Daniel W. Biddle correspondence, September
1893-March 1895
A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by North Woods and Mary
Mellon
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
Biddle, Daniel W.
TitleDaniel W. Biddle
correspondence, September
1893-March 1895
Collection No.
C700
Extent
0.2 cubic feet (1 box)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Daniel W. Biddle (1870-1954) was a
student at Indiana University from September 1893 through Spring 1895. This
collection consists of letters that Daniel W. Biddle wrote to his parents and his
friend Janie Bartee during his attendance at Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana from 1893-1895. The letters document Biddle’s social and academic life at IU
through details on his interactions with his roommates, classmates, and professors;
his studies and laboratory work; and events on campus and in the Bloomington
community, including an 1895 student protest supporting the removal of IU to
Indianapolis.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Biographical Note
Daniel W. Biddle was born on October 24, 1870 in Gilboa, Benton County, Indiana to
parents Jerome H. and Lydia J. Biddle. Daniel Biddle attended Indiana University
from September 1893 through Spring 1895. Upon departing IU, Biddle tested and
received a teaching license, going on to teach and later farm in Benton County. He
married Janie Bartee (1874-1925), with whom he frequently corresponded while at IU,
in 1897. The couple had two sons. Janie passed away in 1926, and Daniel remarried in
1929 to Gertrude Besse (1880-1982).
In 1918, Biddle became secretary of the Remington Farmers Mutual Insurance Company,
which his father founded. His subsequent career in insurance included serving as a
charter member and director at several companies, including Indiana Farmers Mutual
Insurance Company and Meridian Mutual Insurance Company. Biddle passed away on
January 18, 1954.
Arrangement
The letters in this collection are arranged first by recipient and then
chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of letters that Daniel W. Biddle wrote to his parents and to
his friend Janie Bartee during his attendance at Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana from 1893-1895. The letters document Biddle’s social and academic life at IU
through details on his interactions with his roommates, classmates, and professors;
his studies, which encompassed geometry, algebra, Latin, rhetoric, literature,
physics, geology, and psychology, and laboratory work; events on campus and in the
Bloomington community, including a lecture by Jane Addams, the dedication of
Kirkwood Hall, the 1895 Freshman-Sophomore “class scrap”, and a student protest
supporting the removal of IU to Indianapolis (the “removal question”).
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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.
Separated Material
Biddle obituaries were transferred to the Daniel W. Biddle biographical reference
file.
Related Material
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives
Photographs Database
.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 2018/036
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have transferred their copyrights for the
materials to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please
contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
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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.
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questions about its inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University
Archives staff.
Preferred Citation
[item], Daniel W. Biddle correspondence, Collection C700, Indiana University Archives,
Bloomington.
Provenance
Donated to the University Archives by Janie K. Whaley, granddaughter of Daniel W. Biddle, in June 2018.
Processing InformationProcessed by North Woods.
Completed in November 2018
Container List
Series:
Daniel W. Biddle correspondence, September 1893-March 1895
Box 1
Letters written to parents,
Letters written to Janie,
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