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 Central region contest on Saturday, March 11. The contest included students from Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison and Marion counties. Approximately 204 students took part in Saturday’s contest, with […]
INDIANAPOLIS (March 6, 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, March 4. The contest included students from Brown, Monroe, Perry, Shelby and Washington counties. Approximately 70 students took part in Saturday’s […]
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 1. The contest included students from Marion County. Approximately 33 students took part in Wednesday’s contest, with finalists advancing to the 2023 NHDI […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, Chuck Taylor All Star, opens March 4 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit explores the story of the man, Charles Hollis Taylor — better known as “Chuck” Taylor — and his iconic Converse All […]
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, February 25. The contest included students from Parke and Sullivan counties. Approximately 43 students took part in Saturday’s contest, with finalists advancing to the […]
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, February 18. The contest included students from Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall and St. Joseph counties. Approximately 173 students took part in Saturday’s contest, with finalists […]
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 11. The contest included students from DeKalb, Kosciusko, Marion and Whitley counties. Approximately 120 students took part in Saturday’s contest, with finalists advancing […]
Two new Indiana county historians have been appointed in both DeKalb and Washington counties, with their terms beginning January 1, 2023. New DeKalb County Historian Mary Hollabaugh-Diehl lives in northeast Indiana with her husband of 28 years and two children. She obtained her associate’s degree in dental hygiene in 2001 from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is looking for 300 volunteers around the state of Indiana to serve as judges for the 2023 National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) contests. NHDI is a yearlong program dedicated to enhancing history education in Indiana’s schools. Students in grades four through 12 explore a historical subject that fits under […]
On Saturday, January 28, 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 […]
