Research

We have online tools to get your research off on the right track. Find some notable Hoosiers, naturalization and early black settlements records and more.

The William H. Smith Memorial Library has a broad spectrum of material documenting the history of Indiana from its early exploration and settlement to the present.

Find your family's connection to the Hoosier State. We have online resources, programs and publications to make your journey a little easier.

In addition to conserving our own collection, we provide outreach services in the form of consultations, site visits, collection assessments and preservation workshops to nonprofit historical societies, museums and special collection libraries.

Thanks to our partnership with The Remnant Trust, you can access a collection of rare, printed materials from some of the most important documents in Western culture.