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Arthur Calvin Mellette to Louisa Wylie Boisen, 06 November 1894
Scroll down to view additional scans of this letter. Full transcription (referenced excerpts are bolded):Arthur C. Mellette, Watertown, South Dakota to Mrs. Louise M. Boisen, Bloomington, Indiana
Law Office of Mellette and Case
Watertown, South…
Arthur Calvin Mellette, during his time as Governor of South Dakota
In this formal portrait of Governor Mellette, Maggie’s husband, he is sitting in front of the flag of South Dakota. The writing on the back of the photograph indicates that Arthur sent this portrait to his niece, Marie Boisen. Marie is the second…
Article about Samuel Martin's graduation from IU
The annual commencement of the State University at Bloomington took place on Wednesday the thirtieth of September. The spacious University chapel with its aisles and avenues was crowded to overflowing; and even then large numbers unable to gain…
Astronomy Lecture Before the Teacher’s Institute
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Bicentennial 2018 Field School Artifacts
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Birthing Couch
One of many ways women gave birth in the nineteenth-century, the birthing couch was featured in George Englemann’s Labor Among Primitive Peoples: Showing the Development of the Obstetric Science of To-day, from the Natural and Instinctive Customs of…