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Holman, W.S. mss., 1836-1998

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Creator
Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897.

Title
Holman, W.S. mss., 1836-1998

Collection No.
LMC 1506

Extent
2,000 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Holman, W.S. mss., 1836-1998, consist of correspondence and other papers of William Steele Holman.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Born near Aurora, Indiana in 1822, Holman entered the Baptist Manual Labor Institute, now Franklin College, at the age of 16. After studying law, he was admitted to the Dearborn County bar in 1843 and elected probate judge, an office that he held until 1846. In 1847 Holman began a two-year term as prosecuting attorney, and served as Judge for the Court of Common Pleas from 1852 through 1856.

Holman had an active and long-lasting political career as well. Beginning with state politics, he was named a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1850, and was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1851 to 1852. Rising to national politics, he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1859. Over the following 38 years, Holman served in all but four Congresses. His last term began in the spring of 1897, just over a month before his death on April 22.

Arrangement

In addition to correspondence, the collection holds a folder of biographical materials and numerous legal and financial documents. Other materials include: two copies of Memorial Addresses on the Life and character of William S. Holman, published in 1898 by the Government Printing Office; a handwritten biography of his father, Jesse Lynch Holman; a cabinet card photograph of Holman's wife, Abigail; and a tape of Edwin C. Hill's Thanksgiving Day radio program.

Scope and Content Note

Much of the correspondence in the collection comes from Holman's constituents, though letters from fellow congressmen, government officials, and family are included as well. Among the correspondents are: Montgomery Blair, Israel George Blake, Ira J. Chase, Frederick Augustus Conkling, Samuel Sullivan Cox, Will Cumback, Jesse William Curtis, Henry Laurens Dawes, Ebenezer DuMont, William H. English, David Dudley Field, Calvin Ingram Fletcher, Thomas Gaff, Francis Marion Griffith, Allen H. Hamilton, Holman Hamilton, Joseph Henry, Joseph Addison Hill, Ferdinand C. Holliday, Abigail (Knapp) Holman, Jesse L. Holman Jr., William Steele Holman, William Steele Holman Jr., Samuel Milton Jones, James Edward Jouett, Jonathan C. Kirk, Sandford Kirkpatrick, Robert Todd Lincoln, Daniel Manning, William Wesley Masterson, Cornelius O'Brien (1818-1869), Cornelius O'Brien (1883-1953), Samuel Jackson Randall, Green Berry Raum, Alice Mary Robertson, Thomas Shaw, William McKendree Springer, David Mills Stewart, John Bernard Stoll, William Taylor Stott, Heman Lincoln Wayland, William Watson Wick, John A. Williams, Walter Williams, John Lockwood Wilson, and Levin James Woollen.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Gift. 1999
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Holman, W.S. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing Information
Processed by staff.
Box 1 Biographical information, 1889-1972 
Correspondence, 1836 - 1884, May 
Box 2 Correspondence, 1884, June - 1923. 

The correspondence is arranged in chronological order.

