November is Indigenous History month. Indigenous communities in present-day Indiana, existed for generations, several times over, before European contact. And they continue to exist today. Early European colonizers and American settlers came west into the Northwest Territory, to occupy land now known as the State of Indiana. Indigenous communities that existed before colonization were the […]
The Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS) 2021 Festival of Trees holiday exhibit features more trees, more festive family workshops and more chances to get into the holiday spirit. From November 12 through January 8, visitors can take part in the annual holiday extravaganza at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is proud to announce the 2021 Founders Day Award honorees. Each year, the Founders Day Awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history on local, regional and statewide levels. The IHS will honor Founders Day Award […]
In the latest release from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, “Painter of the Dunes: A Life of Frank Virgil Dudley,” author Rachel Berenson Perry chronicles the creative life of the artist whose fascination with the Indiana Dunes helped establish it as a state park in 1925. Once his photographer brother introduced him to the […]
In my last blog post, Return to Rare Book School, Part I, I discussed the “Descriptive Bibliography: The Fundamentals” course I took from David Whitesell, Curator at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia. I also touched on the following elements of a basic bibliographical description: format, collational formula, and statement […]
During the first week of August, I was fortunate to attend Rare Book School for the second time. In June 2019, I spent a week at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, taking the “Rare Book Cataloging” course. It was an incredible experience, chock-full of lessons, lectures, hands-on practice, and various outings in and around UVA’s […]
Today, Mexican restaurants are easy to find around the city of Indianapolis. But in the 1960s you would see the emergence of these restaurants and an interest in Latin American cuisine. A 1963 Indianapolis Star article would define a taco as a “Mexican Sandwich.” To clarify, a Mexican sandwich is a torta or lonche. Authentic […]
In November of 2002 at Union Station in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana’s first and only foreign consulate would open its doors to support Mexican citizens. However, this is not the first time in Indiana’s history that there existed a foreign consulate office in Indiana. On that day, no one realized this history began 95 years earlier. […]
In “25 Sugarland Road: Letters of Love and War, 1943-1945,” the latest release from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, author Judy McBride Bentley tells her parents’ story through excerpts from more than 200 letters filled with wonder, anxiety, yearning and a strong sense of family during a time their views of the world and […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, Indiana Lore: Tracing the Roots of Indiana’s Tall Tales, is now open at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit takes a look at many of Indiana’s local legends — from the Beast of Busco, the […]
