Collection # M0836 OM0476
COVERED TIMBER BRIDGE COMMITTEE COLLECTION, 1930–1979
Collection Information
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Series Contents
Cataloging Information
Processed by
Laurie Randall, Janet Schmidt, and Dorothy A. Nicholson October 2009
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
www.indianahistory.org
COLLECTION INFORMATION
VOLUME OF Manuscript Materials: 7 document cases, 6 oversize COLLECTION: manuscript folders Visual Materials: 10 boxes of photographs, 1 box of color photographs, 1 OVA Photographs Box, 1 OVA Graphics Box, 2 photograph albums, 1 painting, 2 slide boxes Artifacts: 1 artifact Sheet Music: 2 copies of one song COLLECTION 1930–1979 DATES:
PROVENANCE: Eugene R. Bock, no date; Multiple donors, 1936; Percy H. Calvert, 1945; Willard Heiss 1953, Lawrence and Princess Thompson, 1972; Indiana Covered Bridge Society, 1981, Richard S. Simons, 1982, 1988
RESTRICTIONS: Slides may be viewed with assistance of library staff. The 45 rpm record cannot be played by researchers but a digital copy can be made upon request.
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection RIGHTS: must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED Indiana Covered Bridge Photographs, 1960–62 (P0135) HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION 0000.1048, 1936.1106, 1945.0518, 1953.0021, 1972.0818, NUMBER: 1981.0718, 1982.0712, 1988.0450
NOTES: The Robert P. Yule photographs from P0022 and Richard Simons photographs from P0047 have been merged into this collection.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Construction of covered wooden bridges throughout the state began in the early 1830s with the building of state roads. Covered bridge construction continued in Indiana until the early part of the 20th century. Estimates suggest that Indiana may have had approximately 400 to 500 covered bridges.
By the late 1920s Indiana’s wooden covered bridges were disappearing at an accelerated rate. In response to this, the Executive Committee of the Indiana Historical Society appointed a committee to investigate, document, and promote the preservation of Indiana’s remaining covered bridges. The Covered Timber Bridge Committee was established in March of 1931 and began to identify the remaining covered bridges in Indiana at that time. The committee sent out survey forms to county surveyors and sought donations of covered bridge photographs and information from the public. These collected statistics, histories and photographs on Indiana’s bridges were maintained in comprehensive files and available for researchers in the William Henry Smith Library at the Indiana Historical Society.
With Robert B. Yule as its first chair, the group first reported on 194 remaining covered timber bridges in the February 1937 Indiana History Bulletin. A revision published in February 1938, and again in the Feb. 1941 stated that there were 202 covered bridges in existence in Indiana. In December, 1937 Yule and Richard C. Smith of the William Henry Smith Memorial Library published a pamphlet, Covered Bridges of Indiana listing the existing bridges and designating the bridge sites on the Indiana Highway Survey Commission county road maps.
Robert Burns Yule was born in 1898 in Brookings, South Dakota. He received his BSCE from South Dakota State University and earned the Distinguished Engineer award from that university. Early in the 1930’s, while he was chairman of the Indiana State Highway Survey Commission, Yule began efforts to make the public aware of the historic value of the covered wooden bridges in Indiana. Yule’s work with the Covered Timber Bridge Committee documents his pioneering efforts of photographing, documenting, and mapping of the bridges that existed in the 1930’s. Persons seeking specifics of that mapping should look in the publication by Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith, Covered Bridges of Indiana. In the 1960s the Committee ended its work of keeping statistics, compiling bridge histories, maintaining comprehensive files, and producing annual reports. Library staff continued to collect materials and respond to reference questions, maintaining those files with this collection. In 1963 the Indiana Covered Bridge Society was organized and continued the work begun by the Committee to document, preserve, and protect Indiana’s covered bridge heritage.
Sources: Materials in the collection Frysinger, Galen R. Covered Bridges in the State of Indiana—Travel Photos by Galen R. Frysinger Indiana Covered Bridge Society: http://www.indianacrossings.org/ Indiana State Highway Commission, Office of Highway Development, 1969. The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Inc., Betsy & Philip Clough, eds., 1956. Yule, Robert B .and Richard C. Smith, Covered Bridges of Indiana. December, 1937. Yule, R. B. Indianapolis. “Covered Timber Bridges” Indiana History Bulletin, vol. 14, No.2, February 1937, pp. 37– 38. Yule, R. B., Indianapolis, “Covered Timber Bridges”, Indiana History Bulletin, vol. 15, No 2. February 1938, pp 52- 23.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection includes research materials collected by the Covered Timber Bridge Committee from various sources: The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges; The Indiana Covered Bridge Society; the Indiana Historical Bureau; Caroline Dunn; Robert B. Yule and Eugene R. Bock of the Committee to Preserve Covered Bridges; George E. Gould, President of the Indiana Covered Bridge Society; member of the National Association for the Preservation of Covered Bridges at Fort Wayne, Indiana L.C. Yapp; and countless interested individuals.
The genesis of the collection contains photographs of Indiana covered timber bridges made by Robert B. Yule between 1930 and 1939. He numbered each photograph on the front and identified the bridge names, codes, counties, waterways, roads, locations, and dates.
The following photographers are featured in the collection: George Aten, Eugene Bock, Melvin L. Davies, Carl Demaree, Denzil Doggett, Benjamin W. Douglas, Frank M. Hohenberger, Delbert Kay, Walter H. Kiser, Claude Lomax, Floyd Mitchell, Richard Simons, Leon C. Yapp, and Robert B. Yule.
Descriptions about bridge construction types and the persons responsible for developing different kinds of trusses are included.
Series 1: Covered Bridge Committee survey forms and correspondence are arranged by county. Survey forms were sent to County Surveyors requesting information about covered bridges in each county. In most cases there is a returned information sheet about each standing bridge.
Series 2: Covered Bridge Committee Correspondence, in chronological order.
Series 3: Indiana Historical Society Library Reference Questions. General questions from 1930 to 1972, directed to the Committee and library staff requesting information about Indiana covered bridges, including correspondence from “out-of-state.”
Series 4: Printed Materials: Maps, music, pamphlets, ephemera. Indiana Covered Bridge Society printed materials. National Road covered bridges. Copy of House Resolution No. 41 and succeeding Proclamation dated February 15, 1972.
Series 5: Clippings, arranged by county. Included are newspaper clippings of bridges along with related articles, particularly when a bridge was demolished or destroyed. Some clippings are directed to covered bridges in general. There are clippings from outside Indiana and one file concerning Ohio covered bridges.
Series 6: Indiana Covered Bridge Visual Materials: The visual materials are organized alphabetically by county. Photographs have identifying information with the names of counties, bridge names, waterways, roads, locations, codes, and some dates. Photographs were taken by various photographers and some of these are identified also.
Series 7: Indiana Covered Bridge Structural Photographs: arranged by county, not all counties represented.
Series 8: Non-Indiana Covered Bridges: miscellaneous materials about bridges outside of Indiana. Included are clippings, articles, calendar, datebook, and booklets.
Series 9: L.C. Yapp Materials: Lecture background information. Plat Map with bridge locations, map, list of slides, other lists, slide presentation materials, printed materials, articles, photo copies, historical information, and records.
Series 10: Photograph Albums, Slides, and Music: One photograph album, one set of wooden album covers, slides, and music.
SERIES CONTENTS
Series 1: Covered Bridge Committee; Survey Forms, Correspondence, 1931–1971
CONTENTS CONTAINER Adams County Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence dated 5/27/37 to 12/2/40 between the Committee on Covered Bridges and Hattie S. Obenauer, Decatur, Indiana. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Allen County Box 1, Folder 2 Correspondence dated 3/7/36 from Albert W. Spalding. Survey forms for two bridges.
