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November is Indigenous History month. Indigenous communities in present-day Indiana, existed for generations, several times over, before European contact. And …
As I wrote in Part 1, I recently learned about a clever conservation technique that turned out to be the …
Conservation is an ever-changing field, with new techniques, materials and approaches to preserving cultural heritage materials being continuously developed and …
Part of my job as a catalog librarian involves tackling backlogged items. Bringing them out of the shadows and making …
Many have been taking greater advantage of opportunities recently presented at home to sift through cupboards, closets, attic storage spaces …
The Indiana Historical Society's Archive staff receives donated collections all the time, and first look to see if the papers …
Feature photo: Portrait of Elizabeth Riddle, from our Highland Vicinity Neighborhood Collection, suffers from many of the common problems with crayon …
Mayday. Mayday. You never want to hear that international distress signal. But when you do, you want to have a plan …
We receive donations to our collection like certificates, panorama photographs and broadsides that have been rolled, which are difficult to …
My favorite part of working at IHS is the challenge of conserving objects and stabilizing them so that they can …
