1946 (1 box).
Boss, John Christian, Elkhart, personal/business papers and patents, 1890-1943 (1box).
Annie Belle Boss: see Clubs and Organizations/Elkhart League of Women Voters.
Boynton, Dorothy G., see Greenleaf.
Butler, Emma L., Goshen, writings, c. 1892-93 (1 box).
Cathcart, Rosa, album, 1880-91 (1 vol.).
Chandler, Emma, album, 1867-76 (1 box).
Dale/Zook family, Goshen, papers, 1856-1996 (45 boxes). Includes papers of James and
Bessie Dale, Zipporah Fuller, Cora Belle Dale, William and Pearl Dale, Dorothy Dale Zook, Orie
Zook, and others.
Dausman, George B., Elkhart, Civil War letters, 1862-63 ( 1 folder).
Dodge, Henry, see Business Records.
Drake, Ted.
Ellis, Dr. E.W.H., Goshen, writings, 1831-32 (1 vol.); see also Business Records.
Essig, Maud, Elkhart, papers, 1913-67 (1 box).
Feeser, Mary and Mabel, Elkhart, papers, 1882-1945 (1 box).
French, Claude, Elkhart, World War I papers, 1917-18 (1 box).
Gilbert, Clyde, Elkhart, designer, papers c. 1925-58 (1 box).
Gorney, Emma Tschantz, 1927-1951 (1 box).
Greenleaf, Carl D. & Dorothy Boynton, Wauseon, Ohio and Elkhart, family scrapbooks
and papers, 1816-1982 (5 boxes).
Hartzler, Carrie Cooper, Goshen, papers, c. 1870-1950 (1 box).
Herring, Paul, Goshen, diary and commonplace book, 1873, 1879-80; Frederick Herring,
papers, 1858-78 (1 box).
Hively, Joseph and family, Elkhart, diaries, 1866, 1881-82 (1 box).
Jackson, Dr. Amos C., Elkhart Plain, lesson book, 1838 (1 vol.)
Kelley, Emma Bennett, Bristol, writings and scrapbooks, c. 1905-35 (1 box).
Kindig, Edward F., Elkhart, papers, 1935-70 (1 envelope)..
Lantz, Jonathan & H.W.F., Bristol, record/scrapbooks, c. 1817-37, c. 1912 (1 box).
Latta family, Waterford and Goshen, misc. correspondence 1848-50, 1878-88, 1895-97,
1929-34 (2 folders).
Lutz, Reuben R., Civil War diary, 1864-65 (1 vol.).
Miller, William P., Elkhart, personal and business papers, see Business Records.
Munsch family, Elkhart, papers, 1883-1948 (1 folder).
Myers, John D., Millersburg/Goshen, papers including Civil War personal and business
records, 1864-65, 1879-1908, 1912 (1 box).
Nichols, Mary, Elkhart, diary, 1900-07 (1 vol.)
Nusbaum, Orpha Ulery Mishler, Middlebury, letters, poem manuscripts and other items,
c. 1940s-1988 (1 box, in Dale/Zook papers).
Ozanne, Carry Nusbaum and related families, Middlebury, papers and scrapbooks, c.
1849-1950 (2 boxes).
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MANUSCRIPTS - PERSONAL PAPERS (continued)
Russell, Audrey Benner, Elkhart, papers, 1920-78.
Shaffer, Gertrude, Elkhart, family papers, c. 1876-1913 (1 box).
Sheets, ?, School pupil lists, Ohio, Elkhart and Jackson Townships, 1808-50 (1 item).
Sims-Laughlin families, Elkhart County, papers, 1875-1912 (1 vol., 1 folder) .
Stonex, Wilber L., document collection, 1843-1912, see Elkhart County Historical
Society.
Swartz, David, Civil War letters, 1862-64 (copies; 1 folder).
Umbenhower, John D., New Paris, records/scrapbooks, Civil War and later, 1861-65,
1897-1911 (1 box).
Vesey, Henry, Goshen, Civil War papers, 1865 (1 folder). See also 1. Books and
Pamphlets/City and Town History/Goshen.
Violett, John H. and family, Waterford and Goshen, papers, c. 1853-1920 (1 box).
Winchester (Knickerbocker), Nellie J. and Eva, Elkhart, papers, 1875-79 (3 items).
Zook, see Dale/Zook.
BUSINESS RECORDS
For related items, see Business and Industry under 2. Books and Pamphlets, and Business
Publications under 9. Misc. Sources. The Commissioners’ Papers (see 6. Local Government
Records) also contain many items in relation to Elkhart County businesses.
