“It was during these hard years of the early 1930s that mass groups of the parishioners departed in whole train loads for Mexico.” Silver Anniversary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, East Chicago, Indiana, 1927-1952 Part One of this blog series laid out how many individuals were repatriated to Mexico by 1932, how it was funded, […]
Ernest Merritt, born in Indianapolis two weeks after Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, would grow up to become the head of the physics department at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He worked closely with Edward Nichols, with whom he co-founded the important physics journal Physical Review. His biographical memoir on the National Academy of Sciences […]
A collection of materials from the Merritt family of Indianapolis, recently added to our collections, embodies the wide variety of activities in which they engaged. From early industrial success to service during the Civil War, parks, schools, women’s suffrage, elder care, and even an 8-year-old’s entrepreneurial spirit, it’s all here. George Merritt, once termed “the […]
This is part one of a two-part series. Within the last few years scholars, and the like, have continued to reflect on the complicated history of the United States; the known and not-so-well known. One of those events is the Mexican Repatriation Movement of the 1930s. Publicly, much of this narrative is focused on western […]
All aboard! When you visit the Indiana State Fair from July 29 through August 21, hop on board the Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS) Indiana History Train to check out an exhibit celebrating the heart of basketball in the United States. The Indiana History Train is three freight train cars on approximately 200 feet of standalone […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) proudly announces several Indiana students received special awards and honors at the National Contest for the National History Day (NHD) program held virtually from June 12-18. The prizes were announced during a virtual ceremony June 18 at University of Maryland, College Park. Each year at the National Contest, officials choose […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, From Indiana with Love: Photos and Stories from Cold War Indiana, opens June 11 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit, located in the Lanham Gallery, will explore documents and photos that portray Indiana’s role […]
A popular summer series returns to downtown Indianapolis with a spectacular lineup of entertainers. The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) invites guests to the 2022 Concerts on the Canal season along with Free Admission Thursdays, June 2 through July 14. All Concerts on the Canal performances are from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Eugene and […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, Documents That Shaped America, opens May 21 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. America’s founding was influenced by many different writers, philosophers, politicians and leaders. Beginning May 21, the IHS will showcase many of these significant […]
Indianapolis of the 19th and 20th centuries never had a large enough Asian population that would lend itself to create nor sustain an ethnic commercial corridor such as a “Chinatown.” This is partly due to a series of anti-Asian laws which stymied potential growth. From 1892 through 1948, Monument Circle would host a number of […]