Bartholomew County Box 1, Folder 3 Correspondence dated 10//23/40 to 8/9/65 between Covered Bridge Committee and County Surveyor, letter from Donald R. Paulson. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Boone County Box 1, Folder 4 Copy of notes from 1971 about bridges in county dated 5/7/1892.
Brown County Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence between Richard Smith and “Brown County Folks,” Nashville, 1939. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Carroll County Box 1, Folder 6 Correspondence between Covered Bridge Committee and A. W. Wolever and Joseph F. Cook, Trustee, 1936–1940. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Cass County Box 1, Folder 7 Correspondence between James Chase, County Surveyor and R. B. Yule, Committee on Covered Bridges dated 1/9/36 and 1/30/36. Postcard from R. B. Whitsett about Georgetown bridge dated 8/16/47. Letter from Tigard. Oregon dated 7/30/71 about Lewisburg bridge. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Clay County Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence between Covered Bridge Committee and County Surveyor and Walter Wagoner, Trustee beginning 11/1/40.
Dearborn County Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence dated between 3/3/36 and 4/4/41 including a long letter concerning a survey error from Lewis B. Ewbank. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Decatur County Box 1, Folder 10 Survey form and individual bridge detail.
DeKalb County Box 1, Folder 11 Correspondence dated 4/27/36 to 6/1/63 concerning various bridges. One letter notes incorrect spelling of Houlton Bridge. DeKalb County Board of Commissioners records for Spencerville Bridge. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Delaware County Box 1, Folder 12 Correspondence dated 1/11/65 to 1/25/65. Detailed letter with sketch about the bridge on N. Walnut St. in Muncie over the White River. Individual bridge detail sheet.
Dubois County Box 1, Folder 13 Correspondence dated 10/23/40 and 12/19/40 between Covered Bridge Committee and Alfred Schmitt, Trustee. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Elkhart County Box 1, Folder 14 Survey form and individual bridge detail.
Fayette County Box 1, Folder 15 Letter dated 4/13/70 to Caroline Dunn about Longwood Bridge. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Fountain County Box 1, Folder 16 Letter dated 11/1/40 from Richard Smith to Fountain County Surveyor with return answer from surveyor. Note about covered bridge at Covington. No survey form but individual bridge detail forms.
Franklin County Box 1, Folder 17 Correspondence dated 11/13/39 to 12/31/40 between Covered Bridge Committee and Township Trustees. No survey form but individual bridge details forms.
Gibson County Box 1, Folder 18 Correspondence dated 1937 to 11/1/40. Note from County Surveyor. No survey form but individual bridge details forms.
Grant County Box 1, Folder 19 Correspondence dated 7/24/36 to 6/17/37. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Greene County Box 1, Folder 20 Correspondence dated 10/23/40 to 6/19/61. Notes and information about Railroad Bridge
Hamilton County Box 1, Folder 21 Correspondence dated 7/16/37 to11/25/60. Notes from a book about Hamilton County bridges and other small notes. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Harrison County Box 1, Folder 22 Outline map of Harrison County with bridge sites marked. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Hendricks County Box 1, Folder 23 Survey form and individual bridge details.
Henry County Box 1, Folder 24 Correspondence dated 2/2/59 about bridge west of Knightstown. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Howard County Box 1, Folder 25 Correspondence dated 12/23/37 to 4/23/55. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Huntington County Box 1, Folder 26 Individual bridge detail sheet.
Jackson County Box 1, Folder 27 Correspondence dated 1/15/36 to 1/20/36. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Jennings County Box 1, Folder 28 Correspondence dated 1/14/36 to 3/13/36. Note about bridge 14 miles from Columbus. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Knox County Box 1, Folder 29 Individual bridge detail sheet.
Lake County Box 1, Folder 30 Correspondence dated 12/16/40 to 2/17/61. Individual bridge detail sheet.
Lawrence County Box 1, Folder 31 Correspondence dated 3/13/36 and 3/20/36. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Madison County Box 1, Folder 32 Correspondence dated 9/16/36 to 8/20/36. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Marion County Box 1, Folder 33 Correspondence dated 2/20/41 to 2/5/55. Notes concerning building of bridges across White River. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Martin County Box 1, Folder 34 Letter dated 12/6/37 from R.B. Yule. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Miami County Box 1, Folder 35 Correspondence dated 1/17/67 to 7/30/71. Individual bridge detail sheet.
Monroe County Box 1, Folder 36 Correspondence dated 10/30/40 to 8/24/62. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Montgomery County Box 1, Folder 37 Correspondence dated 11/26/38 to 11/31/40. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Morgan County Box 1, Folder 38 Individual bridge detail sheets.
Orange County Box 1, Folder 39 Note from Covered Bridges in America. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Owen County Box 1, Folder 40 Correspondence dated 4/25/36 to 10/30/40 Survey form and individual bridge details. Parke County Box 1, Folder 41 Correspondence dated 5/15/32 to 2/16/70. Notes and article copies. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Perry County Box 1, Folder 42 Correspondence dated 1/3/60 to 2/9/60. Individual bridge detail sheet.
Pike County Box 1, Folder 43 Correspondence dated 5/1/31 to 11/22/43. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Posey County Box 1, Folder 44 Letter dated 8/10/38. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Putnam County Box 1, Folder 45 Correspondence dated 4/11/34 to 3/31/70. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Randolph County Box 1, Folder 46 Letter dated 10/29/40. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Ripley County Box 1, Folder 47 Correspondence dated 10/30/40 to 11/24/65. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Rush County Box 1, Folder 48 Correspondence dated 12/16/38 to 10/7/71. Map of bridges near Arlington and note about Conn’s Creek bridge. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Shelby County Box 1, Folder 49 Correspondence dated 11/13/39 to 2/6/41 Individual bridge detail sheets.
Spencer County Box 1, Folder 50 Correspondence dated 6/10/42 to 6/23/42. Sketch map of bridges in county. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Tippecanoe County Box 2, Folder 1 Letter and reply dated 1/14/36 and 1/30/36. Survey form and individual bridge details.
Union County Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence dated 4/27/36 to 10/29/40. Union County brochure, 1969. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Vanderburgh County Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence dated 2/4/46.
Vermillion County Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence dated 10/29/40 Individual bridge detail sheets.
Box 2, Folder 5 Vigo County Letter dated 12/2/40 Inventory and individual bridge detail sheets.
Wabash County Box 2, Folder 6 Correspondence dated 4/27/36 to 11/15/41. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Warren County Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence dated 12/2/40 and 12/3/40 Notes. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Warrick County Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence dated 12/2/40 to 6/18/63 Individual bridge detail sheets.
Washington County Box 2, Folder 9 Note about Blue River covered bridge.
Wayne County Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence dated 1/30/36 and 6/30/42. Note and sketch. Photocopies of articles. Wayne County Highway Dept. map, January, 1935. Inventory and individual bridge detail sheets.
Wells County Box 2, Folder 11 Correspondence dated 2/25/38 to 3/10/39. Individual bridge detail sheets.
Survey Sheets (Counties without covered bridges) Box 2, Folder 12 Survey sheets returned by County Surveyor in those counties that had no covered bridges at the time of the survey.
Series 2: Covered Bridge Committee; Correspondence, Reports, Acquisitions, 1936–1962
CONTENTS CONTAINER Covered Bridge Committee, Correspondence, Box 2, Folder 13 1931–1932
Covered Bridge Committee, Correspondence, 1934 Box 2, Folder 14
Covered Bridge Committee, Correspondence, 1935 Box 2, Folder 15
Covered Bridge Committee, Correspondence, 1936 Box 2, Folder 16 Covered Bridge Committee, Correspondence, Box 2, Folder 17 1938–1939.
