The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) proudly announces more than 300 students from schools across the state took part in the 2022 National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) State Contest on Saturday, April 30 at Marian University in Indianapolis. NHDI is a year-long program dedicated to enhancing history education in Indiana’s schools. NHDI is a project-based, […]
As we’ve explored Sylvia Dichner’s life (Part I and Part II) in Indianapolis, we have encountered the man who would become her husband, Isadore “Izzy” Weiss. While Sylvia’s story connects us to life in Indianapolis as a young working person in the Great Depression, Isadore’s life links the past with the unfortunate current events we […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) invites you and your book-loving friends to enjoy free admission to the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center as part of Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 30. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., guests can shop the Basile History Market’s brand-new product lines and get amazing prices on […]
Sylvia’s World was, especially by today’s quick and far moving standards, contained to a fairly small area- mostly her neighborhood and her workplace, peppered in with some trips to the downtown commercial center of Indianapolis. There was no talk of vacations, aside from a quick excursion on the train that would take her overnight to […]
The crowd that gathered at the Broadway Christian Center at Seventeenth and Broadway Streets on Indianapolis’s near northside for an outdoor rally on a cold and windy evening on April 4, 1968, appeared to be in a festive mood despite the weather and late hour. They were going to be among the first in the […]
The Indiana Historical Society is excited to announce that the National History Day in Indiana State Contest is in-person this year! After a couple of years of being virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students from across the state of Indiana will gather at Marian University (located on the near northwest side of Indianapolis). On […]
Recently I have been reprocessing the collection of Hugh D. Studabaker (1869-1943). Studabaker was a thorough diarist and completed exactly one diary page for every day of his adult life. On particularly eventful days, like the time he and his family attended the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Studabaker simply wrote smaller and filled the […]
Registration is now open for the 2022 Midwestern Roots research conference presented by the Indiana Historical Society (IHS), taking place Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16, with a pre-conference on Thursday, July 14, at Indianapolis Marriott East, located at 7202 E. 21st Street. Midwestern Roots aims to connect people to their family story with […]
Indiana’s history is deeply rooted in agriculture from family farms to large-scale corporations, the last week of March is National Farmworker Awareness Week, recognizing their contributions and current issues they face. For over 100 years, foreign farmworkers would be a part of Indiana’s agricultural history. From beets to beef cattle, there is more than corn […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) proudly announces students have been selected to advance to the National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) State Contest after a successful South region contest on Saturday, March 12. The contest included students from Bartholomew, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Kosciusko, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Shelby, Vanderburgh and Washington counties. Approximately 80 students took […]
