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Indiana 1700-1851 Native Americans to the National Road
Indiana Historical Society and the Sanders Group
The four programs on this two-DVD set, each with a teachers' guide, enrich the study of Indiana history, helping meet Indiana's academic standards for social studies and national curriculum standards:
"Frontier Indiana (1700-1800)" explores the interaction of Native Americans, French, British, and Americans in the area that became Indiana. (30 minutes; made with support from Lincoln Financial Group Foundation)
"Pioneer Indiana (1880-1851)" emphasizes the transformation of Indiana from frontier to settled state, including the Indiana Constitutions of 1816 and 1851 and transportation developments. (45 minutes; funded by Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust)
"Hoosiers All" features four students telling their family stories of musicians, farm life, military heroes, and circus heritage. (32 minutes)
"Who Do You Think You Are?" describes the ethnic groups that settled Indiana, considering where they came from and why, how they adjusted while maintaining their ethnic roots, and what contributions they made. (27 minutes)
DVD 134 min. / $19.95
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Strange Tales of Crime and Murder in Southern Indiana
Keven McQueen
Illustrations by Kyle McQueen
Prepare to take a tour of some dark, strange moments of southern Indiana's history. From the scheming wife who wanted her dull husband out of the way to make room for a young love affair and the husband who stomped his wife to death because she wouldn't stop singing an irritating song, to the man who murdered an entire family to pay off some farming equipment and the case of a mistaken-identity murder, author Keven McQueen relates the sinister (or not so) motives and gruesome details of nine murders that occurred in southern Indiana between 1880 and 1912. With a detailed, if macabre, look at each story as well as the ambiguities surrounding the criminals and punishments, McQueen illuminates the darker side of Hoosier history.
paper 110 pp. / 2009 / ISBN 978-1-59629-772-2 / $17.99
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The Indiana Way
James H. Madison
This book covers the history of the Hoosier State from prehistoric times to the present, paying particular attention to the social, economic, cultural, and political contexts in which the state's significant historical figures, both heroes and villains, played out their roles.
paper pp / 2001 / 9780253206091 / $21.99
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Forgotten Tales of Indiana
Keven McQueen
Illustrations by Kyle McQueen
Author Keven McQueen recalls a time when skunk farms, which allegedly produced a cure for rheumatism, were speckled throughout the countryside and a miserable woman tied her husband to a fence post, coated him with salt and intended to let the cows 'lick him to death.' Meet the King of the Ghouls- an accomplished grave robber and notorious murderer- and a man so convinced he was an ox that he often joined neighborhood cattle for a bite of grass, and discover ghosts, monsters, giant skeletons and more in this collection of outlandish tales from the Hoosier State.
paper 160 pp. / 2009 / ISBN 978-1-59629-771-5 / $14.99
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The Great Indiana State Fair at 150: A Pictorial Celebration
Stephen H. Baker
Amid the tall buildings and busy streets of Indianapolis sits a quiet, beautifully wooded area now known as Military Park. In the 1820's it became the first city park and was the site of the little settlement’s first 4th of July celebration.
In the 1860s, it was a mustering ground where Hoosier farm boys came to join the Union Army. They marched out as soldiers and turned south towards their destinies.
During a warm two weeks in October 1852, this was the site of Indiana's first State Fair. Thousands of people came to the city to visit the fair's sights and sounds. Just like today, folks gawked at midway curiosities. They marveled their way through pens and stalls that held the very best “modern” husbandry had to offer. As they passed through the “Manufacturers Building,” “new-fangled” devices such as the “sewing machine” astonished them! They cheered winners of the “best” pie, cake, and pickle relish.
Stephen H. Baker’s new book, The Great Indiana State Fair at 150, captures the human experience of the Fair throughout its history. With each turn of the page, the reader recalls his or her own memories of going to the fair.
paper 110 pp. / 2006 / ISBN 0-74820-08312-3 / $14.95
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History of Indiana series
This series was begun in 1965 in honor of the sesquicentennial of Indiana's statehood. The series has been a joint venture between the Indiana Historical Bureau and the Indiana Historical Society.
Marshal Foch Day
Official Record of the Celebration Given in Honor of Marshal Ferdinand L. Foch, Indianapolis, November 4, 1921
Includes dedication of the American Legion headquarters in Indianapolis.
cloth 103 pp. / $19.95
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Creating a Hoosier Self-Portrait; the Federal Writers' Project in Indiana
George T. Blakey
The story of the New Deal program that produced the first guide to Indiana.
From 1935 to 1942, the Indiana office of the Federal Writers' Program hired unemployed writers as "field workers" to create a portrait in words of the land, the people, and the culture of the Hoosier state. This book tells the story of the project and its valuable legacy. Beginning work under the guidance of Ross Lockridge, whose son would later burst onto the American literary scene with his novel Raintree County, the group would eventually produce Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State, Hoosier Tall Stories, and other publications. Though many projects were never brought to completion, the Program's work remains a useful and rarely tapped storehouse of information on the history and culture of the state.
cloth 248 pp. 2005 / ISBN 0-253-34569-3 / $29.95
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After the Harvest: Indiana's historic grain elevators and feed mills
John Bower
paper 144 pp. 2007 / ISBN 978-0-9745186-3-3 / $22.00
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Centennial Farms of Indiana
M. Teresa Baer and Kathleen M. Breen (eds)
A history of Hoosier farming and a genealogical treasure trove of information about local farm families dating back to the early 19th century.
paper 125 pp. 2003 / ISBN 0-87195-16 / $24.95
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Progress after Statehood: A Book of Readings
Pamela J. Bennett and Shirley McCord, comp.