Covered Bridge Committee, Correspondence, Box 2, Folder 18 1941–1948.
Covered Bridge Committee, Annual Reports by Box 2, Folder 19 Eugene Bock, 1939–1962
Covered Bridge Committee, Covered Bridge Box 2, Folder 20 Information to date (9-14-1938), Library Acquisition Lists, 1936–1958
Series 3: IHS Library Reference Questions, 1930–1972
CONTENTS CONTAINER Reference Questions Correspondence (Indiana) Box 2, Folder 21 1930–1960.
Reference Questions Correspondence (Indiana) Box 2, Folder 22 1961–1972.
Reference Questions from out-of-state concerning Box 2, Folder 23 Indiana bridges, 1937–1949.
Reference Questions from out-of-state concerning Box 2, Folder 24 Indiana bridges, 1954–1962.
Reference Questions from out-of-state concerning Box 3, Folder 1 Indiana bridges, 1963–1967.
Reference Questions from out-of-state concerning Box 3, Folder 2 Indiana bridges, 1968–1972.
Series 4: Printed Materials and Ephemera, 1930–1979
CONTENTS CONTAINER R. B. Yule, Engineer, 1930 Paper with letter and Box 3, Folder 3 notes.
Notes and clippings on covered Bridge builders. Box 3, Folder 4
Civil Engineers printed materials: Box 3, Folder 5 Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 1932 Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, June 1937 Bridge Truss Types: Guide to Dating and Identifying 1977
Indiana Covered Bridge Society: newsletters, Box 3, Folder 6 meetings, 1963–1967 Reports for Covered Bridge Committee publications, Box 3, Folder 7 1937–1967
Covered Bridge Topics, National Society for the Box 3, Folder 8 Preservation of Covered Bridges, April 1943 to December 1945.
Covered Bridge Topics, National Society for the Box 3, Folder 9 Preservation of Covered Bridges, March 1948–June, 1965.
Indiana Covered Bridge Topics, December 1945 to Box 3, Folder 10 December 1950.
Reference notes, index(s) listing photos from Melvin Box 4, Folder 1 Davies, Phebe M. Jeffers, W. H. Spindler, R. B. Yule, State Library, Available Pictures
Covered Bridge exhibit labels from 1979. Box 4, Folder 2
Notes on book by Bryan Ketcham. Box 4, Folder 3
Parke County: Printed Ephemera Box 4, Folder 4 A poem, sketches and cards, Woman’s Day article, Programs for the Covered Bridge Festival (1957 to 1971), Directory of Lodging and Restaurant Accommodations, Bicycle Tour pamphlet, informational brochure about Montgomery, Parke and Putnam counties.
National Road Covered Bridges, 1941–43, n.d. Box 4, Folder 5
House Concurrent Resolution No. 41, Governor’s Box 4, Folder 6 Proclamation, 1932, 1971, 1972.
Better Roads 1961 Printed Collections:
Chain Gang, Vol. V, August, 1948, No. 9, Box 4, Folder 7 Diamond Chain Company, Inc.
The Covered Bridge Courier, vols. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 Printed Collections:
The Covered Bridges of Indiana, 1969, 1971, Box 4, Folder 8 Indiana State Highway Commission, Office of Highway Development, Long Range Planning Section.
The Covered Bridges of Indiana, 1964 Printed Collections:
The Covered Bridges of Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Box 4, Folder 9 Fountain, Montgomery and Vigo Counties, Indiana, Max Harvey, The Wabash Valley Printing Company, Montezuma, Indiana
Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana. Harvey, Printed Collections: Max
The Highway Magazine, October, November, 1938. Box 4, Folder 10
Indiana Folklore, Vol. IV, Number 1, 1971, Box 4, Folder 11 Hoosier Folklore Society.
Indiana History Bulletin, Vol. VIII, Number 7, April, Box 4, Folder 12 1931. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Indiana History Conference.
Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. XXXXI, No. 2, Box 4, Folder 13 June, 1935.
The Lilly Review, July, 1947. Box 4, Folder 14
Outdoor Indiana, January 1961, February 1978. Box 4, Folder 15
Tour of Dubois County Historical Society, Printed Collections: Nordhoff, Arthur C., July 8, 1962
Parke County the Covered Bridge County of the Printed Collections: U.S.A., 1964, 1971
Parke County: OM 0476 The Covered Bridge Courier, 1965–1970, Folder 1 “A Cordial Invitation to Visit…” 7th Annual 1963
Architectural Drawings: OM 0476 Engineering News, 1885 article on Lewis Wernwag Folder 2 Henry County, Dublin Bridge [partial drawing] Montgomery County, R.B. Yule drawings of J.J. Daniels Bridge over Raccoon Creek.
Indiana Maps: OM 0476 The Covered Bridges of Indiana, 1964, 1967, 1970, Folder 3 1972 Jackson County, Jennings County, Parke County touring maps for 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1978, n.d.
“Covered Bridges in Indiana” Box 7, Folder 1 Compiled by Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith Reprinted from Indiana History Bulletin Volume 15, Number 2
“Directory of Covered Bridges in Indiana Box 7, Folder 2 Revised to December 1, 1940” Compiled for Committee of Indiana Historical Society on Covered Timber Bridges by Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith Reprinted from Indiana History Bulletin Volume 18, Number 2, February, 1941 Indianapolis
“Covered Timber Bridges in Indiana as of December Box 7, Folder 3 1, 1953” Reprinted from Indiana History Bulletin Volume 31, Number 4, April, 1954 Indianapolis
Indiana History Bulletin Box 7, Folder 4 March 1954, Volume 31, Number 3
Indiana History Bulletin Box 7, Folder 5 December 1959, Volume 36, Number 12
Indiana History Bulletin Box 7, Folder 6 May 1960, Volume 37, Number 5
Indiana History Bulletin Box 7, Folder 7 June 1960, Volume 37, Number 6
Indiana History Bulletin Box 7, Folder 8 January 1962, Volume 39, Number 1 “Covered Bridge Report,” Report for 1962 of the Covered Timber Bridge Committee, Indiana Historical Society by Eugene R. Bock, Chairman
Indiana History Bulletin Box 7, Folder 9 April 1963, Volume 40, Number 4
Series 5: Indiana Covered Bridge Clippings
CONTENTS CONTAINER Adams County Box 4, Folder 16
Allen County Box 4, Folder 17
Bartholomew County Box 4 Folder 18
Boone County Box 4, Folder 19
Brown County Box 4, Folder 20
Carroll County Box 4, Folder 21
Cass County Box 4, Folder 22
Clay County Box 4, Folder 23
Clinton County Box 4, Folder 24
Dearborn County Box 4, Folder 25
De Kalb County Box 4 Folder 26 Dubois County Box 4, Folder 27
Fountain County Box 5, Folder 1
Franklin County Box 5, Folder 2
Gibson County Box 5, Folder 3
Grant County Box 5 Folder 4
Greene County Box 5, Folder 5
Hamilton County Box 5, Folder 6
Hancock County Box 5, Folder 7
Harrison County Box 5, Folder 8
Hendricks County Box 5, Folder 9
Henry County Box 5, Folder 10
Howard County Box 5 Folder 11
Jackson County Box 5 Folder 12
Jennings County Box 5, Folder 13
Knox County Box 5, Folder 14
Lake County Box 5 Folder 15
Lawrence County Box 5, Folder 16
Madison County Box 5, Folder 17
Marion County Box 5, Folder 18
Miami County Box 5 Folder 19
Monroe County Box 5, Folder 20
Montgomery County Box 5Folder 21 Morgan County Box 5, Folder 22
Owen County Box 5, Folder 23
Parke County Box 5, Folder 24
Pike County Box 5, Folder 25
Putnam County Box 5, Folder 26
Randolph County Box 5, Folder 27
Ripley County Box 5, Folder 28
Rush County Box 5, Folder 29
Shelby County Box 5, Folder 30
Spencer County Box 5, Folder 31
Tippecanoe County Box 5, Folder 32
Union County Box 5, Folder 33
Vermillion County Box 5, Folder 34
Vigo County Box 5, Folder 35
Wabash County Box 5, Folder 36
Warren County Box 5, Folder 37
Warrick County Box 5, Folder 38
Wayne County Box 5, Folder 39
Wells County Box 5, Folder 40 Indiana Covered Bridges Box 5, Folder 41
Indiana Covered Bridges: OM 0476 Indianapolis Star, August 17, 1941, January 4, 1948, Folder 4 April 28, 1963.
