Commercial Article is published by Commercial Artisan, an Indianapolis-based graphic design studio founded by brothers Jamesand Jon Sholly. Issues of their visually stunning publication highlight designers from Indiana, as well as their work. Those held by the IHS library feature Gene and Jackie Lacy, Fred Bower, Avriel Shull, Leslie Ayres, Norman Norell, Walter Dorwin Teague, […]
I have just surpassed my year-and-a-half mark as a member of the Local History Services department at IHS. Not only am I feeling less new, but I am also feeling more in-tune with our department dynamics. I learned quickly that we all work best when we work together and that the line between friend and […]
As July 7, 1861, dawned, war was in the air in Lexington, Indiana. The county seat of Scott County was abuzz with the latest news of the southern rebellion. The Madison Daily and Evening Courier told of skirmishes between Federal troops and secesh forces at Harpers Ferry and Falling Waters, Virginia. Closer to home, word […]
Finding Home: Indiana at 200, playing now at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, is a collaboration of more than 30 Indiana writers fiction writers, poets, journalists, historians and playwrights from across the state coming together to celebrate the state’s birthday. Interwoven with songs performed by Hoosier singer-songwriter Tim Grimm, this production allows you to delve into […]
It is real. Here we go. Another academic year is in full swing. Students are settled into routine and I am throwing a wrench into the works with a new project? National History Day. Thing is, they?re excited. They?re ready to tell the story of someone Taking a Stand, this year?s project theme. I have […]
When five photo albums documenting the activities of the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Red Cross arrived in the conservation lab looking a little worse for wear, conservation staff jumped into triage mode. The albums, with their brittle paper and failing adhesive tapes, were too unstable to be handled by library patrons or to be […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is offering free admission and several new art stations for the final year of its #BigDrawIndy event. On Saturday, Oct. 15, IHS will turn the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center into a giant art studio for #BigDrawIndy: Bicentennial Edition. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., guests can create […]
The IHS library was fortunate to receive issues of the Indianapolis Speedrome’s Pit Board, whichwere recentlycatalogedandmadeavailable to patrons. Our holdings represent 36 years of racing action (1977 to 2013) and include more than 800 weekly publications. These were distributed during the racing season and offered results, schedules, scoreboards and stories from the track. Other materials, […]
Getting the identifications of images right is something we take seriously. Sometimes it’s more difficult than others. Sometimes it seems impossible. We learn to live with the fact that many people don’t label family photographs many landscapes are impossible to pin down, and we can’t memorize the business districts of every town in Indiana. We […]
Getting the identifications of images right is something we take seriously. Sometimes it’s more difficult than others. Sometimes it seems impossible. We learn to live with the fact that many people don’t label family photographs many landscapes are impossible to pin down, and we can’t memorize the business districts of every town in Indiana. We […]
