Articles tagged as: Indiana Historical Society
February 26, 2025
State’s proposed budget could cost Indiana Historical Society its building
Provisions in the state’s draft budget could leave the Indiana Historical Society in a bind, possibly without a building.
Read MoreJuly 11, 2022
Grant helps to add records to Indiana Jewish Historical Society Digital Collection
The Indiana Historical Society has added more than 5,000 new scans to its Indiana Jewish Historical Society digital collection.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2020
New Exhibit Illuminates Pioneering Indiana Recording Studio
A lot of Americas most important music was recorded in a one-story studio that sat in a Richmond river gorge. The records from those sessions have continued to reverberate for almost a century, influencing Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Pete Seeger and countless others. But those who study Gennett have found that many still dont know how important the Richmond studio is to the history of jazz, blues, gospel and popular music. The Gennett studio building exists only in photos and record grooves now, but the Indiana Historical Society is drawing together these threads with You Are There 1927: Gennett Studio. The exhibit, which reopened Tuesday, re-creates the recording room and shows photos of musicians and documents like Carmichaels recording contract.
Read MoreApril 6, 2020
Historical Society Collecting Items To Tell Story Of Virus
The historical society that's been documenting the state's past since 1830 is for the first time collecting documents at the exact time the historic event is unfolding.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2019
Indiana Historical Society Issues Call To Action Ahead Of Indianapolis Bicentennial
WFYI's Taylor Bennett talks with Jordan Ryan about the Indianapolis History Collecting initiative.
Read MoreMay 16, 2019
Manning, Kor Head The 2019 Class Indiana Living Legends
Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Holocaust survivor Eva Kor of Terre Haute head the Indiana Historical Society's 2019 class of Living Legends.
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2017
Which State Has Strongest Claim To Abraham Lincoln?
The Indiana Historical Society will explore the century-old question about the 16th President of United States on Sept. 28.
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2017
Grants Awarded To A Court Film And Indiana State Medical Museum
Medical and law history in Indiana will be documented and preserved, thanks to grants from the Indiana Historical Society.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2016
Indiana Historical Society Offers Ancestry Research Workshops
The Indiana Historical Society is offering two workshops in February that will help people discover their family lineage.
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