A retired U.S. Department of Defense employee who serves as a volunteer at the Monocacy National Battlefield, Gail Stephens, author of the new IHS Press book Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War, also lectures on the Civil War, teaches courses at area colleges and gives battlefield tours. Here she talks […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society will host a display of historic timepieces – including clocks and watches with Indiana connections – presented by members of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Indiana Chapter 18, on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. The History Center, home of the IHS […]
History is the past, right? The stuff of long ago dates, names and places. History is what has happened. It is not what is happening or what is going to happen. History, then, is trivia. Truthfully, in too many cases, history is nothing more than trivia. When history is used solely to create timelines and […]
Have you ever read a book by a ghost? It is unlikely that many of us have, but at least one author of the late 19th century has presented us with one we can. Being the cataloger of printed items here at the Indiana Historical Society has its advantages. On a regular basis, I get […]
Indianapolis—In anticipation of the 2011 bicentennial of the first steamboat to successfully voyage down the Ohio River, the Indiana Historical Society will launch its newest traveling exhibition—Steamboat a Comin’: The Legacy of the New Orleans. Sponsored by the Rivers Institute at Hanover College, Steamboat a Comin’ will highlight this travel method’s impact on western expansion […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society will kick off its three-part Indiana Town Hall Series, covering the subject of environmental concerns, on Thursday, Oct. 21. This month’s free program, State & Regional Environment Issues & Opportunities, will take place in the Frank and Katrina Basile Theater at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. The History […]
Sometimes the work of a history researcher can be a wonderful journey of finding clues and solving mysteries. However, sometimes it can be just the opposite. There are times when the clues just don?t add up and the pieces do not fall into place with ease. Such has been the case with a recent project […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society will welcome Covering America in the 1950s and early 1960s: The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, which will open Oct. 8 and run through Feb. 19, 2011. The exhibition will be on display in the Rose McKee Lanham Gallery at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. The History Center, home […]
We are so busy …[Jeff writes] Local History Services department of the Indiana Historical Society has been very busy traveling the state. It feels like the department is juggling multiple balls, plates and a few sharp objects. [Jeff tosses the blog to Stacy][Stacy catches the blog and writes] Jeff and I are getting ready to […]
If you have old family photos that you would like to preserve and pass on to your children or grandchildren, you?ll want to attend Joan Hostetler?s workshop, Care and Identification of Historic Family Photographs.? It will be held in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center?s Multipurpose Room on the canal level, from 9 […]
