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Early African Americans in Monroe County as Noted by Martha (Maxwell) Howard

Apr 15, 2019Monroe Historypeople, wehiaAfrican Americans, Baker, Howard, Howe, Maxwell, Slavery

Blog post by Randi Richardson On Reel 18 of the Local History Microfilm Collection at the Monroe County Public Library is a paper titled “An Early Sketch of Bloomington and the Family of David H. Maxwell” written by Martha (Maxwell) Howard, a resident of Terre Haute, Indiana, in July 1907. According to that paper, Martha

Remembrances of Drs. David Hervey and James D. Maxwell

Jul 2, 2018Monroe HistorywehiaAmerican Legion, historic homes, Howe, Indiana University, Looking Back, Maxwell

The clipping noted below, written by Agnes McCulloch Hanna, was published in an undated, unsourced Bloomington newspaper under a column called “Looking Back.” It was found in a scrapbook compiled by a man named Fred Lockwood. The scrapbook is held by the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The item below was abbreviated from the

A Descriptive History of the Howe/Maxwell House

Mar 26, 2018Monroe History3 CommentswehiaAmerican Legion, historic homes, Howe, Looking Back, Maxwell, physicians, Planned Parenthood, South College

The clipping noted below, written Agnes McCulloch Hanna, was published in an undated, unsourced Bloomington newspaper under a column called “Looking Back.” It was found in a scrapbook compiled by a man named Fred Lockwood. The scrapbook is held by the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The item below was abbreviated from the original,