Hot from the Development Office: The Cole Porter Scholarship for Indiana Musical Heritage Indiana?s past is filled with the stories of musical legends. From the jazz clubs of old Indiana Avenue to the contributions of greats like Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael, Indiana?s singers, songwriters and composers have made incredible contributions to the American music […]
The Local History Services Department recently went out on an afternoon of team-building to Petite Chou, a French caf? in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis. They have lots of interesting food, but we all had dessert crepes. I had banana and brown sugar; Jeannette had chocolate and berries; Tamara had caramel and apple; and […]
Back in March, I blogged about a visit to the Indiana Deaf Heritage Museum located at the Indiana School for the Deaf. They were in the process of moving their museum and setting up a new exhibit. We met and chatted about how they might reach their audience by developing compelling stories that would help […]
I?ve been talking a lot lately about the variety of ways that people learn. I?m a text learner. I like to read and follow directions because it appeals to my orderly sense of the world or perhaps to the sense of order I impose on the world. (My nickname isn?t Spreadsheet Girl for nothing.) Jeff, […]
When you think about elections, you don?t often consider electing an official who was thought to have died years before the election ever took place. The people of Indiana do not appear to have had any qualms about doing just that in the fall of 1928 for the state?s highest office. Harry G. Leslie was […]
I am excited to announce that we have three brand-new awards secured for the 2012 National History DayinIndiana State Contest, and I have a feeling our students are going to be excited about these too! Here are the awards: Thomas Krasean Prize for Indiana History will be awarded to the creator(s) of an outstanding project […]
I?d like to talk a little about books now. Books are complex objects. They?re made from a variety of materials that behave in varying ways as they age. Paper or parchment can be used for the pages (or leaves). Wood or pressed cardboard can be used for the book boards. Cloth, thread, glue and leather […]
Paper was invented in China where they had their own methods, but most historic papers in North America come from the tradition of hand papermaking that was present in Europe. Large vats of cotton and linen fibers suspended in water were stirred up, and a frame called a mould was dipped in the slurry. The […]
Not too long ago, the Local History Services department was on the road to Washington, Ind., and we stopped for lunch at Stoll?s Lakeview Restaurant. I made my dessert decision by looking at what everyone else chose and asking how they liked their choices.. They even offered to let me taste their desserts before I […]
These days, the exhibitions staff is hard at work on the next You Are There project, recreating a photograph of Fannie Kaplan cooking in her kitchen on the south side of Indianapolis. This photograph, part of the Jewish Welfare Federation Collection in the Indiana Historical Society library, shows Mrs. Kaplan, whose family has just moved […]
