Life is always interesting in the Digitization Department! We discover so many historic treasures that remain relevant today and we get to share them with you via our Digital Collections. This time the treasure is a letter written by Captain David Enoch Beem of 14th Indiana Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. I had already […]
It’s stories like the Italian POWs at Atterbury, our newest You Are There, that make me appreciate my family’s roots in Indiana. Because both sides of my family lived in the general area of Atterbury, I grew up with stories about the camp. My mom’s mother moved here at 19 after she married my grandfather […]
Not so long ago, in a place that?s not so far away, 3,000 Italians found themselves in a prisoner of war camp at Camp Atterbury. In 1943, Italian soldiers captured in North Africa got sent to various POW camps across the United States. A large group of them arrived in Indiana beginning April 30. These […]
The IHS library recently received a large addition to one of our serial collections: … Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration …, asouvenir program issued by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Kevin Barry Division #3, Indianapolis. Our holdings now represent the years 1950-2016, with only a small handful of exceptions. The Ancient Order of Hibernians was […]
Indianapolis—In one of the Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS’s) most moving You Are There exhibits to date, visitors will be introduced to Italian prisoners of war in the chapel they built at Camp Atterbury—their home away from home. The exhibit, You Are There 1943: Italian POWs at Atterbury, debuts March 4, 2017, and runs through August […]
Local History Services staff are on the road a lot. And we love it. Ask any one of us (we have four full-time staff) and you’ll hear that we get a bit antsy if we haven’t been out of the office in a while. On average, we are on the road at least one to […]
Indianapolis—For one night only, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is bringing bourbon enthusiasts together for a tasting that features more than a dozen distilleries and a silent auction of rare items. Indy’s Premier Bourbon Affair, hosted by IHS and presenting partner Payless Liquors, takes place Friday, Feb. 17, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., at the […]
To celebrate all the marriage proposals, wedding ceremonies and anniversaries that will be taking place this Valentine’s Day, I present the Wedding Embassy Yearbook, published by L.S. Ayres and Company in 1950. Although times have changed quite a bit, this book must have been an invaluable resource for brides-to-be 75 years ago. Department stores reigned […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is issuing a call for volunteer judges to take part in the 2017 National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) contests. This year, the need is greater than ever with the addition of a new regional contest at Hanover College (March 18). Also for the first time, the Indianapolis Public Schools […]
My mom has worked at IHS for more than 30 years with the image collections. Conversations while driving downtown or dinnertime discussions often recalled stories from IHS collections to my mom’s mind. Some have to do with buildings now long gone but still seemingly in living memory because of images, and others have to do […]