Series 6: Indiana Covered Bridge Visual Materials
CONTENTS CONTAINER Adams County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Pleasant Mills Box 1, Folder 1 Key letter: ef Stream: St. Mary’s River
Adams County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ceylon Box 1, Folder 2 Key letter: kr Stream: Wabash River
Allen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Aqueduct Box 1, Folder 3 Key letter: none Stream: St. Mary’s River
Allen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Broadway Box 1, Folder 4 Key letter: none Stream: St. Mary’s River
Allen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Leo Box 1, Folder 5 Key letter: none Stream: St. Joseph River
Bartholomew County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Clifty Box 1, Folder 6 Key letter: fu Stream: Clifty Creek
Bartholomew County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Tannehill Box 1, Folder 7 Key letter: ke Stream: Driftwood River
Bartholomew County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Lowell Box , Folder 8 Key letter: mp Stream: Driftwood River
Bartholomew County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hartsville or Fall Fork Box 1, Folder 9 Key letter: sb Stream: Clifty Creek Bartholomew County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Haw Creek or Sand Creek or Box 1, Folder 10 Reddington Key letter: sr-c Stream: Haw Creek, later Sand Creek
Photographs: Bartholomew County: Box 1, Folder 11 Bridge Name: 8th Street Key letter: tc Stream: Flat Rock River
Brown County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bean Blossom Box 1, Folder 12 Key letter: as Stream: Bean Blossom Creek
Brown County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Old Ramp Creek Box 1, Folder 13 Key letter: ed Stream: Ramp Creek, later Salt Creek
Brown County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Roberts Farm Box 1, Folder 14 Key letter: x-1 Stream: Deadfall Branch
Carroll County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cutler (West) Box 1, Folder 15 Key letter: gg Stream: Wildcat Creek
Carroll County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Adams Mill Box 1, Folder 16 Key letter: gh Stream: Wildcat Creek
Carroll County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Lancaster Box 1, Folder 17 Key letter: gt Stream: Wildcat Creek
Carroll County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Pyrmont Box 1, Folder 18 Key letter: hk Stream: Wildcat Creek
Carroll County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Rock Creek Box 1, Folder 19 Key letter: en Stream: Rock Creek
Carroll County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Washington Street Box 1, Folder 20 Key letter: none Stream: Deer Creek
Cass County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Georgetown Box 1, Folder 21 Key letter: ep Stream: Wabash River
Cass County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Adrian Farm Box 1, Folder 22 Key letter: hc Stream: Wabash River
Cass County: OVA Graphics Bridge Name: Red Bridge Box 1, Folder 1 Copy print: Early Logansport 1860
Clay County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Poland Beach Box 1, Folder 23 Key letter: ft Stream: Eel River
Clay County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bowling Green Box 1, Folder 24 Key letter: kw Stream: Eel River
Clay County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Jordan Creek Box 1, Folder 25 Key letter: mp Stream: Jordan Creek
Dearborn County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Guilford Box 1, Folder 26 Key letter: e Stream: Tanner’s Creek
Dearborn County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Logan Creek Box 1, Folder 27 Key letter: ew Stream: Logan Creek
Decatur County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Westport Box 1, Folder 28 Key letter: kt Stream: Sand Creek
De Kalb County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Spencerville Box 2, Folder 1 Key letter: ac Stream: St. Joseph River
De Kalb County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dills Box 2, Folder 2 Key letter: ad Stream: St. Joseph River
De Kalb County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cedar Chapel Box 2, Folder 3 Key letter: ag Stream: Cedar Creek
De Kalb County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Houlton Box 2, Folder 4 Key letter: fk Stream: Fish Creek
Dubois County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Kessner’s Box 2, Folder 5 Key letter: ed Stream: Patoka River
Dubois County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Postlewaite Box 2, Folder 6 Key letter: ew Stream: Patoka River
Fayette County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Longwood Box 2, Folder 7 Key letter: bw Stream: Williams Creek
Fayette County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bunker Hill Box 2, Folder 8 Key letter: ft Stream: Williams Creek
Fayette County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Connersville Box 2, Folder 9 Key letter: gd Stream: Whitewater River (West Fork)
Fayette County: OVA Photographs: Bridge Name: Connersville Box 1, Folder 1 Key letter: gd Stream: Whitewater River (West Fork)
Floyd County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mooresville Box 2, Folder 10 Key letter: none Stream: Little Indiana Creek
Fountain County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Wallace Box 2, Folder 11 Key letter: ck Stream: Sugar Mill Creek
Fountain County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cade’s Mill Box 2, Folder 12 Key letter: en Stream: Coal Creek
Fountain County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Rob Roy Box 2, Folder 13 Key letter: ka Stream: Big Shawnee Creek
Fountain County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Covington Box 2, Folder 14 Key letter: none Stream: Wabash River
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Peppertown Box 2, Folder 15 Key letter: as Stream: Salt Creek (Butt’s Fork)
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Fairfield Box 2, Folder 16 Key letter: bn Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hamburg Box 2, Folder 17 Key letter: bu Stream: Little Salt Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hawkins Box 2, Folder 18 Key letter: cb Stream: Little Salt Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Paper Mill Box 2, Folder 19 Key letter: de Stream: Whitewater River (West Fork)
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Lower Blue Creek Box 2, Folder 20 Key letter: dh Stream: Blue Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mt. Carmel Box 2, Folder 21 Key letter: dp Stream: Big Cedar Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Stockheughter Box 2, Folder 22 Key letter: ed Stream: Salt Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Etter Box 2, Folder 23 Key letter: ek Stream: Clear Fork of Pipe Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: St. Mary’s of the Rock Box 2, Folder 24 Key letter: er Stream: Pipe Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Upper Blue Creek Box 2, Folder 25 Key letter: fh Stream: Upper Blue Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Snow Hill Box 2, Folder 26 Key letter: fw Stream: Whitewater River (Johnson’s Fork)
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Waterworks Box 2, Folder 27 Key letter: gp Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Aqueduct Box 2, Folder 28 Key letter: x Stream: Whitewater Canal over Duck Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Seal Barn Box 2, Folder 29 Key letter: x-1 Stream: Big Cedar Creek
Franklin County: Photographs: Whitewater Valley near New Trenton, Ind. Box 2, Folder 30 [postcard view of valley with covered bridge]
Gibson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Old Red Box 3, Folder 1 Key letter: bt Stream: Big Bayou Creek
Gibson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Patoka Box 3, Folder 2 Key letter: cr Stream: Patoka River
Gibson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Moore Box 3, Folder 3 Key letter: dg Stream: Patoka River
Gibson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Wheeling Box 3, Folder 4 Key letter: dh Stream: Patoka River Gibson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Severn Box 3, Folder 5 Key letter: none Stream: Patoka River
Gibson County: Photographs: Bridge over Patoka west of Wheeling Box 3, Folder 6 Stream: Patoka River
Grant County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Matthews Box 3, Folder 7 Key letter: n Stream: Mississinewa River
Grant County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Third Street Box 3, Folder 8 Key letter: none Stream: Mississinewa River
Greene County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Richland Creek Box 3, Folder 9 Key letter: f Stream: Plummer Creek
Greene County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Newberry Box 3, Folder 10 Key letter: fg Stream: White River (West Fork)
Greene County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Old River Box 3, Folder 11 Key letter: gc Stream: White River (West Fork)
Greene County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Worthington Box 3, Folder 12 Key letter: none Stream: Eel River
Greene County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Old Nellie Box 3, Folder 13 Key letter: x Stream: White River (West Fork)
Hamilton County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cicero Box 3, Folder 14 Key letter: bs Stream: Little Cicero Creek
Hamilton County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Potter’s Box 3, Folder 15 Key letter: fm Stream: White River (West Fork) Hamilton County: OVA Graphics Bridge Name: Potter’s Box 1, Folder 2 Print: Souvenir of Rededication of Potter’s Bridge, 1871–1938.