Air Maps, Inc. Maps for proposed industrial park, 1974. (A few items.) RECHECK.
Baldwin, Silas, Elkhart, 1847-52, 1874-89 (1 vol.).
Barbour, Dr. J. E., Bristol, 1883-93 (2 vols.).
Bartholomew, Dr. Mary, Goshen, c. 1941-63 (1 box).
Beardsley, Elijah (store), Concord Twp., 1837-38 (1 vol.)*+. (In same book with Justice
of the Peace Docket. See Local Govt. Records/Courts, Township).
Boss, John Christian (brickmaker), see Personal Papers.
Buescher, C. E. (blacksmith), Elkhart, 1892-95 (1 vol.)
Carpenter, John (?), Cleveland Twp., 1854-55 (1 vol.).
Conn, C. G., Ltd. (F. L. Reed Collection and others), 1918-61 (2 boxes).
Curtis, O.M. (hardware, stoves), Goshen, 1897-1913 (1 vol.).
Dale, J.M., (drygoods store), Goshen, 1856-1900 (8 boxes, in Dale/Zook papers).
Davis & Freeman Store, Goshen, 18060-86 (1 vol.). (see Goshen Democrat scrapbooks)
Dodge, Henry (attorney), Elkhart, 1878-1904 (1 box). Includes personal papers as well.
Dreves, William H. (plumbing/heating), Elkhart, 1914-23 (2 vols.).
Elkhart County Abstract Company, see below.
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Manufacturing Co. (later Elkhart Carriage & Motor Car Co.;
Elcar Motor Co.), 1888-1931 (2 vols.).
Elkhart Institute and Goshen College, 1903: see Elkhart County Historical Society/Stonex
Collection.
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MANUSCRIPTS - BUSINESS RECORDS (continued)
Ellis, Dr. E.W.H., Goshen, 1851-53; Hascall & Ellis, Goshen, 1843-70 (2 folders).
Exchange/Smurr/Tremont House Hotel Register, Goshen, c. 1866-70 (1 vol.).
Floyd, G.J.R. (general merchandise), Bristol, 1907-19 (2 vols.).
Fowler, Solomon and Owen Coffin, Bristol, 1839-41 (1 folder).
Gilbert, Clyde, see Personal Papers.
Goshen Democrat (WilliamBeane, editor), scrapbooks, c.1861-94(1 box).
Goshen Pharmacal Co., c. 1890-1900 (1 vol.).
Hascall, see Ellis.
Hawks Drugstore, Goshen, 1875-1929 (1 box).
Heatwole, Henry (medicine), Waterford, 1865-69 (1 vol.).
Helfrick Furniture Store, Elkhart, 1888-1952 (3 boxes
High, James, Henry and Jesse, Pleasant Valley Mill Book, Cleveland Township, 1853-57,
1865-66 (1 vol.).
Johnson, R.M. & Work, Aaron, Elkhart (insurance), 1897-1911 (1 vol.).
Kapp Hardware (Lewis Kapp; Platter, Kapp & Co.; Myers, Kapp & Co.), Goshen,
1872-75 (1 vol.).
Miller Theatres (William P. Miller), c. 1940-1877 (7 boxes). Also includes personal
papers.
Myers, John D.(contractor), see Personal Papers.
New York Central/Penn Central R.R., 1926-1970s (1 box).
Nusbaum, Joseph (drugstore/grocery), Middlebury, 1872-73, 1897-98 (2 vols.).
Probasco, William (general store) and successors, Bristol, 1857-c.1930 (1 box).
Rich, George W. and John Willard, Civil War letters, 1862-65 (1 folder).
Salem Bank & Trust Co., Goshen, 1900-41 (4 boxes).
Selmer & Co., Elkhart, 1947-59 (1 box).
Van der Bogart, Dr. H. E., Goshen, c. 1920s-50s (2 vols.).
Venamon, W.H. (furniture), Goshen, 1881-84 (2 vols.).
Wood, Penrod (lumber) with VanBuskirk & Smeltzer of Roann, 1892-94 (1 vol.).
ABSTRACT COMPANY RECORDS
Property records compiled by the Simpson Abstract Company (89 vols. plus 35 rolls of
microfilm). These are carbon copies of abstracts created by the company, bound into books. The
majority of the records pertain to Elkhart and its surrounding area. Many volumes also have been
microfilmed. Indexing project described in 1. Indexes/Indexes to Archival Materials. See also
Indexes and Listings/Indexes to Elkhart County Recorder’s Records.
