Prow family papers
MSS.158
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
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Muncie, Indiana, 47306
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Prow family papers MSS.158
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973................................................................................ 7
Series 2: Evans family documents, 1881-1970.....................................................................................16
Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, 1835-1944, 1968-1976....................................... 17
Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, 1820-1878............................................................................. 18
Series 5: Strong family documents, 1819-1920, 1939.......................................................................... 19
Series 6: Wingate family documents, 1918-1962, 1974....................................................................... 19
Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, 1889-1902......................................................................... 20
Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, 1775-1972......................................................................... 21
Series 9: Prow family photographs, 1776-1980....................................................................................21
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Prow family papers MSS.158
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator - Compiler
Clark, Alice Prow
Title
Prow family papers
Date
1776-1980
Extent
4.2 Cubic feet 5 boxes
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Prow family papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Biographical Note
Frederick Prow was born in 1926 and was the son of Harold Prow. His grandfather, Frederick Prow was a
prominent dentist in Bloomington Indiana. Margaret (Penny) and Frederick were married on an unknown
date. Frederick's aunt, Alice (Prow) Clark, constructed the genealogical information contained in the
collection.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 1118 letters of correspondence dating between the years 1820-1982. Postcards
dating from 1876-1988 are also included. Fifty-nine of the postcards contain writing and dates, six have
writing and no dates, and 163 have no writing at all. The collection also includes 23 greeting cards, legal
papers, tax receipts, birth certificates, inventories, advertisements, etchings and various miscellaneous
items dating from 1776 through the 1980s.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Series 2: Evans family documents, 1881-1970
Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, 1835-1944, 1968-1976
Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, 1820-1878
Series 5: Strong family documents, 1819-1920, 1939
Series 6: Wingate family documents, 1918-1962, 1974
Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, 1889-1902
Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, 1775-1972
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Series 9: Prow family photographs, 1776-1980
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid created 2012/10/12 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/10/28 by
Rebecca Marangelli.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
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• Prow family
Genre(s)
• Correspondence
Subject(s)
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Family
Family--History
Genealogy
Local history
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Articles of agreement, 1843, 1844, 1865
Asher, Henry N., 1864
Asher, Jennie 1867, 1870
Asher, L.P. and Mary M. Strong, 1865
Beam, A. E., 1898
Bergdall, Elizabeth, 1834, 1836
Brady, Rose Allegue, 1937
Bunope, Kate, 1900
Cards, undated
Cassius, 1924
Correspondence, undated
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Correspondence, 1861-1862, 1873
Correspondence, ca. 1900s
Correspondence, 1911, 1924, 1950, 1974, 1980
DeHaven, Abijah T., 1818, 1848, 1863
DeHaven, A.T., 1864
DeHaven, Wesley, 1862
Dinglitz, B. W., 1871
Delph, Fountain, 1862-1864
Dorothy, 1928-1929, 1946
Dunn, Emma R., 1907, 1927
Evans, Dennis, 1960
Evans, Dodie, 1920, 1925-1926
Evans, Jim, 1928
Evans, Mae, 1922-1925
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Evans, Mae, 1926-1931
Evans, Helen Rosa, 1920
Florence, 1925, 1927, 1931
German and English language, 1834
Glassgow, James and Susan, 1892
Goiuge, Effie, 1890
Helen, 1936
Hobbs, Harold, 1944
Hodson, A. H., 1864
Holiday, Doris, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1973
Holt, Washington Weather, 1875-1891
Hymns, undated
Jane to Mary Strong, 1863-1864
Katteman, Israel, 1861
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Kern, W. I., 1876
Lister, W. M., 1861, 1863
Maude, 1920
McDaniel, Elizabeth 1861
McDaniel, John J., 1861
McDonald, C. M., 1883
McDonald, C. W., 1897-1898
Memorial cards, undated
Murphy, S. B., 1891
Neel, Alta I., 1923
Newspaper clippings, undated
Opan, James, 1855
Pace, Beverly T. 1909, 1911
Poetry, undated
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Postcards, undated
Prow, Alice, 1917, 1926
Prow, Grace L., 1909, 1923
Prow, Dr. Fred 1924-1947
Prow, Hallie, 1920-1944
Prow, Harold, 1912, 1926, 1934
Prow, Imogene Wingate, 1920
Prow, Jean Wingate 1922
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1923 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1923 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1924 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1924 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1925 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1925 July-Dec.
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1926 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1926 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1927 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1927 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1928 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1928 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1929 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1929 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1930 Jan.-June.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1930 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1931 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1931 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1932 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1932 July-Dec.
