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April 18, 2011

 

Putting South Bend On The Opera Stage

A pioneering opera company earned South Bend, Indiana a place in the annals of both opera and African American cultural history.

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April 11, 2011

 

Raggedy Ann’s Hoosier Pedigree

A forlorn rag doll found in an Indianapolis attic was rechristened with the names of two of James Whitcomb Riley's characters to become Raggedy Ann.

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April 4, 2011

 

Moving the State Capital to Indianapolis

These days, traveling from Corydon to Indianapolis is a two hour affair, but two centuries ago it took a band of pioneers the better part of two weeks.

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March 28, 2011

 

A Hoosier Woman on the World War II Homefront

"It takes all kinds of people to fight a war. There are soldiers and sailors. And then there are those who only stand and wait. I was a draftee’s wife.”

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March 21, 2011

 

A Hoosier Nurse in World War I

More than sixty years after the Armistice, the private recollections of a Hoosier nurse on the front lines of World War One came to light.

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March 14, 2011

 

Ex Libris Indiana

One of the first serious studies of Indiana art sidestepped the state's Impressionist painters for its bookplate designers.

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March 7, 2011

 

Newspaperwoman, Politician, Impresario…Esther Griffin White

When she ran for delegate to the 1920 Republican State Convention, the first woman whose name appeared on a ballot in Indiana could not yet vote.

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February 28, 2011

 

Damage Control for a Painful History

When the Klan announced plans to march through Martinsville in 1967, the mayor successfully banned a parade and residents ignored the Klan’s motorcade.

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February 21, 2011

 

A Newspaper Man Against The Klan

At a time when the KKK permeated the state legislature, a Muncie newspaperman was waging an editorial battle against the oppressive organization.

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February 14, 2011

 

Frank Beckwith for President

Records are scant about the namesake of a little park in Indianapolis. At one time, however, Frank R. Beckwith gave Richard Nixon a run for the money.

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