Hamilton County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Eller-Heady Box 3, Folder 16 Key letter: kh Stream: White River (West Fork)
Hamilton County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Strawtown Box 3, Folder 17 Key letter: pp Stream: White River (West Fork)
Hamilton County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Noblesville Box 3, Folder 18 Key letter: none Stream: White River (West Fork)
Harrison County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Milltown Box 3, Folder 19 Key letter: ds-c Stream: Blue River
Hendricks County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Plainfield Box 3, Folder 20 Key letter: abf Stream: Big White Lick Creek
Hendricks County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Brownsburg Box 3, Folder 21 Key letter: dg Stream: White Lick Creek
Hendricks County: Photographs: Bridge Name: North Salem Box 3, Folder 22 Key letter: gn Stream: Eel River (East Fork)
Henry County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Knightstown Box 3, Folder 23 Key letter: mr Stream: Montgomery Creek
Henry County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dublin Box 3, Folder 24 Key letter: rc Stream: Symon’s (or Sander’s) Creek
Howard County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Vermont Box 3, Folder 25 Key letter: bw or x-1 Stream: Wildcat Creek Howard County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Doc Ellis Box 3, Folder 26 Key letter: gg Stream: Wildcat Creek (North Fork)
Huntington County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Batson or Baston Box 3, Folder 27 Key letter: none Stream: Salamonie River
Jackson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ewing Box 3, Folder 28 Key letter: bn Stream: White River (East Fork)
Jackson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Shieldstown Box 3, Folder 29 Key letter: fe Stream: White River (East Fork)
Jackson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bell Ford Box 3, Folder 30 Key letter: sc Stream: White River (East Fork)
Jackson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Medora Box 3, Folder 31 Key letter: un Stream: White River
Jay County: Photographs: Bridge Name: unknown Box 4, Folder 1 Key letter: none Stream: 4 mile Creek
Jefferson County: Photographs: Bridge Name: unknown Box 4, Folder 2 Key letter: none Stream: Big Creek
Jennings County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Scipio Box 4, Folder 3 Key letter: bh Stream: Sand Creek
Jennings County: Photographs: Bridge Name: James Box 4, Folder 4 Key letter: ew Stream: Graham Creek
Knox County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Vincennes Box 4, Folder 5 Key letter: none Stream: Wabash River Lake County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Crown Point Box 4, Folder 6 Key letter: x-1 Stream: originally built at Milroy, Rush County
Lawrence County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Tunnelton Box 4, Folder 7 Key letter: ce Stream: White River (East Fork)
Lawrence County: Photographs: Bridge Name: unknown Box 4, Folder 8 Key letter: dp Stream: Salt Creek
Lawrence County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Williams Box 4, Folder 9 Key letter: gm Stream: White River (East Fork)
Lawrence County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Red or Rawlings or Harrell’s Ford Box 4, Folder 10 Key letter: kn Stream: Salt Creek
Madison County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Perkinsville Box 4, Folder 11 Key letter: em-c Stream: White River
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Southport Box 4, Folder 12 Key letter: af Stream: Little Buck Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Julietta/Buck Creek Box 4, Folder 13 Key letter: an Stream: Buck Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: West Newton Box 4, Folder 14 Key letter: awa Stream: White River (West Fork)
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Broadripple? Box 4, Folder 15 Key letter: bkb Stream: Fall Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Roberts Box 4, Folder 16 Key letter: bm Stream: Fall Creek Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mud Creek Box 4, Folder 17 Key letter: brd Stream: Mud Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Indian Lake Box 4, Folder 18 Key letter: bre Stream: Indian Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Traders Point Box 4, Folder 19 Key letter: che Stream: Fishback Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Old National Road Box 4, Folder 20 Key letter: dnd Stream: White River (West Fork)
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Big Eagle Creek/10th Street Box 4, Folder 21 Key letter: none Stream: Big Eagle Creek
Marion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Northern Beach Box 4, Folder 22 Key letter: none Stream: 116th Street, White River
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dolan Box 4, Folder 23 Key letter: ae Stream: Beanblossom Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: McMillan Box 4, Folder 24 Key letter: ce Stream: Beanblossom Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: ? Box 4, Folder 25 Key letter: cr Stream: Beanblossom Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Church Box 4, Folder 26 Key letter: da Stream: Beanblossom Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Harrodsburg Box 4, Folder 27 Key letter: fw Stream: Clear Creek Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Goodman Box 4, Folder 28 Key letter: ga Stream: Salt Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Fairfax Box 4, Folder 29 Key letter: gb Stream: Salt Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cutright Box 4, Folder 30 Key letter: gh Stream: Salt Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Nancy Jane Box 4, Folder 31 Key letter: gm Stream: Salt Creek
Monroe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Judah Box 4, Folder 32 Key letter: x Stream: Beanblossom Creek
Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Wingate Box 4, Folder 33 Key letter: ac Stream: Coal Creek
Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Darlington Box 4, Folder 34 Key letter: ct Stream: Sugar Creek
Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Sperry Mill Box 5, Folder 1 Key letter: fg Stream: Sugar Creek
Montgomery County: OVA Photographs: Bridge Name: Sperry Mill Box 1, Folder 2 Key letter: fg Stream: Sugar Creek
Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Yountsville Box 5, Folder 2 Key letter: hm Stream: Sugar Creek
Montgomery County: OVA Graphics Bridge Name: Yountsville Bridge Box 1, Folder 3 Color print from 1941 calendar Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ladoga Box 5, Folder 3 Key letter: nk Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Harshbarger Box 5, Folder 4 Key letter: pr-c Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Montgomery County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Deer’s Mill/Bluff Mill Box 5, Folder 5 Key letter: x-1 Stream: Sugar Creek
Morgan County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mooresville Box 5, Folder 6 Key letter: kp Stream: White Lick Creek (East Fork)
Morgan County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Brooklyn Box 5, Folder 7 Key letter: fk Stream: White Lick Creek
Morgan County: Photographs: Bridge: 2 miles west of Little Point off Rd. 42 Box 5, Folder 8 Bridge: Martinsville west fork of White River Streams: Mill Creek and White River
Orange County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hangman’s Box 5, Folder 9 Key letter: gc Stream: Lost River
Owen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cataract Falls Box 5, Folder 10 Key letter: as Stream: Eel River (Mill Creek)
Owen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cunot or Croy Mill Box 5, Folder 11 Key letter: aw Stream: Eel River (Mill Creek)
Owen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Freedom Box 5, Folder 12 Key letter: fr Stream: White River (West Fork)
Owen County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Gosport Box 5, Folder 13 Key letter: m-c Stream: White River (West Fork) Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Big Rocky Fork Box 5, Folder 14 Key letter: ah Stream: Rocky Fork
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Conley’s Ford Box 5, Folder 15 Key letter: ba Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Jeffries Ford Box 5, Folder 16 Key letter: be Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bridgeton Box 5, Folder 17 Key letter: bt Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Nevins Box 5, Folder 18 Key letter: c Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Jessup Box 5, Folder 19 Key letter: ca Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Thorpe Ford Box 5, Folder 20 Key letter: cd Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Red Box 5, Folder 21 Key letter: ce Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Roseville Box 5, Folder 22 Key letter: cw Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Harry Evans Box 5, Folder 23 Key letter: dn Stream: Rock Run Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Zacke Cox Box 5, Folder 24 Key letter: dp Stream: Rock Run Creek Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Weisner’s Brook Box 5, Folder 25 Key letter: ds Stream: Weisner’s Brook
