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Butler University. Anyone who has spent any time in Indianapolis has heard about this wonderful educational establishment. Its christening name …
I remember playing catch with my mother, not my father. My father, Gabriel Fraire, taught me plenty about sports. In …
Our digital collections have a new look! In early September our digital collection database, powered by OCLC’s CONTENTdm, underwent an …
Two years ago, the Indiana Historical Society received an unusual and distinctly unsettling gift. The real story would count among …
What do hot air balloons, elephants and lawyers have to do with the fight for female suffrage in Indiana? They were all …
Ever wanted to party like a suffragist? Well, now’s your chance. In the years leading up to the ratification of the …
If you are one of the nearly 4,000 readers of the Indiana Historical Society’s award-winning journal The Hoosier Genealogist: Connections, …
Sashes were a key way for women to show support for the fight to gain equal voting rights. While they came in …
I recently cataloged programs for Chautauqua gatherings in several cities throughout the state of Indiana: Delphi, Greensburg and Connersville. This …
On May 29, 1945, twenty-one days after German forces had surrendered to the victorious Allied armies, a father in Indianapolis …
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ExhibitsOpen 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through SaturdayOpen 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. SundayWilliam H. Smith Memorial LibraryOpen 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
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