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Our archives contain a wide variety of printed material dating back to the early 1800s.  There are assorted books, records, and photographs. Use of the archives is included in your admission fee. Our archivist will help you with research for up to 30 minutes for free, with a $5.00 charge for every additional half hour of assistance. Photo identification is required for all research. Contact Heather Allen, our archivist, for information.

ARCHIVE HOURS
Tuesday Noon to 4:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Other hours by appointment.

Available in the archives:
(We reserve the right to limit or deny access to some items due to their fragility and the rareness of the collection.
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Assorted books, including:

    Wabash County History 1976 (also for sale in Gift Shop @ $25)

    Faces and Places of Wabash County

    1884 History of Wabash County and Complete Name Index

    1875 Wabash County Atlas

    1901 Weesner’s History of Wabash County Volumes 1 and 2 and complete name index

    1914 Weesner’s History of Wabash County Volumes 1 and 2 and complete name index

    Meet Mr. Wabash at Mid-Century

    Shadows of Wabash

Census records for 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870

Enrollment of Wabash Co. 1890

Marriage Records of Wabash County 1835-1881, 1900-1925

Wabash County Grantors Books 1836-1847

Wabash County Obituaries in Books 1848-1878, 1873-1899

North Manchester Obituaries 1877-1894, 2003

Obituary Scrapbook 1998-2003 (McPhearson)

John Tipton Papers I, II, III

Wabash County Cemeteries (all cemeteries listed by township)

Marriage Records from Weekly Gazette 1848-1857

Marriage Records from Weekly Intelligencer 1854-1864

Will Records 1842-1894 (bound)

Church Records on file for Wabash County

Directories 1894-2004

School records and year books

Wabash High School Alumni Directories

Civil War Books, including:

    Indiana at Civil War Time

    War of the Rebellion (complete collection)

    Indiana Civil War Veterans: Death Rolls

GAR Records

Civil War Photos

Civil War Diaries

Wabash County Roll of Honor (all wars)

Bible Collection

Medical Book collection

Wabash Clubs and Organizations

Federal Census 1880

Tax Duplicates Early 1800’s

Photographs / many subjects

Wabash and Erie Canal Booklets

Wabash County Interim Reports

Lincoln Lore scrapbooks and various items on Abraham Lincoln and other presidents

Papers of James Madison

Thomas Edison files

Personal diaries of Samuel David Reniker

Personal Diaries of Calvin Stephens Hutchens 1897-1918

Family histories, including:

Bloomer, Bosch, Bowman, Harrison Burns, Burr, Burton, Calhoun, H. Clay, Clevenger, Dunn, Finfrock-Rhoades, Flectcher, Ford, Fox, Fremont, Freeman, Garfield, Grant, Hanks, Hackleman, Harrison, Heeter, Honeywell, Irving, Jackson, James (Frank and Jessie), Johnson (Andrew), LaSalle, A. Lincoln, Lutz, Lydston, McCune, MccCulloch, McKinley, Machir, Madison, Marshall, Meade, Morgan, Morton, Ogden, Owen, Pattie, Pike Lumber Co., Quayle, Remington, J. Riley, T. Roosevelt, Ross  Schooley, Sherman, Shultz, Simmons, Slocum, Smith, Somerville, Stanley, Steller, Stinson, Tarkington, Taylor, Thomas, Wallace, Ward, Washington, White, Wilson, Winger, Winter

Family history of Lewis and Clark

Junk Dealers licenses of Wabash Co. 1919-1948

Poultry Dealers of Wabash County 1928-1934

Life in Wabash County, Annotated Diary of Newton Fowler for the year 1865

Over 60,000 paper documents on file alphabetically

Newspapers 1848-1990 (also available at the Wabash Carnegie Library on microfilm)

Miami Indian Records

Various railroad photos and train schedules

Mary O’Hair files

Wabash County Burial Records 1990-2004

This website is made possible by the generous donation of David & Jane Grandstaff,
“In memory of our son, Jeff, who would have loved this!”

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