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Phillips Box 5, Folder 26 Key letter: ea Stream: Big Pond Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mecca Box 6, Folder 1 Key letter: ec Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Sim Smith Box 6, Folder 2 Key letter: eg Stream: Leatherwood Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: McAllister Box 6, Folder 3 Key letter: eu Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Crooks or Jacks Box 6, Folder 4 Key letter: f Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Neet Box 6, Folder 5 Key letter: fm Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Billie Creek Box 6, Folder 6 Key letter: fw Stream: Williams Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mansfield Box 6, Folder 7 Key letter: gb Stream: Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hollandsburg Box 6, Folder 8 Key letter: gs Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Portland Mills Box 6, Folder 9 Key letter: kg Stream: Big Raccoon Creek Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Harbison Box 6, Folder 10 Key letter: kf Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dooley Station Box 6, Folder 11 Key letter: mb Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Moore Box 6, Folder 12 Key letter: mh Stream: Little Raccoon Creek (South Fork)
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Adams Box 6, Folder 13 Key letter: nb Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Beeson Box 6, Folder 14 Key letter: nw Stream: Roaring Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Leatherwood Station Box 6, Folder 15 Key letter: pb Stream: Leatherwood Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Melcher Box 6, Folder 16 Key letter: pe Stream: Leatherwood Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: West Union Box 6, Folder 17 Key letter: pr Stream: Sugar Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Jackson Box 6, Folder 18 Key letter: ps Stream: Sugar Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mill Creek Box 6, Folder 19 Key letter: ra Stream: Mill Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Coal Creek Box 6, Folder 20 Key letter: rb Stream: Coal Creek Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Rush Creek Box 6, Folder 21 Key letter: rc Stream: Rush Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Marshall Box 6, Folder 22 Key letter: rd Stream: Rush Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bowsher Ford Box 6, Folder 23 Key letter: rh Stream: Mill Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cox Ford Box 6, Folder 24 Key letter: sg Stream: Sugar Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Wilkins Mill Box 6, Folder 25 Key letter: sh Stream: Sugar Mill Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Narrows Box 6, Folder 26 Key letter: sm Stream: Sugar Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Grange Corner or Delph Box 6, Folder 27 Key letter: su Stream: Sugar Mill Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Howard Box 6, Folder 28 Key letter: gw? Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Sanatorium Box 6, Folder 29 Key letter: x-1 Stream: Little Raccoon Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: J. H. Russell Box 6, Folder 30 Key letter: x-2 Stream: Roaring Creek
Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Catlin Box 6, Folder 31 Key letter: x-3 (er) Stream: Sunderland Creek Parke County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Roaring Creek Box 6, Folder 32 Key letter: x-2 Stream: Roaring Creek
Perry County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cannelton Box 7, Folder 1 Key letter: none Stream: Castleberry Creek
Pike County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Winslow Box 7, Folder 2 Key letter: pw Stream: Patoka River
Perry County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Pikeville Box 7, Folder 3 Key letter: rs Stream: Patoka River
Posey County: Photographs: Bridge Name: New Harmony Box 7, Folder 4 Key letter: a Stream: Gresham Creek
Posey County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Grafton Box 7, Folder 5 Key letter: bm Stream: Big Creek
Posey County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Solitude Box 7, Folder 6 Key letter: none Stream: Big Creek
Posey County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cynthiana Box 7, Folder 7 Key letter: none Stream: unknown
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Box 7, Folder 8 Key letter: af Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ramp Creek Box 7, Folder 9 Key letter: an Stream: Ramp Creek This bridge was moved to Brown County State Park. See Brown County, “ed”
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cornstalk Box 7, Folder 10 Key letter: bd Stream: Cornstalk Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Barnard Box 7, Folder 11 Key letter: ce Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Bakers Camp Box 7, Folder 12 Key letter: cn Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dickerson Box 7, Folder 13 Key letter: cu Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Pine Bluff Box 7, Folder 14 Key letter: cw Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Old Raccoon Box 7, Folder 15 Key letter: fh Stream: Raccoon Creek
Putnam County: OVA Graphics Bridge Name: Old Raccoon Box 1, Folder 4 Stream: Raccoon Creek Frederick Polley print, Oldest Covered Bridge in Indiana Christmas 1940.
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Edna Collins Box 7, Folder 16 Key letter: fn Stream: Little Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dunbar Box 7, Folder 17 Key letter: fu Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ruark Box 7, Folder 18 Key letter: gc Stream: Little Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Black Box 7, Folder 19 Key letter: gf Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Oakalla Box 7, Folder 20 Key letter: gu Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Houck Box 7, Folder 21 Key letter: hc Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Waterworks Box 7, Folder 22 Key letter: kf Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Reelsville Box 7, Folder 23 Key letter: me Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Manhattan Box 7, Folder 24 Key letter: mu Stream: Deer Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dick Huffman Box 7, Folder 25 Key letter: mw Stream: Deer Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Craple Box 7, Folder 26 Key letter: na Stream: Croy’s Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Craft Box 7, Folder 27 Key letter: nb Stream: Deer Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Putnamville Box 7, Folder 28 Key letter: nf Stream: Deer Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: William Meyers Box 7, Folder 29 Key letter: p Stream: Big Raccoon Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Parker Box 7, Folder 30 Key letter: pd-c Stream: Mill Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Box 8, Folder 1 Key letter: pt Stream: Mill Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Eccles Box 8, Folder 2 Key letter: pw Stream: Mill Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Sharpe Box 8, Folder 3 Key letter: rn-c Stream: Mill Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cooper Box 8, Folder 4 Key letter: tu Stream: Mill Creek
Putnam County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Rolling Stone Box 8, Folder 5 Key letter: ua Stream: Big Walnut Creek
Randolph County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Steubenville Box 8, Folder 6 Key letter: ab Stream: Mississinewa River
Randolph County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Emmetsville Box 8, Folder 7 Key letter: bk Stream: Mississinewa River
Randolph County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Wright Box 8, Folder 8 Key letter: kb Stream: White River (West Fork)
Randolph County: Photographs: Bridge Name: unknown, built 1879 Box 8, Folder 9 Key letter: none Stream: 1 mile north of Fairview on Norton Creek
Ripley County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Busching Box 8, Folder 10 Key letter: cp Stream: Laughery Creek
Ripley County: Photographs: Bridge Name: High Bridge Park or Skeen or Box 8, Folder 11 Watson’s Key letter: ds Stream: Laughery Creek
Ripley County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Holton or Otter Creek Box 8, Folder 12 Key letter: ep Stream: Otter Creek
Ripley County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Pipestem Box 8, Folder 13 Key letter: fa Stream: Ripley Creek
Ripley County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Purcell Box 8, Folder 14 Key letter: fe Stream: Laughery Creek
Ripley County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ballstown Box 8, Folder 15 Key letter: mb Stream: Laughery Creek
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Raleigh Box 8, Folder 16 Key letter: ca Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Circleville or Main Street Box 8, Folder 17 Key letter: none Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: East Hill Box 8, Folder 18 Key letter: ek Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Smith Box 8, Folder 19 Key letter: fk Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Norris Ford Box 8, Folder 20 Key letter: ft Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Offut Ford Box 8, Folder 21 Key letter: gn Stream: Little Blue River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Arlington South Box 8, Folder 22 Key letter: hd Stream: Little Blue River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Swain’s Mill Box 8, Folder 23 Key letter: hk Stream: Little Blue River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Conn’s Creek Box 8, Folder 24 Key letter: kg Stream: Conn’s Creek
