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Library Services

Membership Fees:

  • Life Membership: $150

  • Annual Membership & Renewal: $20 (Renewals due by January 1st each year)

Library Use Fees:

  • Members: Free

  • Non-Members: $10 Daily

Copy Fees: $1.00 per page for all users.

Research Requests

Due to limited staffing, all information requests must be submitted by mail.

  • Research Fee: $10.00 (Non-refundable)

  • Copy Fees: $1.00 per page

  • Postage: Add $1.00 for requests exceeding five pages

  • Requirements: Include a large self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE)

Requests without the required fee and SASE will receive minimal information.

Books For Sale

Title Author Price
A Century of Schools Alan Smith $20.00
A Wishful Eye D. L. McIntyre $15.00
Adams Township Cemetery Directory $15.00
Broken Wings Robert Kelly $20.00
Brown Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Brown Township Tales Alan Smith $20.00
Center Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Delaware Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Franklin Township Cemetery Records $15.00
History of Adams Township Harold Freeland $20.00
Historic Travel Guide to Ripley County Paul R Wonning $20.00
In These First Bright Days of Elvis Book I Josephine Rascoe Keenan $16.00
In Those Dazzling Days of Elvis Book II Josephine Rascoe Keenan $16.00
In Those Glory Days of Elvis Book III Josephine Rascoe Keenan $16.00
Indiana’s Fascination Museums Paul R Wonning $10.00
Jackson Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Johnson Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Laughery Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Lest We Forget a Tribute to the World War II Veterans of Ripley County Norris & Joan Krall $25.00
Milan, Indiana: A Storied Past 1854-2004 $16.00
Napoleon & Vicinity Sesquicentennial 1820-1970 $12.00
Old Timbers Chilton Thompson $23.00
Osgood Indiana Sesquicentennial 1856-2006 $17.00
Passing Point Don Morrison $8.00
Reflections of Ripley County Indiana $25.00
Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots with Ties to Ripley County Indiana Marlene Jan McDerment $34.00
Ripley County, IN Vintage Post Cards Alan Smith $25.00
Ripley County History Volume I $45.00
Reduced from $65.00
Ripley County History Volume II (Paperback) $25.00
Shelby Township Cemetery Records $15.00
Story of the Bradt Fund, the F. Hale Bradt Family and their Versailles, Indiana Farm 1906–2001 No charge
Sugar Branch #1 Don Morrison $16.00
The Dark Line #2 Don Morrison $20.00
Come Safe Home #3 Don Morrison $20.00
Tales of Versailles Alan Smith $16.00
Versailles, Indiana School Life 1818-1966 Alan Smith $20.00

To purchase one or more books or for more information please contact the Ripley County Historical Society Library at 812-689-3031.