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Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence

In July 2007 and July 2008, Charlestown-Clark County Public Library received LSTA grants for the purpose of digitizing the Jesse Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence. This correspondence is from 348 service members and their families which consists of 1606 letters and postcards. The digital images are now accessible on the Indiana Memory website. To read more about this project visit the Jesse G. Dorsey page.

The KET program Louisville Life featured a story about this collection on Thursday, October 25, 2007 on KET2.  The program is available for streaming online video at Louisville Life.
 

The Brandenburg Stone

The Brandenburg Stone is currently on loan to the Charlestown Clark County Public Library from the Meade County Library in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The Brandenburg Stone is currently on public display in the Indiana Room at the Charlestown Library in Charlestown, Indiana. Learn more about the history of the Brandenburg Stone on the Brandenburg Stone page.
 

To find resources for the history of Clark County and the surrounding communities here in the Ohio Valley click on this link:
      Regional Genealogy and Local History Resources
 

Indiana Room Collections

A wide range of genealogy and local history resources are available at each of the five branches. The following list includes a portion of the materials available. Inquiries can be made through the Ask A Librarian link or by calling the branch library.

CHARLESTOWN INDIANA ROOM:

  • BOOKS - List of Family and Local History Books

  • CEMETERY RECORDS – listings for all Clark County Townships; cemetery index for New Washington Christian Church & Crown Hill; Clark Co. Cemetery and Church Records

  • BIRTH RECORDS – index to Birth Records, Clark County, Indiana 1882-1920

  • MARRIAGES – index to Marriages Clark County, Indiana 1905-1920; Marriage Records 1807-1824

  • DEATH RECORDS – index to Death Records Clark County, Indiana 1882-1920

  • Charlestown Marriages Divorces Deaths 1920’s-1940’s

  • WILLS – Clark County, Indiana Abstracts of Wills and Executors’ Records 1801-1833

  • Obituary Scrapbook

  • Civil Order Book 1824-1828

  • Clark County Estray Book 1801-1817 and Clark County Marriages 1807-1829

  • CENSUS – Census of Indiana Territory for 1807; 1820 Federal Census for IN; Indiana 1830 Census Index; 1850 Federal Census for Indiana; (all census records available online from Ancestry.com which free to use at all branch libraries)

  • NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES – Hoosier Journal of Ancestry; Washington County, IN Historical Society Newsletter; Lexington Historical Society; Scott County Genealogical Society; Southern Indiana Genealogical Society Quarterly 1980-81, 1993-current; Out Door Indiana most 1958-current

  • An Index to Biographical & Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington Indiana

  • Special Publications for Clark and Surrounding County

  • General Information Files (county and state)

  • Family History Files (9 file drawers)

  • MICROFILM – Census, Early Newspapers, Diaries/Journals/Ledgers, Church Records, Newspapers (recent back issues)

  • MANUSCRIPTS – Ledgers/Account Books, Letters, Docket Books, Scrapbooks, Documents

  • PHOTOGRAPHS – Early Citizens, Schools, Buildings, Historic Sites, Dwellings

  • CITY DIRECTORY – Indiana Caron’s New Albany-Jeffersonville 1947; 1953; 1955; 1956; 1958-1980; 1982-1991; Polk’s New Albany-Jeffersonville 1993; 1996-2008; Polk’s Clark County Indiana 2001-2003; Polk’s Clark, Floyd, Harrison Counties Indiana 4004-2009

  • SPECIAL FILES AND COLLECTIONS – Jonathan Jennings, One Room Schools, Tunnel Mill/John Work, Rose Island, 1937 Flood, Charlestown History, Indiana Army Ammunition Plant

  • YEAR BOOKS - Charlestown High School Yearbooks 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952-1969, 1972-2008; Charlestown Middle School Yearbooks 1988, 1990-1994, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2009; 1973 Charlestown Jr. High Yearbook; 1938 50th Reunion Book for Charlestown High School

SELLERSBURG INDIANA ROOM:

  • Books - Family History and Local History Books

  • History and Genealogy Magazines

  • CEMETERY RECORDS – All Clark County Township listings; Garr Funeral Home Records 1930-1985; Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries Index Project by Lois Mauk; Clark County, IN Cemetery Index (few small cemeteries not listed); Cemetery Records Scott County, IN; Scottsburg Cemetery Records 1986; Floyd County Cemeteries; New Albany National Cemetery; Floyd County, Indiana Wolf Cemetery

  • Family History Files

  • BIRTH RECORDS - Clark County, Indiana Index 1882-1920 vol. I A-J, vol. II K-Z; Floyd County, Indiana Index 1882-1920 vol. I A-L and vol. II M-Z; Harrison County, Indiana Index 1882-1920 A-Z and Index 1921-1941

