INDIANAPOLIS (March 11, 2024) — 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 Northwest region contest on Saturday, March 9. The contest included students from Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall and St. Joseph counties. Approximately 300 students took […]
INDIANAPOLIS (March 6, 2024) — 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 IPS region contest on Wednesday, March 6. The contest included students from Marion County. Approximately 25 students took part in Wednesday’s contest at Indiana […]
INDIANAPOLIS (March 4, 2024) — 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 West region contest on Saturday, March 2. The contest included students from Parke and Sullivan counties. Approximately 32 students took part in Saturday’s contest […]
INDIANAPOLIS (March 1, 2024) — Do you like history? Are you interested in helping guide Hoosier students in their research and projects for the 2024 National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) contests? The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is looking for volunteers around the state of Indiana to serve as judges — and there is a […]
Four new Indiana county historians have been appointed in Greene, Howard, Steuben and Vermillion counties. New Greene County Historian Paula Baird grew up in rural Greene County on a farm that was homesteaded in 1837 by her second great grandfather. Now she is the fifth generation to own and farm that land, living in the […]
INDIANAPOLIS (February 26, 2023) — 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 region contest on Saturday, February 24. The contest included students from Brown, Hamilton, Hendricks, Lawrence, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Shelby and Washington counties. Approximately […]
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 Northeast region contest on Saturday, February 17. The contest included students from Allen, DeKalb, Kosciusko, Noble, St. Joseph and Whitley counties. Approximately 138 students took part in Saturday’s contest […]
On Tuesday, February 6, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) hosts a panel discussion with a group of prominent historians on the importance of Black newspapers to the construction of the historical narrative. “Power and Impact of the Black Press” takes place Tuesday, February 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick […]
On Saturday, January 27, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) celebrates “Eva Education Day” in Indiana, an annual day of recognition honoring Eva Mozes Kor, Indiana’s most prominent Holocaust survivor, who was 10 years old when her family was taken to Auschwitz. IHS invites guests to the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, Circus City, opens January 20 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit explores the circus primarily as a story of people and labor in the 20th century, examining different aspects of the circus in the […]
