In the Fall/Winter 2023 issue of Connections magazine, available through the IHS Member Login tab, Purdue University Extension specialist Frederick Whitford writes of the beginning of the Purdue Extension Agent program and the agents’ work through the Great Depression and World War II. The article is based on a book Whitford authored about the same […]
As a meat and potatoes kinda gal, there are very few preparations of the vegetable known as the humble potato that I won’t eat. Growing up, we wouldn’t classify it as a vegetable because of its high starch content, but the USDA does, so why can’t we? Potatoes also have a notorious Indiana tie thanks […]
The newest book from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, “An Unusual Urban History of Indianapolis” by Connie J. Zeigler, details the unsung, underappreciated or lost-to-memory people, places and culture of the Hoosier state’s capital city. Throughout the book, Zeigler takes columns that appeared monthly in the Indianapolis Urban Times newspaper between November 2007 and […]
Latino and Hispanic Heritage month (September 15- October 15) brings up a lot of questions and retrospection on what it means to be Latino or Hispanic in the United States. Here are some common questions and insights based on years of presentations and Q&A panels. Background Information About Hispanic Heritage Month: It first began as […]
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 9, 2024) – The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is celebrating the rich history of Latino and Hispanic culture with a variety of events, activities and celebrations during Latino and Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 14-Oct. 12, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. For four weeks, visitors can view and learn about […]
I am not an avid golfer. I do have a set of clubs. I’ve played a few rounds of 9 holes and one or two of 18. I enjoy the driving range when I get a chance, which, admittedly, it hasn’t been in a LONG time. However, I can still enjoy the game, and I […]
Many family historians are thrilled when they can connect famous people to their own genealogy. This month I attempted to tie my 4x great-grandmother with a presidential surname to Grover Cleveland (trivia: His first name was actually Stephen). The president in question had several Hoosier connections. Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president, uniquely he […]
Have you ever wished for the ability to shop online for images depicting Hoosier History? Well, now you can! Just this month the Indiana Historical Society has made over 90,000 digital assets more accessible by launching our high-resolution image ordering system. Previously, if you wanted to order a high-resolution image from our digital image site […]
Sunday, September 15, 2024, will be the 100th anniversary of the Fiestas Patrias parade in Indiana Harbor (East Chicago). One hundred years ago, this Mexican American community, coupled with the smaller community in Gary, gathered to celebrate Mexico’s Independence from Spain (1821). However, this inaugural Indiana parade had a deeper meaning. The early Mexican American […]
Director of Collections Management Maire Gurevitz (aka my supervisor) and I have spent most of 2024 processing the records of the Junior League of Indianapolis, or JLI. The JLI is a women’s service organization that uses the power of voluntarism to affect positive change in our community. The Junior League has its roots in the […]
