Biography of William Fortune, 1986
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for
the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Indiana University
400 North Sunrise Drive
Weatherly Hall North, Room 122
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm
Creator
Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory
TitleBiography of William Fortune, 1986
Project No.
ohrc024
Interviews
2 interviews.
Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room
122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells
Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please
contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The central focus of this project is the life of William Fortune,
who lived from 1863 to 1942. Interviewees are the daughters of Indiana
businessman William Fortune, a friend and father-in-law of Eli Lilly. They tell
about their life in Indianapolis at the turn of the century and offer
recollections of associations with famous people like the Lillys and James
Whitcomb Riley.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains two interviews, lasting 2 hours and 125 minutes respectively. The interviews consist of audio cassettes,
typed transcriptions, and collateral materials.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the
history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana
University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are
available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift signed by the
interviewee. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the
use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do
not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions,
additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Tapes may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for
that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the
taped interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use,
but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in
their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and
interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last
name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for the Study
of History and Memory, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape
number and side if no transcript].
Interview List
Interviewee
Bartlett, Evelyn Fortune
September 5,
1986
Call Number
86-019
Physical Description
29 pages; 2 audio cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 2 hours; index;
photograph of interviewee
Interviewer
Madison, James H.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Evelyn Fortune Bartlett, born in September 1886, reminisces
about her childhood and the role her father played in her life. She tells about
her father's childhood as well. Bartlett talks about her marriage to Eli Lilly
as well as her father's reaction when the marriage ended. She tells about her
father's involvement in various philanthropic, civic, and social organizations
in Indianapolis through the years. She also talks about her father's travels in
the United States and around the world.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Briarcliff Girls School
- Commercial Club
- Indiana Historical Society
- Knickerbocker Hall
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Personal Names
- Bartlett, Frederic
- Hendricks, Alan
- Lilly, Eli
- Nicholson, Meredith
- Potts, Alfred
- Riley, James Whitcomb
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Place Names
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Lake Wawasee, New York
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Subjects
- childhood
- civic organizations
- leisure activities
Interviewee
Elder, Madeline Fortune
June 24, 1986; September 9, 1986
Call Number
86-018
Physical Description
48 pages; 3 audio cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 125 minutes;
index
Interviewer
Madison, James H.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Madeline Fortune Elder, daughter of businessman,William Fortune,
tells about her father. She reminisces about growing up with extended family
members who her father was helping to support and who helped with the
management of the Fortune household after the death of Mrs. Fortune. She tells
about her father's civic involvement in Indianapolis and the many friends her
father had. She also tells about Woodruff Place where her parents' home was
located, and all the activities that occurred there over the year, the people
who came to visit them, and her father's personality.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Commercial Club
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Knickerbocker Hall
- Lilly Laboratory
- New Telephone Company
- Tudor Hall
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Family Names
- Brown
- Lilly
- Perley
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Occupation Names
- editor
- newspaper reporter
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Personal Names
- Elder, Bowan
- Hemenway, James
- Hoggatt, Wilford B.
- Lilly, Eli
- Nicholson, Meredith
- Perley, Jerusa Ann
- Tarbell, Ida
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Place Names
- Boonville, Indiana
- Chicago, Illinois
- China
- Egypt
- Florida
- Greenfield, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Lake Wawasee, New York
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Mexico
- Michigan City, Indiana
- New Harmony, Indiana
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Subjects
- civic involvement
- family life
- girls' school
- Woodruff Place
