Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society Press is proud to announce the release of For Duty and Destiny: The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator. Edited by author and educator Lloyd A. Hunter, this biographical book explores the life of William Taylor Stott, native Hoosier and Franklin college graduate. William […]
I?ve overseen the preservation of thousands of the historic maps, manuscripts and other works on paper in our collection for many years, and I thought it might be good to let others know about how to preserve some of their family treasures. You know, the kinds of things that everyone has in a box up […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) and the Hoosier Heritage Alliance (HHA) have received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections implementation grant in the amount of $246,100. It is one of only six institutions in the nation to receive grants this cycle. Statewide Implementation Grants, an important component of the IMLS […]
IHS hosts renowned genealogist Tony Burroughs on Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. The Six Phases of African-American Genealogy are what Burroughs has identified as the building blocks of African-American family history research. Because researchers do not get far only entering family names in […]
Every now and then it is fun to take advantage of what some of our special award donors have offered to the National History Day in Indiana program. As sponsors of the Outstanding Women’s Sports History Award at the National History Day in Indiana State Contest on April 16, the Indiana Fever have generously offered […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society will offer a one-time class with internationally-known genealogist Tony Burroughs called The Six Phases of African-American Genealogy on Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to noon. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, home of the IHS and its Indiana Experience, is located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown […]
Indianapolis—Downtown Indianapolis offers visitors a wide variety of food, music and outdoor entertainment options…why not enjoy all three with the Indiana Historical Society’s weekly Concerts on the Canal? On Thursday evenings this summer, the IHS will host some of the area’s best performers. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, home of the IHS, […]
With district contests all wrapped up it is time to make our way down the home stretch in preparation for the big event of the year: the National History Day in Indiana State Contest. Marian University will be the home of the 2011 State Contest where district winners will present their work. Out of the […]
The LHS team Jeannette, Stacy and I and Jeanne Scheets, IHS vice president of marketing, met this week with board members from Indiana Deaf Heritage Inc. at the Indiana School for the Deaf. The campus is in Indy on 42nd Street near my favorite soft pretzel place A Taste of Philly. One of the photos […]
In November 2010, my family and I had the great honor to be invited to a naturalization ceremony. Kidist, a young Ethiopian woman who had married a friend, asked us to share her special day. We jumped at the opportunity as U.S.-born citizens, we had never witnessed a naturalization ceremony. The ceremony was held in […]