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Athena Club, Elkhart, 1959-1990 (1 box and album).
Bay View Reading Club, Goshen, 1918-45 (1 box).
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MANUSCRIPTS - CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS (continued)
Bristol Garden Club, 1937-71 (1 box).
Bristol Literary Society/Columbia Club, c. 1890-1952 (1 box).
CATCH P & R, 1981 (1 box).
Chautauqua Club, Goshen, 1944-96 (1 box).
Elkhart City P.T.A. Council, scrapbook, 1933-53 (1 vol.); Weston School P.T.A., minutes
and scrapbooks, 1951-80 (17 vols.)
Elkhart County Agricultural Society, 1851-93 (1 vol.)+.
Elkhart County Anti-Royalty Drive Well Assn., Elkhart, 1877-80 (1 vol.)
Elkhart County Council of Defense, 1917-18. See also Local Government Records.
Veteran and War Records.
Elkhart County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Assn., financial records, 1953-69 (1 box).
Elkhart County Home Economics Clubs, 1935-46 (1 box).
Elkhart County Ministers’ Wives Assn., 1958-70, with Ford Crusade (1 box).
Elkhart County Tuberculosis Association, 1913-74 (1 box).
Elkhart Dental Auxiliary, 1956-89 (1 box).
Elkhart General Hospital Nurses Alumni Assn., records and scrapbooks, 1916-81 (1
box.); history in Emma Tschantz Gorney, personal papers.
Elkhart League of Women Voters (earlier Elkhart Woman’s Franchise League), records
1914-95 (8 boxes).
Elkhart Museum and Historical Society, 1880-83 (1 vol.).
Elkhart Woman’s Culture Club, 1958-70 (1 box).
Ford, Leighton, Crusade in Elkhart County, papers of Russell Krabill, 1969-71 (1 box).
Goshen Business and Professional Women’s Club, 1953-88 (2 boxes).
Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 2, Elkhart, 1866-68, records (6 vols.)(membership
list*).
Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 90, Goshen, Memorial Record, 1886 (1 vol.).
Lake Grange 2192, Bristol, 1913-88 (1 box).
Little Elkhart Temperance Society/Forest Grove Sunday School, Middlebury Twp.,
1844-53, 1865-66 (1 vol.)*+.
Michiana Watershed Inc., 1967-73 (1 box).
Mothers of World War II, Unit 9, Elkhart, 1945-54 (1 box).
Odd Fellows, Goshen Encampment No. 79, 1867-82 (1 box).
Odd Fellows, Rebekah Lodge No. 356, Goshen, 1895-1905, 1911-73 (2 boxes).
Philomathians, Goshen, 1898-1912 (1 box).
American Red Cross, Goshen, 1917-23 (1 box).
Study Club of Middlebury, 1960-79 (1 box).
Teachers’ Association of Elkhart County (Elkhart County Educational Assn.), 1894-97,
1909-35 (1 vol.).
Weston School, see Elkhart City P.T.A.
Women’s Franchise League of Bristol, 1917 (1 folder).
Young Men’s Progressive Club, Bristol, 1927-39 (1 box).
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8. MAPS
This listing contains detail of items described in 2. Books & Pamphlets/Maps, Atlases
and Plat Books.
INDIAN VILLAGE SITES.
Indian Villages in Northern Indiana and Northern Ohio. Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society, c. 1971. Copies in Archives (under counter) and in 2nd
floor hallway.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAPS (U. S. Dept. of the Interior)
Invaluable for tracing configurations of land and water. These are filed in archives.
1. Osceola Quadrangle, 1958
2. Elkhart Quadrangle, 1961; revised, 1981
3. Bristol Quadrangle, 1961
3a. Bristol Quadrangle, 1981, revised
4. Middlebury Quadrangle, 1961
5. Wakarusa Quadrangle, 1961
6. Foraker Quadrangle, 1960; revised, 1981
7. Goshen Quadrangle, 1959; revised, 1981
8. Millersburg Quadrangle, 1959
9. Nappanee West Quadrangle, 1958
10. Nappanee East Quadrangle, 1958
11. Milford Quadrangle, 1962
12. Lake Wawasee Quadrangle, 1961
SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS
Contain detailed drawings of city blocks with all their buildings and industries. Found in
Archives.
