John Walker Holcombe papers, 1885-1886

Resource Information

The work John Walker Holcombe papers, 1885-1886 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Collection, Multimedia, Mixed Materials.

Label

John Walker Holcombe papers, 1885-1886

Inclusive dates

1885-1886

Creator

• Holcombe, John Walker, 1853-1940

Subject

• Education -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century
• Indiana, Department of Public Instruction
• Schools -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century
• Scrapbooks

Genre

• Scrapbooks

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

This collection includes printed materials from school districts and other organizations in Indiana and other locations ranging from 1883 to 1886 regarding education

Biographical or historical data

John Walker Holcombe was born to John Warwick and Harriett Bisbee Walker Holcombe on November 18, 1853 in La Porte, Indiana. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1875. He taught in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso for several years, then studied law at the University of Iowa. Upon his return to Indiana, he was appointed chief clerk at the Department of Public Instruction, leaving at the beginning of 1882. He was elected to the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction in late 1882, serving two terms. In 1887 he moved to Washington, D. C., working first for the bureau of Education and later for the Department of the Interior. He married Effie Burford McOuat [McQuat] on November 2, 1887 in Marion County, Indiana. They had two children. He was the author, editor or subject of several books. He died in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 1940 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery."Holcombe, Harriett Bisbee Walker". Find a Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2015/03/11. http://www.findagrave.com"Holcombe, John W.". Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. Retrieved 2015/03/11. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com"Holcombe, John Walker". (1885). In Biographical sketches of members of the Indiana stategovernment. Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Sentinel Company (p.16). Print. ISLI 923 I385 1885"Holcombe, John Walker". Find a Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2015/03/11. http://www.findagrave.com"Holcombe, John Walker". (1949). In Indiana Authors and their books, 1816-1916: biographical sketches of authors who published during the first century of Indiana statehood, with lists of their books. (p. 23). Crawfordsville, IN: Wabash College. Print. ISLI 16.810 B291I"Holcombe, John Walker". Indiana Biography Index Pre-1990. Retrieved 2015/03/11. https://statelib.lib.in.us"Holcombe, John Walker". Indianapolis Star Feb. 13, 1940. Print.

Cataloging source

ISL