In 1996 the American Welding Society designated April National Welding Month. This honors the trade and the skilled laborers who perform it. Many of the buildings we live and work in contain welds within their structures. Besides these, we encounter welded products throughout the day whether we realize it or not. So, let’s focus on […]
Greetings! My name is Rachel Lewchanin. I interned at IHS for the month of January. I am currently a senior history major (with a concentration in public history) at Taylor University. Before arriving at IHS, my main experience related to public history has been working at my university’s archives and special collections. [Public History describes […]
I LOVE peanut butter, I like peanuts. I grew up a typical 80s/90s kid consuming peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and marshmallow fluff (fluffernutter) sandwiches regularly. I always took enjoying peanuts for granted until my nephew was born with a severe peanut allergy which also became an allergy for my sister. While I […]
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 North Central region contest on Saturday, March 15. The contest included students from Boone, Hamilton, Madison and Marion counties. Approximately 276 students took part in Saturday’s contest at Carmel […]
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. […]