Bristol, 1895, 1901, 1907, 1917
Elkhart, 1885 (framed - on wall of Archives)
Goshen, 1886
Middlebury, 1909, 1917
Nappanee, 1892, 1898
New Paris, 1909, 1917
Wakarusa, 1905, 1914
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9. ADDITIONAL SOURCES
VERTICAL FILES
The vertical files (20 drawers), located in the library, are very frequently used and
constantly added to. They contain historical sketches, reminiscences, manuscripts of papers
presented at Historical Society meetings, newspaper features and clippings, pamphlets, programs,
advertisements, small manuscript groupings, research correspondence, and other items. They are
organized geographically (16 drawers) and by surname (4 drawers).
Some of the topics typically found in a drawer (a complete list would be far too long to
include here) are Bands, Banks, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Cemeteries, Churches, Civil
War, Fires, History (general), Homes, Libraries, Organizations, Parades, Parks, Rivers, Schools,
Sports, Street Scenes, Wars, and others.
BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS
A collection of publications of well over 150 local businesses from throughout the county
(10 boxes) contains catalogs and other advertising materials, company newsletters, and annual
reports. Some of the larger groups of publications come from the following companies: Buescher
Band Instrument Co., C. G. Conn, Ltd. (now United Musical Instruments), Excel Industries, Inc.,
Miles Inc. (now Bayer), and the Selmer Company, all of Elkhart; and Goshen Manufacturing Co.,
Goshen Sash & Door Co., and I-XL Furniture Co., all of Goshen. An overflow of the vertical
files, these may be found near the Business Records section in the archives.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND POST CARDS
The museum’s approximately 15,000 photographs are located in archival collections, in
the library and in other areas, as well as in exhibit areas of the museum. In 2001, a project was
begun to catalog and digitize some of the more historically valuable photographs in the museum.
Approximately 3,000 photographs have been organized in acid-free boxes in a special storage
cabinet, in the library, manually catalogued and scanned. They are currently being entered into
the Past Perfect computer data base.
In addition, a collection of several hundred post cards, organized geographically, is
located in the office.
MUSEUM DISPLAYS
Much information is to be found in museum displays. Of particular note are individual
township displays in the Township Room.
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10. SPECIAL NOTE: ELKHART COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
The Elkhart County Genealogical Society is an active research organization with its own
library. It maintains a full schedule of activities for its members and the public throughout the
year. It publishes a quarterly, Michiana Searcher, as well as cemetery listings and other guides to
local records. Like the Elkhart County Historical Society, it is a registered nonprofit organization.
The society has cooperated in a number of projects with the Elkhart County Historical
Society, and for many years its annual fall full-day workshop has been held in the auditorium
adjoining the museum. In October 2004, at the invitation of Elkhart County Historical Society
and with the approval of the Elkhart County Park and Recreation Department, the society has
moved its library from its former location to the Elkhart County Historical Museum. The Sailor
Memorial Library, located in a room in the lower level across from the archives, is now open to
the public during the same hours as the museum. Like the museum’s library, it is a
non-circulating library.
The collections of the Elkhart County Genealogical Society significantly complement
those of the Elkhart County Historical Society. Among its major holdings are more than 300 rolls
of microfilm filmed by the Church of the Latter Day Saints Library’s County Records of Indiana
Microfilm Project (CRIMP). Volunteers from the Elkhart County Genealogical Society provided
about 3,000 hours of work toward the fulfillment of this project.
The CRIMP collection includes the following records originating with the Elkhart County
Clerk: probate files, 1830-1920 (including separate probate files for Elkhart city, 1900-1920);
minor heirs and guardianships; wills, 1907-1921; marriage licenses, Dec. 25, 1910-Dec. 29,
1920; marriage license applications, Dec. 14-30, 1915; marriage consent records, 1911-1920;
delayed birth applications, 1942-1957; and mixed court cases.
These microfilmed records are especially important to researchers because the paper
records from which they were created are not easily accessible. Indexes to the CRIMP
microfilmed records are available online under the category Archives/Crimp Project on the
Elkhart County INGenWeb Project web site at <www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/>. The society
suggests that after checking the indexes, a researcher visit the library, contact the society by mail,
or if they are not nearby, check the nearest Latter Day Saints genealogy research facility.
Another important collection consists of more than 200 family genealogies pertaining to
the Elkhart County area. The society has many additional books and genealogical quarterlies
from Indiana, surrounding states, and beyond.
Further information on membership and collections is available from the Elkhart County
Genealogical Society by mail at P.O. Box 1031, Elkhart IN 46515-1031.
