INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Historical Society has appointed Jody Blankenship as President and CEO. Blankenship, a long-time leader at some of the country’s most distinguished state historical societies, joins the Indiana Historical Society after serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Historical Society. The Indiana Historical Society, one of the largest and most prominent historical societies […]
From The Hoosier Genealogist: Connections, Spring/Summer 2018. To receive Connections twice a year, join IHS and enjoy this and other member benefits. Back issues of Connections are available through the Basile History Market. Just outside the small village of Alton, Crawford County, Indiana, where the Little Blue River empties into the Ohio River, a lumber mill owned by Abraham N. Peckinpaugh and Lycurgus Harrison […]
INDIANAPOLIS—The latest recipient of the Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS’s) Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award has contributed to an awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history—locally, statewide, regionally, and even nationally—for decades. IHS is proud to recognize Robert G. Barrows of Indianapolis with the prestigious award, given annually to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to […]
Something exciting has been happening for the IHS Press and the IHS Library. We’re doing a couple of new digitization projects that will bring out an amazing trove of primary sources. The first of these projects is being finished as I write this. William Henry Harrison is often looked upon as a curiosity – son […]
From Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Summer 2018. To receive Traces four times a year, join IHS and enjoy this and other member benefits. Back issues of Traces are available through the Basile History Market. The first thing you notice are his eyes—clear, brown, friendly, and full of life. But I have to admit, I was immediately searching behind those glasses for signs. […]
I grabbed a handful of Omaha Beach sand from the bucket and with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes and rubbed the dark particles into the name on the cross. Joseph M. Jordan, E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Indiana, June 6th, 1944 My student and I gently cleaned […]
25 individuals with an age range of 43 to 100 years 1,947 minutes of audio 3,935 miles traveled 1,200 pages of transcripts 100 years of documented history into a 188-year-old collection In the fall of 2016, I started traveling around the state for the Latino Collecting Initiative. I talked to 25 pioneering individuals who sat […]
Twitter. Instagram. Facebook. Oh My! I spend the first hour of my day drinking coffee and checking social media for the newest articles on education, museums, history and the like. I seek other masters in their fields looking for more ways to empower educators, enhance learning across the state and normally find a few stories […]
From The Hoosier Genealogist: Connections, Spring/Summer 2018. To receive Connections twice a year, join IHS and enjoy this and other member benefits. Back issues of Connections are available through the Basile History Market. “Dear Diary”—These two simple words invite readers, suggesting that the journal will reveal details about a person, perhaps even the person’s innermost thoughts and feelings, as well as details about significant […]
Father Boniface Hardin was born in 1933 and dedicated his life to serving others, especially the disenfranchised. After being ordained a priest at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Hardin accepted the associate pastor position at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Indianapolis. His arrival in 1965 followed the church’s recent transition from having a predominantly white congregation to […]
