Harold F. Brigham papers, 1899-1967

Resource Information

The work Harold F. Brigham papers, 1899-1967 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

Harold F. Brigham papers, 1899-1967

Inclusive dates

1899-1967

Creator

• Brigham, Harold F., (Harold Frederick), 1897-1971

Creator

• Brigham, Harold F., (Harold Frederick), 1897-1971

Subject

• Anniversaries
• Bibliographies
• Clark, William, 1770-1838
• Clippings
• Coleman, Christopher Bush, 1875-1944
• Community Chest of Indianapolis (Indiana)
• Correspondence
• Diseases
• Hepburn, William Murray, 1874-
• Indiana Library Association
• Indiana State Library
• Indianapolis Literary Club
• Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
• Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
• Literacy
• Literature
• Minutes (Records)
• Newsletters
• American Library Association
• Periodicals
• Photographs
• Press releases
• Russian War Relief, Inc
• Tuberculosis and literature
• United States, Work Projects Administration
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Indiana
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Libraries
• Newspapers

Genre

• trueCorrespondence
• Literature
• Minutes (Records)
• Newsletters
• truePeriodicals
• Photographs
• Press releases
• Clippings
• Bibliographies

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

This collection includes professional correspondence, speeches, notes, research, clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, bibliographies, and other materials created and compiled by Harold F. Brigham in Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1967 regarding his work as a librarian in Kentucky and at the Indiana State Library. There are also a few materials relating to Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, which Brigham used in his talk at the Conversation Club in Louisville, including the transcript of a letter from William Clark in St. Louis, Missouri to his brother George Rogers Clark on September 23, 1806, the day the Lewis and Clark expedition returned. The original letter is located at the Missouri Historical Society

Biographical or historical data

Harold Frederick Brigham was born in Newark, New Jersey on May 25, 1897. After graduating from Princeton University in 1921, he attended the library school at the New York Public Library, completing the program in 1922. He was married to Rose Shuler in 1921. The couple had two sons and one daughter. Brigham worked as a city librarian in Louisville, Kentucky before accepting a position as the director of the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1942, in place of acting director, Christopher B. Coleman. Brigham was very active in the local communities in Louisville and Indianapolis and spoke before the Y.M.C.A., Indiana Library Association, Kentucky Library Association, Indianapolis Literary Club, several rotary clubs, educational institutions, and the American Library Association. Brigham died on March 15, 1971. Sources: Items in the collection.Indiana Biography Index, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana. Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951. Retrieved April 22, 2013. htttp://search.ancestrylibrary.com. Who's Who and What's What in Indiana Politics: This Book Is the Story of Indiana Politics and Indiana Politicians. (Indianapolis, IN: James E. Perry, 1944), 763-764.

Cataloging source

ISL

Location of other archival material

Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana: L570: Indiana State Library collectionS282: Christopher B. Coleman collectionS050: Louis J. Bailey papers