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Indiana Historical Society Blog
31.01.2025
Overview of key celebration days for the month of January.
17.01.2025
Regan Alveal shares how photos of her grandmother ended up in the IHS Collections.
16.01.2025
IHS is offering a free event, "Asian Pacific American Treasures and Tales: A Smithsonian Event with Dr. Theodore S. Gonzalves" on Jan. 23, 2025.
14.01.2025
The Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS) Heritage Support Grants will continue thanks to a $5.6 million grant awarded by Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Amy Vedra looks at different soups and teas that have been a part of Indiana's history.
07.01.2025
Overview of the free admission and activities for MLK Day at the Indiana Historical Society on Jan. 20, 2025.
03.01.2025
Amy Vedra looks at the surname Johns and whether she is related to Art Johns, a circus painter from Peru, Indiana.
18.12.2024
IHS recently received a $48,000 grant to support its plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.
10.12.2024
Amy Vedra explores the different looks that ties can give people in this blog post about National Tie Month.
04.12.2024
Nicole Martinez-LeGrand looks at Phillip Gomez, and Indianapolis WWI veteran and resturant owner.
Overview of the grant that IHS received to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. throughout Indiana.
03.12.2024
Amy Vedra looks at the special days in November.
26.11.2024
Amy Vedra looks at the surname Maxwell and whether her colleague, Suzanne, is related to several Maxwell families in Indiana.
22.11.2024
Chloe Redman looks at how Indianapolis construction workers rotated an entire building in 1930.
19.11.2024
Amy Vedra looks at several photos and items in the IHS collections that highlight Aviation History Month.
13.11.2024
Overview of the 2024-25 Festival of Trees by the Indiana Historical Society
07.11.2024
Overview of the Indiana Historical Society's annual award honorees.
05.11.2024
Amy Vedra looks at the surnames Lewis, Spencer and Herndon and whether she is related to any of these families.
01.11.2024
Overview of a famous murduer in 1936 in Churubsco, Indiana.
29.10.2024
This blog summarizes the history of the annual Whodunit? murder mystery event held at IHS.
23.10.2024
Amy Vedra looks at multiple Hoosier photographers and their contribution to the state's history.
19.10.2024
Chloe Redman looks at the history of women's suffrage in Indiana.
17.10.2024
Amy Vedra looks at what it means to be from "The Region" of Indiana.
01.10.2024
Amy Vedra looks at the surname Cheek and whether her colleague, Tamara, is related to the Cheek family responsible for Maxwell House coffee
25.09.2024
Amy Vedra looks at National National Hotel Employee Day and National Teddy Bear day across Indiana during the month of September.
21.09.2024
Frederick Whitford explores the beginning of the Purdue Extension Agent program and the agents’ work through the Great Depression and World War II.
19.09.2024
Amy Vedra looks at National Potato Month and the vegetable's ties to Indiana.
12.09.2024
Nicole Martinez-Legrand looks at the history of Latino and Hispanic Heritage Month in Indiana.
Overview of the newest book from IHS Press, "An Unusual Urban History of Indianapolis"
06.09.2024
Overview of the IHS activities and offerings for the upcoming Latino and Hispanic Heritage Month.
31.08.2024
Celebration Days in August
30.08.2024
Amy Vedra looks at golf in Indiana through several photos in the IHS collections.
28.08.2024
Amy Vedra looks at the surname Cleveland and whether she is related to President Grover Cleveland.
27.08.2024
Regan Steimel provides an overview of the new image ordering system at the IHS.
23.08.2024
Nicole Martinez-Legrand looks at the history of the Fiestas Patrias parade in Indiana Harbor (East Chicago) over the past 100 years.
20.08.2024
Matt Holdzkom explores his time over the past several months processing the historical records of the Junior League of Indianapolis.
03.08.2024
Nicole Martinez-Legrand looks at the Women’s Department Club in Indianapolis, as it hosted Miss Li Ling-Ai, who was celebrated as a Chinese feminist.
30.07.2024
Nicole Martinez-Legrand looks at the Viva Kennedy campaign in the 1960s and its ties to Indiana.
26.07.2024
Amy Vedra looks at the surname Roudebush and whether an IHS colleague is related to former Republican U.S. Congressman, Richard L. Roudebush.
20.07.2024
Ellie Harrison looks at a few special celebration days that are specific to July.