The Indiana State Fair has just ended kids and adults have gotten their kicks screaming on rides, eating all sorts of fried concoctions, and checking out the many things on display from pigs to jams. If you?re missing the fair already, stop by the fair exhibit on display in the library. Postcards, photos, premium catalogues […]
It seems that the fireworks have only just died down in my neighborhood and I must say I like things a bit quieter. But if you, like my neighbors, can’t get enough of Fourth of July celebrations, you should pop in to check out our Patriotic Posters exhibit. The library has many posters from WWI […]
Have you ever heard the saying that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover? Well, in a library exhibit that’s exactly what we did. Instead of picking books for their literary or historical value, we searched for books that had interesting features. After all, just as there is an art to writing well, there?s […]
The Preservation Imaging Lab recently completed the Clowes Family Digital Collection, the largest collection to be digitized by IHS to date. The IHS Preservation Imaging Department, headed by David Turk, and technician Abigail Pratt (me), along with other part-time staff, utilized the majority of our equipment to accomplish this. Three high resolution scanning stations, a […]
The William H. Smith Memorial Library collects and preserves the history of Indiana including old letters, maps, and photographs so that they are available for future generations. In an earlier post I gave an overview of the IHS research library. Creating and maintaining a healthy and accessible collection is hard work and a never-ending cycle! […]
We just celebrated National Archives Month at the Indiana Historical Society! Did you know that IHS has some of Indiana’s greatest historical treasures? If you visit the William H. Smith Memorial Library located on the second floor (eye level with our hanging clocks) you will find yourself in a room with tables, chairs, books and […]
Despite a rich history, very little is known about the African-American experience from the state’s founding to the Civil War era. With the exception of a handful of monographs, graduate papers and journal articles, few publications have been written that focus on this history. Over the past 30 years, various research projects related to early […]
Journalism in America experienced dramatic growth and development during the Civil War Era. It was the first time an American war had been covered by the press, and there was an extremely high demand for information throughout the country. In order to accommodate the public?s need for news regarding the war, journalists began to use […]
Our senior director of Collections asked me once about some of my gee whiz? moments here, which got me to thinking about the interesting people I?ve encountered in my work. We?re always excited to share our collections with book publishers, documentary producers and the public. Last year, I really enjoyed being able to share photographs […]
Abe Lincoln here. Although it has been 100, two score, and eight years since I was shot to death while attending a play with my Mary, Major Rathbone and his fianc?e, Miss Harris, I decided to stop by the Lanham Gallery on the fourth floor of the History Center to see the exhibition commemorating the […]
