The Indiana Historical Bureau would not be what it is today without the vision and leadership of Director Pamela J. Bennett. Known to us simply as Pam, she passed away earlier this year, prompting …

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10.04.2025

Aliff Henley: From Enslavement to Indiana Matriarch – The Indiana History Blog

A version of this post was published in the Indiana Historical Society’s Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History 34, no. 4 (Fall 2022). On the first Monday in November 1801, a landowner name…

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06.06.2025

Charlie & Ike: From Capitol Hill to St. Joseph’s College – The Indiana History Blog

On a muggy September afternoon, gregarious Congressman Charles A. Halleck, flanked by wife Blanche and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, blinked back tears. Known for his oratorical prowess, R…

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11.06.2025

The Case of Agnes Szabo: Bootlegger, Entrepreneur, Whistleblower – The Indiana History Blog

Agnes Szabo came of age in South Bend in the early 1920s, when the Volstead Act had driven liquor sales underground and bootlegging routes became as common as postal deliveries. The post-World War …

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