WELLER FAMILY PAPERS ADDITION, CA

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1 Collection # M 1310 WELLER FAMILY PAPERS ADDITION, CA Collection Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Contents Processed by Melanie Hankins November 2017 Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN

2 COLLECTION INFORMATION VOLUME OF COLLECTION: COLLECTION DATES: 1 manuscript box, 1 black and white photograph box, 7 artifacts PROVENANCE: Ruth Weller, Indianapolis, IN, RESTRICTIONS: None COPYRIGHT: REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. ALTERNATE FORMATS: RELATED HOLDINGS: ACCESSION NUMBER: Weller Family Papers, , M0713, OM NOTES:

3 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Members of the Weller and Hoaglin families who are mentioned prominently in the collection include Harry D. Weller ( ), Ruth S. Hoaglin Weller ( ), Pearl Hoaglin ( ), Hallie Hoaglin ( ), and Leila Hoaglin ( ). Harry D. Weller was born in Richmond, Indiana, and attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from where he was also a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. After graduating from Indiana University, Harry married Ruth S. Hoaglin in Marion, Indiana in 1940 and served as Captain for the U.S. Army in World War II. Pearl Hoaglin was born in Van Wert County Ohio in He and his family moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana by Pearl married Hallie Stephenson in Together they had four children, Leila ( ), Ruth ( ), Raymond ( ), and Frances (b ?). Pearl worked for the Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power Plant Company in the early 1920s. Sources: Ancestry, Library Edition, accessed November 28, Materials found in the collection. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Materials in this collection are related to Harry and Ruth Weller include correspondence, greeting cards, photographs, high school materials, obituary and other newspaper clippings, and postcards. Materials in the collection related to the Hoaglin family include church records and a Sunday school certificate, family photographs, photographs related to Pearl Hoaglin's work at the Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power Plant, World War II ration stamp book, and Pearl Hoaglin's death and funeral records. This collections also contains several artifacts related to the Weller and Hoaglin families that include: a 1976 Bicentennial Flag, two Methodist Church School Award pins, American Red Cross Blood Drive pins, two Indiana University Emeritus pins, and a child's hand embroidered vest.

4 CONTENTS CONTENTS Leila Hoaglin Cradle Roll at North Union Sunday School Certificate, 1903 CONTAINER Box 1, Folder 1 Hoaglin family photographs, (1 of 2) Photographs: Box 1, Folder 1 Hoaglin family photographs, (2 of 2) Photographs: Box 1, Folder 2 Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power Plant photographs, 1920s. Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power Plant photographs, 1920s. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weller family correspondence, Harry Weller photographs, Photographs: Box 1, Folder 3 Oversized Photograph Folder 1. Box 1, Folder 2 Photograph Box 1, Folder 3. Mr. and Mrs. Weller cards, Box 1, Folder 3 Hoaglin family church records, Box 1, Folder 4 Methodist Church School pins (2), n.d. Artifact Hoaglin World War II rationing book and stamps, Box 1, Folder 5 American Red Cross Blood Donor Pins, Artifact Pearl Hoaglin death and funeral records, Box 1, Folder 6 Morton High School materials, 1954, Box 1, Folder 7 Miscellaneous popular prints, 1970s. Box 1, Folder 8 Flag Day Display Materials, 1976, Box 1, Folder 9 Musical programs from Louisville Pipe Organ and Indianapolis Humane Society, 1970s. Box 1, Folder 10

5 Commemorative Bicentennial Flag, Artifact Crawfordsville Daily Journal Newspaper, 1916, Box 1, Folder 11 Family obituaries and newspaper clippings, Box 1, Folder 12 Jene Burns Sketches newspaper clippings, Box 1, Folder 13 Indiana University Emeritus Pin (2), n.d. Artifact Weller Family postcards, Photographs, Folder 5 Embroidered Child's vest, n.d. Artifact