  • Marriage and Will Records Clark County, Indiana 1807-1834

  • WILLS - Will and Bond Record 'B', March, 1853-Sept, 1864 Floyd County, Indiana

  • MARRIAGE RECORDS - Clark County, Indiana Index 1905-1920 vol. I A-C, vol. II D-G, vol. III H-L, vol. IV Mc-P, vol. V Q-S, vol. VI T-Z; Floyd County, Indiana Marriage Records 1837-1845; Scott County, Indiana Marriages 1820-1850; Harrison County, Indiana Index 1881-1920 vol. I A-K, vol. II L-Z, 1882-1920 Supplemental Records

  • DEATH RECORDS - Clark County, Indiana Index 1882-1920 vol. I A-Z; Floyd County, Indiana Index 1882-1920 A-Z

  • DAR - Bible Records for Clark County Families (DAR 1956); DAR Patriot Index 1966; DAR Patriot Index Vol. II 1976

  • Church Histories and Records

  • Louisville Cement Company – Speed History Files (2 file drawers); Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence (a portion of the letters have been digitized and are available for viewing online); WWII letter writers; Korean War letter writers; Speedometers; 3-ring Binders: Louisville Cement Company Thirty Year Banquet 1950-1961 (8 binders); Highlights of Charles Ridenour's Speed and Cement Industry History; Cementing the Past; Louisville Cement Company; Louisville Cement Company Pictures Employees; Louisville Cement Company Area Pictures

  • Military (area Soldiers)

  • Sellersburg History Files; Sellersburg/Speed 3-ring binders

  • Clark County History Files

  • Indiana History Files

  • CITY DIRECTORIES - Indiana Caron's New Albany-Jeffersonville 1955-56, 1958-1960, 1962-1965, 1968-1969, 1972-1973, 1980-1982, 1984, 1986-1989, 1991; Indiana Polk's Jeffersonville-New Albany 1995;  Indiana Polk's Clark County 2002-2003; Indiana Polk's Clark, Floyd, and Harrison Counties 2004-2008

  • NEWSPAPERS - Sellersburg News 1961-1963, 1965-1974

  • CENSUS - Sellersburg 1990

  • MANUSCRIPTS – Ledgers/Account Books, Docket Book, Letters, Post Cards, Scrapbooks

  • Area Maps

  • PHOTOGRAPHS – Early Citizens, Schools, Buildings, Historic Sites, Dwellings, and Businesses in Speed and Sellersburg

  • YEAR BOOKS - Silver Creek High School Yearbooks 1933 (copy), 1941-42, 1944-45 (copies), 1946-2007; Silver Creek Junior High Yearbooks 1972-1973, 1976-1980, 1982-1989, 1998-2001, Sellersburg Elementary Yearbooks 1973-1974, 1977-1988; Stout Elementary Yearbooks 1973, 1978; Memphis Elementary Yearbooks 1974-1976

BORDEN:

  • CEMETERY RECORDS – Carr and Wood Townships

  • GENEALOGICAL SOURCES – Borden Obituaries (1989-2006), 1911 Telephone Directory, WWII Obituaries, Martinsburg Store Ledger

  • LOCAL HISTORY – Reminiscences of New Providence 1884-1994, Early Wood Township, History of the Borden Institute, Memories of Pleasant Ridge, and Borden History File

  • YEAR BOOKS - Borden School Yearbooks (includes K-12 school) 1949-2003 (missing 1993 and 1995)

NEW WASHINGTON:

  • CEMETERY RECORDS – Washington and Other Area Townships

  • GENEALOGICAL SOURCES – Cole Family Obituaries; Area Obituaries 1980-2006 townships of Bethlehem, Oregon, Owen, & Washington; Family/Community Histories; Old Newspapers; bank directory of 1909; Newspaper clippings of New Washington School happenings: 1984-current (some pre ‘84)

  • YEAR BOOKS - New Washington K-12 Yearbooks 1950, 1954, 1958, 1961-1964, 1972-1974, 1976-1977; New Washington Middle and High School Yearbooks 1980, 1982-2007; New Washington Elementary Yearbooks 1979, 1987-2005

 HENRYVILLE:

  • CEMETERY RECORDS – Charlestown, Monroe, and Oregeon Townships

  • YEAR BOOKS - Henryville High School Yearbooks 1948-1952, 1954-1957, 1959-1966, 1969-1973, 1977-1983, 1988, 1990-1997, 1999-2000; some Henryville Junior High and Elementary Yearbooks

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