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Brownsburg Then and Now

Brownsburg Public Library

Brownsburg Then and Now is a digitized collection dedicated to preserving the past while sharing this information with the public. This is a searchable collection of images, postcards, and documents that is a continual work in progress. We invite users to explore our past and present, learn about the town of …

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Clark County Collections

This collection includes materials from the local history collection of the Charlestown Clark County Public Library.  This is a growing collection so please check back for new additions.

Clinton County Collections

This collection includes postcards from the Colfax Public Library illustrating the businesses and churches from the turn of the century.

DNR Historic Preservation and Archaelogy

DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

This collection is the result of an on-going effort by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology to digitize the photographs in their files.  The images represent two of the special initiatives undertaken by DHPA to preseve the …

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DNR State Parks and Reservoirs

DNR State Parks and Reservoirs

The Indiana State Parks traces its history to Richard Lieber, who recommended a system of state parks be created as part of the 1816 bicentennial.  As part of its centennial celebration, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks and Reservoirs is digitizing materials from the …

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Evansville Digital History

University of Southern Indiana

This collection contains historic images of southwestern Indiana from 1880s to present.  This collection includes images of the Flood of 1937 and local architecture.  Also included are images documenting the African-American community.

This collection was created in part by funding from a grant from …

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Gene Stratton-Porter

Adams Public Library System and Limberlost State Historic Site

Gene Stratton-Porter was a well-known author and naturalist from Indiana. This collection includes photographs, letters, newspaper accounts, hand-colored postcards, and other memorabilia. This is collaborative project of the Geneva Branch of the Adams Public Library System …

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General Robert H. Milroy

Jasper County Public Library



This project makes accessible historically significant documents that were the property of Rensselaer resident Robert Huston Milroy who formed and led the volunteer G company of the 9th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry.  He later reached the rank of Major General, was known as the "Grey Eagle of the Army," …

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Hendricks County Heritage

The Hendricks County Heritage Project is a collaboration between the Danville Public Library, Hendricks County Historical Museum and the Hendricks County Computer Center.  The project s mission is to provide digital access to Hendricks County s historical and genealogical records.

Phase one of the project will digitize Central Normal …

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Howard County Newspapers

Kokomo-Howard County Public Library

This collection is the result of a collaborative project with the Greentown Historical Society to digitize local newspapers in Howard County, Indiana.  Included here are 25 issues of the Greentown Gem dating from 1898 to 1935 and 242 issues of the Greentown Grapevine dating from 1995 to 2007. 

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Indiana Bedrock

Monroe County Public Library

This collection is the result of a collaborative grant project with the Monroe County History Center to document the limestone industry of Monroe County, Indiana.  The core collection, from the Monroe County History Center, includes various photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, business records and …

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Indiana Documentary Editions

Indiana Historical Bureau

This collection includes documentary editions of prominent citizens of Indiana, including the early governors, published by the Indiana Historical Commission. Includes the papers of John Tipton, William Henry Harrison, and early accounts of life in Indiana.

 

This collection was created in part by funding from …

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Indiana Government Documents

Indiana University Mauer School of Law Library and Indiana State Library

This collection contains the published records of the Indiana General Assembly from 1817 to 1900.  Included are the Brevier Legislative Reports, the Documentary Journals, the Senate Journals, and the House Journals.  These publications document the debates and …

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Indiana Public Health

Indiana School of Medicine Library

This collection is part of a larger project to digitize the public health materials created by the Indiana State Department of Health. Included here are 110 issues of the Monthly Bulletin from 1899 to 1920.

 

This collection was created in part by funding from a grant from the Indiana State Library …

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Indiana State and County Histories

Indiana State Library

This collection contains published volumes on Indiana history in general and individual county histories published before 1922.  These histories provide insight into the early history of the state and biographical information about early residents.

 

Indiana State Library Map Collection

Indiana State Library

This collection of county maps reveal Indiana’s network of roads in each county in the first half of the twentieth century.  The Indiana Highway Survey maps were created from a 1936 survey and reveal information about the roads on one map and the built landscape, including dwellings, churches, schools, and …

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Indiana State Library Treasures

Indiana State Library

This collection contains materials from the Indiana State Library research collection of primary materials documenting Indiana history.

Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence

Charlestown Clark County Public Library

This collection consists of 1600 letters written to Jesse G. Dorsey by over three hundred military personnel and their families during World War II.  Dorsey, Director of Recreation & Welfare for the Louisville Cement Company and editor of the Speedometer (employee newsletter), acted as host to …

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Monroe County At War and At Home

Monroe County Public Library

This collection helps us examine what Bloomington and Monroe County were like before, during, and after the Civil War.  With only one surviving issue of the local newspaper from that era and many personal narratives either lost or scattered, this collection brings together an assortment of original materials …

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Newspapers of Dearborn County

Indiana State Library

 

Picturing Madison County

Anderson Public Library

This collection consists of postcards, photographs and negatives from the visual images collection at the Anderson Public Library and document everyday life in Madison County, Indiana. Images of schools, churches, factories, parks, businesses and street scenes are included.  Famous notables include Amelia …

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River to Rail and Lemen Collection

Madison Jefferson County Public Library

This collection is a combination of two individual digitization projects of the Madison Jefferson County Public Library.  The River to Rail collection is the result of a collaborative LSTA grant project with the Jefferson County Historical Society to document the rise and fall of river …

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Saint Joseph County Collection

St. Joseph County Public Library



This collection contains materials from the St. Joseph County Public Library. In keeping with their goal of becoming the destination library for St. Joseph County, Indiana, research, Local & Family History Services has collected and preserved many unique historical resources that pertain to St. …

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Starke County Collection

Starke County Public Library and Starke County Historical Society

This collection of photographs is the result of a collaborative effort of the Starke County Public Library and the Starke County Historical Society. 

Westchester Township Historical Images

This collection includes images of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Westchester Township in Porter County, located in the dunes country of northern Indiana.  The postcards, photographs, and business cards reflect the community’s commercial, industrial, cultural, and social development.  The Westchester Township History Museum houses …

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William W. Dunkle Theatre and Circus Collection

Saint Marys College

The William W. Dunkle Theatre and Circus Collection consists of scrapbooks created by local and national newspaper columnist, William W. Dinkle (1873-1940) and presents the most complete history of the theatre in South Bend, Indiana and the surrounding areas during the time period of 1890 to 1940.  Interwoven in the …

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About the collections



Indiana Memory is a collaborative effort to provide access to the wealth of primary sources in Indiana libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. It is a gateway to Indiana's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, and other media. 

 

The collections presented here have been created as part of the Indiana Memory program by the Indiana State Library and other contributing organizations. County collections contain materials from one or more cultural heritage organizations within a specific county. 

 

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Indiana Memory is a program of the Indiana State Library and is made possible through grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.

 

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