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Forsythe Mill Box 8, Folder 25 Key letter: kn Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Perkins Corner Box 8, Folder 26 Key letter: md Stream: Little Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Ferree Box 8, Folder 27 Key letter: nk Stream: Little Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Moscow Box 8, Folder 28 Key letter: pd Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Arlington East Box 8, Folder 29 Key letter: pu Stream: Little Blue River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Homer Barn Box 8, Folder 30 Key letter: ra Stream: Mud Creek
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: South edge of Rushville Box 8, Folder 31 Key letter: rc Stream: Big Flatrock River
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Milroy or Shellhorn Box 8, Folder 32 Key letter: rh Stream: Little Flatrock River (now located in Lake County Fairgrounds)
Rush County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Knightstown Pike Box 8, Folder 33 Key letter: rs Stream: Big Blue River Shelby County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cedar Ford Box 9, Folder 1 Key letter: dn Stream: Little Blue River
Shelby County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Walkerville or Vine Street Box 9, Folder 2 Key letter: kt Stream: Little Blue River
Shelby County: OVA Photographs: Bridge Name: Walkerville or Vine Street Box 1, Folder 3 Key letter: kt Stream: Little Blue River
Shelby County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Green School Box 9, Folder 3 Key letter: eu Stream: originally Brandywine Creek, moved to Lewis Creek
Shelby County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cave Box 9, Folder 4 Key letter: fe Stream: Big Blue River
Shelby County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Lewis Creek Box 9, Folder 5 Key letter: hb Stream: Lewis Creek
Spencer County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Huffman Mill Box 9, Folder 6 Key letter: kw-c Stream: Anderson River
Spencer County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Shoals Box 9, Folder 7 Key letter: m-c Stream: Anderson River
Spencer County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Rockport Box 9, Folder 8 Key letter: none Stream: unknown
Tippecanoe County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dayton Box 9, Folder 9 Key letter: none Stream: Wildcat Creek
Union County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Richland Creek Box 9, Folder 10 Key letter: af Stream: Richland Creek Union County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Brownsville Box 9, Folder 11 Key letter: ag Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Union County: Photographs: Bridge Name:4-Mile Creek Box 9, Folder 12 Key letter: b-c Stream: Four Mile Creek
Union County: Photographs: Bridge Name: College Corner Box 9, Folder 13 Key letter: ck-c Stream: Four Mile Creek
Union County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dunlapsville Box 9, Folder 14 Key letter: dm Stream: Whitewater River
Vermillion County: OVA Graphics: Bridge Name: unknown Box 1, Folder 5 Key Letter: ag-c Stream: Wabash River
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Blanford Box 9, Folder 15 Key letter: ak Stream: Brouillettes Creek
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Chunn Ford Box 9, Folder 16 Key letter: ar Stream: Brouillettes Creek
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: South Hill Box 9, Folder 17 Key letter: ba Stream: Brouillettes Creek
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Indian Furnace Box 9, Folder 18 Key letter: bc Stream: Brouilettes Creek or Coal Creek
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Fairview Park Box 9, Folder 19 Key letter: bk Stream: Norton Creek
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hillsdale Box 9, Folder 20 Key letter: cm Stream: Little Raccoon Creek Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Newport Box 9, Folder 21 Key letter: ea Stream: Little Vermillion River
Vermillion County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Eugene Box 9, Folder 22 Key letter: em Stream: Vermillion River
Vigo County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Irishman Box 9, Folder 23 Key letter: gk Stream: Honey Creek
Vigo County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Terre Haute Box 9, Folder 24 Key letter: tw Stream: Wabash River
Wabash County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Roann Box 9, Folder 25 Key letter: b Stream: Eel River
Wabash County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Laketon Box 9, Folder 26 Key letter: bm Stream: Eel River
Wabash County: Photographs: Bridge Name: North Manchester Box 9, Folder 27 Key letter: ck Stream: Eel River
Wabash County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Dora Box 9, Folder 28 Key letter: dp Stream: Salamonie
Wabash County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Liberty Mills Box 9, Folder 29 Key letter: mr Stream: Eel River
Warren County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Pine Creek Box 10, Folder 1 Key letter: cu Stream: Pine Creek
Warrick County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Millersburg Box 10, Folder 2 Key letter: k Stream: Pigeon Creek Washington County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Fredericksburg Box 10, Folder 3 Key letter: none Stream: Blue River
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Brannon Box 10, Folder 4 Key letter: xx Stream: Whitewater River (West Fork Branch of the East Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: North 12th Street Box 10, Folder 5 Key letter: cj Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Germantown Box 10, Folder 6 Key letter: cv Stream: Martindale Creek
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Hiser Station Box 10, Folder 7 Key letter: ce Stream: Whitewater River (Green’s Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Middleboro Box 10, Folder 8 Key letter: dd Stream: Whitewater River (Middle Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: North 10th Street Box 10, Folder 9 Key letter: df Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Chester Box 10, Folder 10 Key letter: dg Stream: Whitewater River
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Main Street Box 10, Folder 11 Key letter: dm Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Martindale Box 10, Folder 12 Key letter: ez Stream: Martindale Creek
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Fountain City Box 10, Folder 13 Key letter: gk Stream: Nolan’s Fork
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: New Garden Box 10, Folder 14 Key letter: gm Stream: Norland’s Fork
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: [second bridge south of Fountain City] Box 10, Folder 15 Key letter: gn Stream: Buck Run
Wayne County: Oversize Graphics: Painting: Wayne County Covered Bridge Folder 1, by Orrin Draver [second bridge south of Fountain Flat File 3-b City] Key letter: gn Stream: Buck Run
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Mitchell Box 10, Folder 16 Key letter: gt Stream: Nolan’s Fork
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Garr Box 10, Folder 17 Key letter: hh Stream: Whitewater River (East Fork)
Wayne County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Webster Box 10, Folder 18 Key letter: x Stream: Noland’s Fork
Wells County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Batson Box 10, Folder 19 Key letter: none Stream: Salamonie River
Wells County: Photographs: Bridge Name: Cover Box 10, Folder 20 Key letter: bu Stream: Wabash River
Unidentified covered bridges Photographs: Box 10, Folder 21
Negatives of various sizes for some of the 8x10 Acetate Negatives: photographs, organized by county Box 1
Series 7: Indiana Covered Bridge Structural Photographs
CONTENTS CONTAINER De Kalb County: Color Photographs: Spencerville Bridge (Howe Truss) Box 1, Folder 1
Gibson County: Color Photographs: Old Red Bridge (Smith Truss) Box 1, Folder 2
Franklin County: Color Photographs: Salt Creek Bridge, Box 1, Folder 3 Metamora Aqueduct, Blue Creek Bridge (Howe Truss)
Jackson County: Color Photographs: Bell Ford Bridge, Box 1, Folder 4 Medora Bridge, Shieldstown Bridge
Lawrence County: Color Photographs: Tunnelton Bridge Box 1 Folder 5
Montgomery County: Color Photographs: Harshbarger Bridge (Howe Truss with Burr Arch) Box 1, Folder 6
Pike County: Color Photographs: Pikeville Bridge Box 1, Folder 7
Rush County: Color Photographs: Conn’s Bridge (Burr Truss without arch), Box 1, Folder 8 Perkin’s Corner (Burr Truss without arch), Circleville Bridge (Burr Arch)
Union County: Color Photographs: Dunlapsville Bridge (Burr Arch Truss) Box 1, Folder 9 A.M. Kennedy’s first bridge
Wabash County: Color Photographs: North Manchester Bridge (Smith Patent Truss) Box 1, Folder 10
Wells County: Color Photographs: Dora Bridge, Box 1, Folder 11 Cover Bridge (Smith Patent Truss)
Series 8: Non-Indiana Covered Bridges
CONTENTS CONTAINER Papers on the Covered Bridges Across the Box 6, Folder 1 Contoocook River at Hancock, New Hampshire and Early American Timber Bridges, by Frank F. Fowle, 1936, 1937.
