Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, circa
1960s
A Guide to the collection at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Howdeshell.
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Montgomery, Pauline.
TitlePauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone
photographs and records, circa
1960s
Collection No.
C386
Extent
2.4 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Wayne County, Indiana resident Pauline
Montgomery spent most of her life as a Latin and English teacher. The Indiana
University alumna was also a local historian and author of one book, Indiana Coverlet Weavers and Their Coverlets. This
collection consists of Montgomery’s approximately sixteen-hundred photos and
negatives of Indiana tombstones and the accompanying ledgers documenting their
appearance, locations, and placement dates.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice is required.
Biographical Note
Wayne County, Indiana resident Pauline Montgomery (1903-1982) spent most of her life
as a Latin and English teacher. She was a graduate of Indiana University and was
deeply dedicated to education. Her devotion to Indiana history led her to write and
publish the book titled Indiana Coverlet Weavers and Their Coverlets in 1974.
Pauline Montgomery and her husband, Robert Montgomery, also founded the Upper
Whitewater Historical Association in 1962, which is committed to the history the
eastern counties in Indiana. At the time of her death in 1982, she had also been a
50-year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Montgomery bequeathed her collection of approximately sixteen-hundred photos and
negatives of Indiana tombstones and the accompanying ledger of descriptive records
to the Indiana University Folklore Department. The collection was transferred to the
Indiana University Folklore Department upon her death in 1982.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: Ledgers and will, Prints, and Negatives.
Scope and Content Note
The Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records contains
sixteen-hundred photographs and corresponding negatives of grave monuments in
predominately eastern Indiana. This collection contains three series: Ledgers and
will, Prints, and Negatives. With the exception of the will, all material dates to
the 1960s.
The first series, Ledgers and will, contains Montgomery’s will, which bequeathed the
records to the Folklore Department and two ledgers. The ledgers document the
photograph number, location and description of the monument, and the date the
monument was placed. These two ledgers provide valuable contextual information about
the photographs in the collection.
The second series, Prints, contains the sixteen-hundred photographs taken by
Montgomery. Each photograph is numbered to correspond with a ledger entry describing
the monument, the location and the date placed.
The third series, Negatives, contains the corresponding negatives to the photographs
in the collection. This series does not contain a negative for every photograph in
the collection, however.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Related Material
The
Warren Roberts papers also holds a significant amount of research and
photographs on Indiana tombstones.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 2003/055.
Usage Restrictions For information regarding the copyright status of this collection, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility
for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials.
Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these
materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational
and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its
inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archivist.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, Collection C386, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the Indiana University Folklore Department in 1983. Transferred to the Archives in 2003.
Processing InformationProcessed by Ashley Howdeshell.
Completed in 2010
Container List
Series:
Box 1
Ledgers and will
Record Book of cemeteries, monuments, and monument makers in Indiana
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Series:
Prints
Photographs of Grave Monuments,
1-50
51-100
101-150
151-200
201-250
251-300
301-350
351-400
401-450
451-500
501-550
551-600
601-650
651-700
701-751
751-800
801-850
851-900
Box 2
901-950
951-1000
1001-1050
1051-1100
1101-1150
1151-1200
1201-1250
1251-1300
1301-1350
1351-1400
1401-1450
1451-1500
Miscellaneous envelopes
(3 files)
Un-numbered images
Graves of John Owens and Sam Meredith
Captain Volney Hobson
Series:
Negatives
Grave monument negatives,
Box 3
1-10
11-20
21-30
32-40
41-51
52-61
62-70
71-81
82-92
93-102
103-113
114-123
126-136
137-147
148-158
159, 161-168
