Indianapolis– The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is seeking out nominations for seven annual awards given out at the Founders Day Dinner each year. With these awards, the IHS recognizes outstanding individuals whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history on local, regional and statewide levels. The IHS […]
Our senior director of Collections asked me once about some of my gee whiz? moments here, which got me to thinking about the interesting people I?ve encountered in my work. We?re always excited to share our collections with book publishers, documentary producers and the public. Last year, I really enjoyed being able to share photographs […]
Indianapolis—Indiana was well represented at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park (June 9-13), with 57 students competing and five projects reaching the finals and/or receiving special awards. They include: Cole Smith (Pittsboro, Ind.) Winner of Irish or Irish-American History Prize (a trip to Ireland), sponsored […]
Indianapolis—Summer is a great time to work on gathering and organizing family history, and the Indiana Historical Society (IHS), will offer a two workshops this summer that can help with those efforts—Timelines on June 22 and Start With What You Know on July 27. Both programs will take place throughout the Eugene and Marilyn Glick […]
Indianapolis—Summer is a great time to work on gathering and organizing family history, and the Indiana Historical Society (IHS), will offer a two workshops this summer that can help with those efforts—Timelines on June 22 and Start With What You Know on July 27. Both programs will take place throughout the Eugene and Marilyn Glick […]
Did anyone else catch the Scripp’s Spelling Bee on ESPN last week? My wife and I caught the last half of the final contest, and since we both work with kids of varying ages, we love watching the personalities and “quirks” of the students. I was also impressed that ESPN, the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS), along with several community partners, will offer a fun-filled evening of food, drink, information and the undead with its Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse program on Wednesday, June 19, at 7 p.m. The event will take place throughout the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. […]
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In March, I wrote a blog post about our collaboration with Decatur Middle School and Valley Mills Elementary School on an activity for our upcoming Indiana Bicentennial Train project. I met with this group of bright young people last week and wanted to share their idea. The team chose a 1907 railroad map from our […]
Abe Lincoln here. Although it has been 100, two score, and eight years since I was shot to death while attending a play with my Mary, Major Rathbone and his fianc?e, Miss Harris, I decided to stop by the Lanham Gallery on the fourth floor of the History Center to see the exhibition commemorating the […]
