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Tuesday through Saturday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Indiana Experience Admission
Free IHS MembersFree Children under 5$9 Adult$8 Seniors 60 and older$5 Youth ages 5 through 17
Free parking with admission in lot off New York.
Notable Hoosiers
Research MaterialsFloor Plans
Hoosiers who made their marks
Hoosiers have long history or statewide and national accomplishments in a variety of areas and disciplines. Here’s a list of the notable people with a connection to the Hoosier State. Some names include links to images and/or biographical essays. An asterisk indicates the person was not born in Indiana.
Hoosier Facts and FunFor the young and young at heart.
Activists
Actors
Claude Akins
James Best*
Monte Blue (biographical essay)
Avery Brooks
Chad Everett
Vivica A. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Will Geer (biographical essay)
Ron Glass
Florence Henderson
Greg Kinnear
Shelly Long
Karl Malden* (biographical essay)
Steve McQueen
Betsy Palmer
Meshach Taylor*
Michael Warren
Clifton Webb
Dick York
Artists
John Hardrick
Felrath Hines
Janet Scudder
Otto Stark
Aviators and Astronauts
Joseph P. Allen
Frank Borman
Jerry Ross
Donald Williams
Wilbur Wright
Authors
Theodore Dreiser
Shirley Graham DuBois
Mari Evans*
Annie Fellows Johnston (biographical essay)
Ross Lockridge, Jr. (biographical essay)
Jean Shepard*
James Alexander Thom
Dan Wakefield
Jessamyn West
Business
Cartoonist
Norman Bridwell (Clifford)
Jim Davis (Garfield)
Johnny Gruelle* (Raggedy Ann) (biographical essay)
Kin Hubbard* (Abe Martin) (biographical essay)
Dale Messick (Brenda Starr)
Bill Peet (Disney animator)
Tom Ryan (Tumbleweeds)
Comedians/Clowns
Designers
Early Indiana Legends
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed)*
Catharine and Levi Coffin* (biographical essay)
John and William Conner*
Educators
Eliza Blaker (biographical essay)
Alfred Kinsey*
Explorers
Film/TV/Theater/Dance
David Anspaugh
Gretchen Cryer
Madelyn Pugh Davis
Howard Hawks
Angelo Pizzo
Sydney Pollack
Steve Tesich*
Twyla Tharp
Matt Williams
Inventors
Journalists
Margaret C. Anderson
Janet Flanner (biographical essay)
Brian Lamb
Jane Pauley
William Raspberry*
Tavis Smiley*
Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Judges
Medicine/Science
Percy Julian (Chemist)*
Mariah Mendenhall (Midwife)
James Mooney (Ethnology/Anthropology)
Richard Royce Schrock
Musicians
May Frances Aufderheide
Joshua Bell
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds
Gaither Family
Crystal Gayle*
Josef Gingold*
Freddie Hubbard
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson (biographical essay)
John Mellencamp
Bill Monroe*
Oliver Nelson
Sandi Patty*
Axl Rose (William Bailey)
David Lee Roth
Constance LeRoy Runcie
Steve Wariner
Notorious
Politics
Walter Q. Gresham
Harry S. New
Sports
Andretti family*
Mike Aulby
Bettenhausen family
Larry Bird
Anita DeFrantz*
Jeff Gordon*
Bob Griese
Tom Harmon (biographical essay)
Gil Hodges (biographical essay)
Don Mattingly
Tony Stewart
John Wooden
Fuzzy Zoeller
Naturalization Records
People from all over the world making Indiana home.
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Early black Settlements
Free and formerly enslaved blacks pre-Civil War made Indiana home.
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Railroad Symposia Essays
Essays from the Midwest Railroad Research Center railroad history symposia.
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Historical Business Register
Recognizing Indiana companies that have been in business for a century or more.
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Indiana Newspapers on Microfilm
Browse and purchase reels of microfilm of Indiana newspapers.
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