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  • Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1882, Mar. 21
  • Blake, Israel George, 1902-1982 to Greenwood, Barbara, 1918-
  • 1957, Aug. 22; Oct. 14
  • Chase, Ira J., 1834-1895 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, Mar. 28
  • Conkling, Frederick Augustus, 1816-1891 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1884, Apr. 25
  • Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824- to Holman, William Steele
  • 1885, Sept. 30
  • Cumback, Will, 1829-1905 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1885, Mar. 10
  • Curtis, Jesse William, 1865-1960 to Villaret, Abigail Holman
  • 1957, Mar. 11
  • Dawes, Henry Laurens, 1816-1903 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1890, Apr. 21
  • DuMont, Ebenezer, 1814-1871 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1850, Oct. 20
  • 1852, Feb. 17
  • English, William H., 1822-1896 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1850, Aug 1891, Sept. 11; Nov. 4
  • Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, Jan. 19
  • Fletcher, Calvin Ingram, 1859-1913 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1882, Feb. 27
  • Gaff, Thomas, 1854-1923 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1874, May 11
  • Griffith, Francis Marion, 1849-1927 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1882, Mar. 13
  • Hamilton Allen H., 1798-1864 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1851, Dec. 1
  • Hamilton, Holman, 1910-1980 to Sicherman, Barbara
  • 1974, July 28
  • Henry, Joseph, 1797 or 1799-1878 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1877, Jan. 24
  • Hill, Joseph Addison, 1827-1892 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, Oct. 24
  • Holliday, Ferdinand C., 1814-1888 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1861, Feb. 27
  • 1884, Oct. 10; Nov. 18
  • Holman, Abigail (Knapp), 1824-1896 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1870
  • Holman Jr., Jesse Lynch to Holman, William Steele
  • 1856, July 13
  • 1870, Dec. 18
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Hamilton, Allen H.
  • 1851, Apr. 5 (copy); Aug. 18 (copy); Dec. 25 (copy)
  • 1859, Dec. 28 (copy)
  • 1860, Dec. 28 (copy)
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Hamilton Jr., Allen H.
  • 1873, Feb. 18 (copy)
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Holman, Abigail (Knapp)
  • 1893, Aug. 4
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Holman, Mary Anne, 1824-1903
  • 1840, Jan. 5
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Johnson, A. W.
  • 1885, Apr. 12
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Jones, Samuel M.
  • 1892, Sept. 23
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Lewis, James B.
  • 1858, May 10
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to O'Brien, Cornelius, 1818-1869
  • 1860, Jan. 25 (copy)
  • 1867, July 13 (copy)
  • 1868, Mar. 16 (copy)
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to O'Brien, William H.
  • 1890, Aug. 10 (copy); Dec. 7 (copy)
  • 1891, Mar. 6 (copy)
  • 1892, Mar. 6 (copy)
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Receed, Thomas
  • 1864, June 4 (copy)
  • Holman, William Steele, 1822-1897 to Rief, Jacob
  • 1894, Apr. 25
  • Holman Jr., William Steele, 1850-1910 to Holman, Abigail (Knapp)
  • 1884, May 4
  • 1894, Jan. 17
  • Holman Jr., William Steele, 1850-1910 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1882, June 14
  • 1883, Jan. 27 (postcard)
  • 1884, May 7, 13
  • 1885, Mar. 31; Apr. 17
  • 1887, Dec. 19
  • 1890, July 9
  • 1892, June 4
  • Jones, Samuel Milton, 1846-1904 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, Sept. 9, 26
  • Jouett, James Edward, 1826-1902 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, July 14
  • Kirk, Jonathan C., -1907 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1871, Feb. 20
  • 1885, Mar. 4
  • Kirkpatrick, Sandford, 1842-1932 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, Aug. 6 (2); Oct. 10
  • Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1884, Feb
  • Manning, Daniel, 1837-1887 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1885, Apr. 22
  • Masterson, William Wesley, 1861-1922 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1889, Apr. 8
  • O'Brien, Cornelius, 1818-1869 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1857, Feb. 11
  • O'Brien, Cornelius, 1883-1953 to Harvey, Mrs. Frederick
  • 1946, July 8
  • O'Brien, Cornelius, 1883-1953 to Villaret, Abigail Holman
  • 1945, Apr. 2; Oct. 30
  • Randall, Samuel Jackson, 1828-1890 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1889, Apr. 16
  • Raum, Green Berry, 1829-1909 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1892, June 4
  • Robertson, Alice Mary, 1854-1931 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1887, Feb. 18
  • Shaw, Thomas, 1846-1895 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1882, Feb. 11, 23
  • Springer, William McKendree, 1836-1903 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1891, Apr. 28
  • Stewart, David Mills, 1809-1890 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1856, Dec. 18
  • Stoll, John Bernard, 1843-1926 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1878, Oct. 25
  • 1883, Apr. 13
  • Stott, William Taylor, 1836-1918 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1891, Aug. 20
  • Wayland, Heman Lincoln, 1830-1898 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1871, Dec. 16
  • Wick, William Watson, 1796-1868 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1852, Feb. 13, 19
  • Williams, John A., 1835-1900 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1871, Feb. 8
  • Williams, Walter, 1821-1896 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1884, May 23
  • Wilson, John Lockwood, 1850-1912 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1871, Feb. 1
  • Woollen, Levin James, 1834-1909 to Holman, William Steele
  • 1872, Nov. 18
  • 1892, Apr. 13
Collection background, 1945 - 1998 
Biography of Jesse Lynch Holman
Dearborn Circuit Court, November Term, 1855 
Dearborn County, Indiana. (see: Box 4)
Empty envelopes
Pension claim inquiries, 1897 
Petition for Abolition of the Franking Privilege
Photographs: Abigail (Knapp) Holman; William Steele Holman
Printed materials
Ripley County [list of registered voters ?]
Thanksgiving, Edwin C. Hill. Cassette tape of radio program
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William S. Holman, 1898 (3 copies)
Box 3 Receipt for materials used in making a dress for Mrs. Fletcher (framed)
Receipt for materials used in making a dress for Mrs. Holman (framed)
Printed invitation from President and Mrs. Lincoln to Mr. W. S. Holman and family, together with copy of printed portrait of W.S. Holman (framed)
Box

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Printed. The Lawrenceburg Press, September 16, 1938.  Ad honoring pioneers of Lawrenceburg, William Steele Holman and father Jesse Holman.
Dearborn County, Indiana. Documents relating to W.S. Holman's law practice including land deeds, mortgages, and insurance policies, 1844-1885. 

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