Clippings, various states: Box 6, Folder 2 Included are two drawings by Frederick Polley of a Sturgis Lake, Michigan bridge, and a railroad covered timber bridge (from a Gene Bock photograph). Printed Ephemera: non-Indiana Box 6, Folder 3
Ohio State Publications: Box 6, Folder 4 Covered Bridge Chatter, January 1966–October 1967, postcard list
The Count Rumford Covered Bridge Calendar, 1949, Box 6, Folder 5 The Rumford Press, Concord, N.H.
Covered Bridges Date Book, Colonial Publishing, Box 6, Folder 6 Inc. Boston, MA
Covered Bridges in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, Box 6, Folder 7 by Leslie C. Swanson, Moline, IL, 1960.
Covered Bridges in Maine, Maine State Highway Box 6, Folder 8 Commission, Augusta, Maine. General Program, Covered Bridge Centennial, Philippi, W. Va., 1952. Visit the South’s Historic Covered Bridges, Southern Covered Bridge Association, Cary, N.C.
Guide to Covered Bridges of the United States, Box 6, Folder 9 The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Inc., 1956.
The Original Rock Island Bridge Across the Box 6, Folder 10 Mississippi River, by Frank F. Fowle, 1941.
The Story of Covered Bridges in Windham, County, Box 6, Folder 11 Vermont, Brattleboro, Vt., 1937.
Ohio Covered Bridges OVA Graphics: Box 1, Folder 6
Covered Bridges: Kentucky, Iowa, New Jersey, OVA Graphics: Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia Box 1, Folder 7
Non-Indiana covered bridges Photographs: Box 10, Folder 22
Non-Indiana maps with covered bridges marked: OM 0476 Illinois Official Highway Map, 1936 Folder 5 Vermont Department of Highways, 1946
Greeting cards with covered bridge illustrations saved OVA Graphics: by Caroline Dunn Box 1, Folder 8
Series 9: L.C. Yapp Materials, 1953–1964
CONTENTS CONTAINER L. C. Yapp: Non-Indiana Photographs: Box 10, Folder 23
L. C. Yapp: Steel Arch Bridges Photographs: Box 10, Folder 24
L. C. Yapp: Bridge Trusses Photographs: Box 10, Folder 25
L. C. Yapp: New England Bridges Photographs: Box 10, Folder 26
L. C. Yapp: Schenectady, N.Y. Photographs: Box 10, Folder 27
L. C. Yapp: Bridge Construction Photographs: Black and White photographs of slides denoting Box 10, Folder 28 bridge truss details, bridge historical drawings.
L. C. Yapp: Slides 35mm Color Slides: Covered timber bridges in Indiana: Slide Box 1 Adams County to Parke County.
L. C. Yapp: Slides 35mm Color Slides: Covered timber bridges in Indiana: Slide Box 2 Parke County to Wells County.
L. C. Yapp: OM 0476: Indiana Official Highway Map, 1952 Folder 6
L. C. Yapp: Parke County, Plat Book (1953) Box 6, Folder 12 Plat Book identifies location of each bridge in county.
L.C. Yapp Covered Bridges of Indiana map (1964) OM 0476: compiled by George E. Gould, President, Indiana Folder 6 Covered Bridge Society, locates each bridge by a large dot on map with Yapp’s notations.
L. C. Yapp Box 6, Folder 13 List of slides of Covered Timber Bridges in File 1 and 2. List of other Kodachrome slides of covered bridges, slides loaned by Schools Committee, Indiana Historical Society. Location of Court House for Counties in which bridges were located when photographed. Slide Nomenclature, Slides in File to 1960, Bridge Framing (Truss Designs), Bridge Census. List of individual bridges by county listing Township, Section, Bridge and Location, Truss Design, Spans, Length, Builder, Year Built, Slide designation.
L. C. Yapp: Slide Presentation Materials: Box 6, Folder 14 Covered Timber Bridge Evolution, Indiana Covered Bridges and Truss Designs, Famous Indiana Covered Bridge Builders, figures of Truss types & famous bridges.
L. C. Yapp: Printed materials and Covered Bridge Box 6, Folder 15 Society materials.
L. C. Yapp: Articles about Covered Bridges. Box 6, Folder 16
L. C. Yapp: Bridge Notes—B&W Photographs Box 6, Folder 17 Indiana Covered Timber Bridges, Historical Information and Record (Revised 1957) [Photographs used for lecture slides]
Series 10: Photograph Albums, Slides, and Music
CONTENTS CONTAINER “Covered Wood Bridges of Indiana” Album Storage: Album 1, PAA Album with wood covers, carved bridge on front, brass latch, 55 pages, 220 photographs. Indiana map and Indiana History Bulletin for 1940, 1954, and 1959 stored in pocket at the back. Dedication: “It is to the memory of the builders of Indian’s early covered bridges and to Hoosiers interested in the preservation of these old structures, more than two hundred of which were still in service in 1937, is this collection of photographs dedicated.” Gift of Eugene Bock. All photographs list county and water source, and some other details. Duplicate photographs are in Series 6.
“Covered Bridges and Water-Power Mills in Album Storage: Indiana” Wood album covers with hand lettered title, Album 2, PAB
12 x 15 inches Gift of Percy H. Calvert [photographs were dispersed into collections M0836 and M0837]
Slides Unknown Photographer: 35mm Color Slides 20 slides of bridges in Brown, Carroll, Lake, Slide Box 2 Lawrence, Parke, Pike and Putnam Count ies. Bridge names and two-letter code on each slide.
Slides by John C. Sears: 35mm Color Slides Putnam County Covered Bridges. Slide Box 2 Slides given by Putnam County Historical Society in 1958 by Mrs. William J. Boatright, aunt of photographer. 30 slides, named bridges, some truss pictures.
Slides by Larry McMullen, 3 slides: 35mm Color Slides Bridges in Decatur County (kt, over Sand Creek), Slide Box 2 Jackson County (un, over E. Fork of White River), Montgomery County (x-1, Bluff Mills)
Sheet music: [2 copies] OVA Graphics: “Song for a Covered Bridge from Parke County, Box 1, Folder 9 Indiana” Words and Music by L.L.V. Thompson with Sheet Music Collection Princess (and Lois Thompson Hall) Copyright 1969. Hand written music, Alison Music Co, ASCAP.
45 rpm Record: [2 copies] Artifacts: “Song for a Covered Bridge” 1972.0818 “Down on the Old Covered Bridge” by Gran’ma Princess and Gran’pa Pops, The Whipperdoos Produced by Lawrence Thompson National Guild Recording Studios, DeLand, Florida.
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