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1933 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1933 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1934 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1934 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1935
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1936 Jan.-June
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1936 July-Dec.
Prow, Jean Wingate, 1937
Prow, Mary Alice, 1936
"Puss", 1891
Read, Cynthia, 1862
Redman, M. and C. E., 1899
"Aunt" Rilla, 1928
Rohrbaugh, Clarissa and Elizabeth, 1833
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Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth, 1834-1890
Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth and S., 1864-1866
Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth and Samuel, 1838-1853
Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth and Solomon, 1837, 1840
Rohrbaugh, S., 1861-1870
Rohrbaugh, Samuel, 1841-1878
Rohrbaugh, Samuel and Abijah T. DeHaven, 1863
Rohrbaugh, Samuel and Solomon, 1861
Rohrbaugh, Solomon, 1834-1861
Royse, Thomas, 1835
Santa Clause, 1926
Sellers, Lucinda, 1834
Shearow, May, 1923
Shulman, Geo. L., 1924
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Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Speech, 1834
Strong, Clarrisa, 1881-1882
Strong, John W., 1833-1840
Strong, Martha E., 1862-1863
Strong, Mollie, 1868
Strong, O. M., 1875
Strong, R. T., 1862, 1866
Strong, Ruben T., 1862-1863
Strong, Silvester, 1881
Strong, S. M., 1891
Torn letters, undated
Wingate, Bruce, 1893-1931
Wingate, Grace Evans, 1894-1930
Wingate, Grace Evans, 1931-1952
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Series 2: Evans family documents, 1881-1970
Wingate, Herbert, 1924
Zola, M., 1909
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Series 2: Evans family documents, 1881-1970
Evans, C. Ashbury ledgers, 1901-1933
Evans, C Ashbury legal documents, 1934-1935
Evans family church records,1898
Evans family deeds and legal documents, 1875-1950
Evans family school souvenir, 1896-1897
Evans family tax receipts, 1881-1923
Evans, Mae bank books, 1916, 1926
Evans, Mae composition book, 1950-1966
Evans, Mae deed abstract, 1916
Evans, Mae diary, 1957-1970
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Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, 1835-1944, 1968-1976
Evans, Mae rental receipts, 1945-1948
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Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, 1835-1944, 1968-1976
Account books, 1835, 1883, 1889, 1891
Address books, undated
Advertisements, 1863, 1882, 1895
Bergdall, Elizabeth birth certificate, 1780
Geneology, undated
Geneology, historical importance, undated
Geneology, Prow, Pace, Depp, Montgomery, undated
Grindle, Alfred photo engravings, 1925-1932
Hitchcock family, legal documents, 1855-1882
Legal documents, unidentified, 1835-1869
Lotteries, 1865
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Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, 1820-1878
Memorabilia, unidentified, undated
Pace, Beverly T., cemetery lot, 1844-1944
Prow family auction survey, 1968, 1975
Prow family report cards, 1914-1942
Prow family memorabilia, 1887, 1893, 1934
Prow, Hallie memorabilia, undated
Prow, Harold P., estate, 1976
Prow, Mary Alice Christmas wishes, 1923
Tautscheine research, undated
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Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, 1820-1878
Rohrbaugh, Elijah biography, 1832
Rohrbaugh family legal documents, 1865
Rohrbaugh, Frederick estate, 1833
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Series 5: Strong family documents, 1819-1920, 1939
Rohrbaugh, Samuel will, 1830
Rohrbaugh and Strong families, receipts, taxes, 1820-1878
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Series 5: Strong family documents, 1819-1920, 1939
Strong, Elizabeth estate, 1911
Strong family administrator notices, 1835
Strong family receipts, 1819-1865, 1939
Strong family school receipts, 1839-1854
Strong, John W. genealogy, 1827-1920
Strong, Ruben estate, 1837
Strong, Samuel birth certificate, 1841
Series 6: Wingate family documents, 1918-1962, 1974
Wingate, C. Bruce estate, 1962
Wingate family legal documents, 1918-1931
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Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, 1889-1902
Wingate family memorabilia, 1922-1948
Wingate, Grace composition book, 1952
Wingate, Grace diary 1957
Wingate, Grace diary, undated
Wingate, Grace estate, 1974
Wingate, John N. estate, 1917
Wingate, Rupert estate, 1919-1920
OVA.071 Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, 1889-1902
Decorative wooden picture frame, undated
Decorative wooden picture frame, undated
Family photographs, undated
Matted cloth picture frame, undated
The Record of the Family geneological record book, 1889
Family photo album, 1894-1902
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OVB.026 Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, 1775-1972
P.058 Series 9: Prow family photographs, 1776-1980
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