The Indiana Historical Society is proud to announce its newest exhibit, The Electric Railway: Indiana’s Interurbans, which will celebrate the history and importance of Indiana’s interurban electric railway system. The exhibit opened on Saturday, March 15, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. Interurbans, electric railways running within cities and between cities and […]
I am in the process of digitizing and cataloging a collection of nearly 100 historic Junior League of Indianapolis (JLI) member portraits, which my coworker Matt Holdzkom wrote about in his blog Haunting and Elegant last year. As Matt noted, the photographs are a “rare visual record of these women” at the center of the […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) proudly announces that a group of Indiana students has been selected to advance to the National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) State Contest after two successful regional contests on Saturday, March 8. The finalists listed below will advance to the 2025 NHDI State Contest on April 26 at Marian University […]
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 Central region contest on Saturday, March 1. The contest included students from Brown, Bartholomew, Hamilton, Hendricks, Knox and Marion counties. Approximately 100 students took part in Saturday’s contest […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) proudly announces that a group of IPS students has been selected to advance to the National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) State Contest after a successful regional contest on Wednesday, February 26. The finalists listed below will advance to the 2025 NHDI State Contest on April 26 at Marian University […]
Sometimes you acquire a collection for one reason and then are pleasantly surprised at the unrelated richness of the material. Let me explain. In 2016 we received donations from the daughter of Mercer Mance and Kathalyn Stuart Mance. This was a collection of things acquired by our dear departed friend and colleague Wilma Gibbs Moore. […]
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 Northwest region contest on Saturday, February 22. The contest included students from Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Porter and St. Joseph counties. Approximately 265 students participated in Saturday’s contest at John […]
When examining European immigration to the United States and in Indiana in the first half of the 20th century, you hear about Germans, Poles, Italians, Irish and more. One such population that often goes statistically unnoticed are the Españoles or Spaniards. Their early 20th century migration period to the United States has been referred to […]
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 Northeast region contest on Saturday, February 15. The contest included students from DeKalb, Fulton, Lake, Noble and Whitley counties. Approximately 95 students took part in Saturday’s contest at Columbia […]
As February progresses, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) continues to commemorate Black History Month with insightful workshops and programs throughout the month. On Feb. 25, the IHS will host “That Sounds Like Black Excellence” – a homeschool workshop suggested for grades five through 12. In this workshop, participants will learn about the role of music […]
