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Archive for June 2012

June 4, 2012

 

Alfred Kinsey

A Thoroughly Modern Marriage Course

By the second lecture, it was clear to students and administrators that Kinsey would not tolerate the vague moralizings of other colleges' "marriage courses".

June 11, 2012

 

Woodburn Hall

A Fledgling Historian Takes On Reconstruction

Just as interesting as the speeches future historian James Woodburn gave in his undergraduate debate club at IU are the texts he wrote but never delivered.

June 18, 2012

 

vintage wedding cake topper

A Society Wedding In Early Indianapolis

A letter written from Indianapolis in June 1840 suggests that weddings of the rich and famous were as eagerly anticipated almost two centuries ago as today.

June 25, 2012

 

Senate Avenue YMCA Building, 1912

Faburn DeFrantz: A Lifetime Of Leadership For Racial Progress

“Little progress ‘happens’," stated Faburn DeFrantz. "Usually it must be wrested from influences that—either belligerently or indifferently—deny it.”

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