The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is proud to announce the winners of its 2023 Festival of Trees holiday exhibit! This year’s Festival of Trees took place November 10 through January 6, featuring a winter wonderland of 78 elaborately-decorated trees representing individuals, families and organizations from around Indiana. Visitors to Festival of Trees were able to […]
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of my service as editor of the Indiana Historical Society’s quarterly popular history magazine Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Since its debut in 1989, Traces has featured nonfiction, narrative articles that are solidly researched, attractively written, and amenable to illustration. In shepherding nearly 100 issues to print, I […]
This is the second installment in our new bimonthly blog series “Revisiting Old Questions.” You can find the first article here. In reviewing a new box of correspondence files from the depths of IHS history, I stumbled upon another great question. This one came from a man in Mitchell, Indiana almost 50 years ago, written […]
Unpopular opinion, I am not a huge fan of “A Christmas Story.” The movie adaptation is 40 years old now, but the origin of the story is that of Indiana author Jean Shepherd’s 1966 book, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. This opinion is probably particularly sacrilegious as I grew up in Northwest […]
In honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s service to communities, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is celebrating community and Dr. King’s birthday through music and story as part of a daylong celebration on Monday, January 15. Guests are invited to enjoy free admission and special programs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at […]
“What Our Patients Have Taught Us: Physicians Reflect on Lessons Learned about Life, Themselves and Their Profession” is the latest book from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, featuring more than 100 stories from physicians and other health care providers detailing how a specific patient enriched their lives through their interactions. The book serves as […]
I’ve decided to expand my surname list by reaching out to my colleagues. Luckily, we’re all a curious sort, so a long list of new surnames and connections to research suddenly appeared. This month’s article features my long-time coworker and friend Susan’s family, the Stanfields. For more than 40 years IHS has had a collection […]
In the latest book from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, “Families of Two Fires: Forging America’s Frontier, 1776-1832,” author Randall Wisehart tells a fictional version of the true tale of Richard Rue and George Holman, whose families came to Kentucky in 1776. As part of George Rogers Clark’s militia, the young men fought the […]
Join The Dance Refinery for special vignette performances of The Nutcracker, featuring local dancers and your favorite characters from the ballet! Performances take place at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 16 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. Seating opens 15 […]
McGuire Studio Inc., owned and operated by Joseph and Georgia McGuire, documented the built environment, businesses, people, and events around greater Indianapolis from the 1960s-1990s. Their body of work has been archived as the Joseph and Georgia McGuire Photograph Collection at the Indiana Historical Society. They took many iconic photos of aerial views and landmarks […]