Essays of and about Indiana. Resources available: newspapers, government documents, state agency reports, and publications.
cloth 570 pp. 1974 / ISBN 1-885323-26-3 / $9.95
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paper 570 pp. 1974 /ISBN 1-885323-27-1 / $4.95
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The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815-1840
R. Carlyle Buley
History of the region northwest of the Ohio River from the beginning of the "Great Migration" to the end of the pioneer period.
cloth 1,318 pp. (2 vol.) 1950 / ISBN 0-253-34168-X / $41.95
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The Indiana Book of Trivia
Fred D. Cavinder
Compiled by former Indiana newspaper reporter and author Fred D. Cavinder, this book resists repeating commonly known Hoosier trivia such as Cole Porter was from Indiana or that Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history, in favor of listing odder, less historic facts about the Hoosier state and its inhabitants.
paper 220 pp. 2007 / ISBN978-087195-252-3 / $14.95
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The Indiana Book of Quotes
Fred D. Cavinder
From humorist and writer George Ade to professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller, the numerous funny, sad, heartbreaking, and wise statements made by and about Hoosiers and the nineteenth state are featured in The Indiana Book of Quotes. Compiled by former Indiana newspaper reporter and author Fred D. Cavinder, the book includes quotes from longtime Hoosiers and those who had only a passing acquaintance with the state. Although Ambrose Bierce grew up in Indiana and fought for it during the Civil War, this noted wit and pundit, author of the hilarious Devil’s Dictionary, left the state never to return. On the opposite end of the scale is Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard, creator of crackle-barrel philosopher Abe Martin of Brown County. Born in Ohio, Hubbard worked with the Indianapolis News for years and filled book after book with the witty sayings of his creation Martin. Famous historic quotes fill the book, including some not so previously known as coming from the Hoosier state. Although he served two terms as vice president under Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Marshall is still best known today for his offhand comment during a long-winded U.S. Senate debate on the needs of America: “What this country really needs is a good five-cent cigar.” It was John B. L. Soule, editor of the Terre Haute Express, who produced in an editorial the famous advice of “Go West, young man and grow up with the country.” Unfortunately for Soule, noted New York editor Horace Greeley gets mistakenly credit for this sage advice.
paper 340 pp. 2005 / ISBN 0-87195-183-5 / $16.95
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Indiana's Believe It or Not
Fred D. Cavinder
Findings and stories, freaky and fascinating, kooky and strange, some historical oddities and fascinations, all told with humor.
cloth 158 pp. 1990 / ISBN 0-253-31329-5 / $25.00
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More Amazing Tales from Indiana
Fred D. Cavinder
More of the findings and stories, freaky and fascinating, kooky and strange, some historical oddities and fascinations, all told with humor.
paper 207 pp. 2003 / ISBN 0-253-21653-2 / $14.95
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Frontier Indiana
Andrew R. L. Cayton
Frontier period in Indiana puts the focus on people, on how they lived, how they viewed their world, and what motivated them.
cloth 340 pp. 1996 / ISBN 0-253-33048-3 / $35.00
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paper 340 pp. 1996 / ISBN 0-253-21217-0 / $18.95
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Indiana Public Opinion and the World War, 1914-1917
Cedric C. Cummins
Information garnered mainly from Indiana newspapers; how Hoosiers felt about America's participation in World War I.
cloth 292 pp. 1945 / ISBN 1-885323-10-7 / $5.00
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The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History
Nancy R. Hiller
Loaded with labor and time-saving conveniences, the Hoosier cabinet was among the earliest design innovations of the modern American kitchen. This culinary workstation allowed owners to maintain an efficient and clutter-free kitchen by centralizing utensils, cookware, tools, and ingredients all the while providing a space in which to prepare the meals of the day. Bloomington-based cabinetmaker Nancy R. Hiller draws on her years of specialty cabinet making and thorough knowledge of interior design to deliver an entertaining, beautiful, and informative history of the Hoosier cabinet—revealing its influence on the development of the contemporary American home. Illustrated with original manufacturers' advertisements and sales literature—some of which is previously unpublished—as well as color and black-and-white photos, this long-overdue book on an icon of the early 20th-century kitchen will be an invaluable resource to cabinetmakers, antiques enthusiasts, and homeowners planning a period-inspired kitchen.
cloth 144 pp. 2009 / ISBN 978-0-253-31424-6 / $34.95
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Studies on Indiana: A Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations, 1902-1977
Betty Jarboe and Kathryn Rumsey, comps.
Bibliography of 2,727 items submitted to Indiana institutions of higher education for advanced degrees.
paper 377 pp. 1980 / ISBN 1-885323-33-6 / $1.95
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Solon Robinson, Pioneer and Agriculturist
Herbert Anthony Kellar
The Calumet Region, particularly agricultural improvements before the Civil War. Volume I, 1825-1845
cloth 582 pp. 1936 / ISBN 1-885323-07-7 / $9.95
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Volume II, 1846-1851
cloth 556 pp. 1937 / ISBN 1-885323-08-5 / $9.95
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Two volume set
ISBN 1-885323-09-3 / $17.95
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This Place We Call Home
Carl E. Kramer
Mary Kagin Kramer, photographic editor
Clark County, Indiana, has grown from a handful of small settlements and scattered farms at the Falls of the Ohio into a sprawling metropolitan region. Yet, as Carl E. Kramer describes in this wonderful new history, significant continuities help define the county. Middle-class business owners and farmers still serve as its leaders. Jeffersonian democracy, emphasizing localism and frugality, remains a central political value. Interlocking kinship, friendship, and associational networks, fostered by decades of demographic stability, remain a potent social and political force. The Ohio River maintains its powerful economic and cultural influence, and the paths of pioneer roads shape local development. These forces and shared experiences have created a close-knit community with a strong sense of place.
cloth 480 pp. 2007 / ISBN 978-0-253-34850-0 / $35.00
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Indiana's Pioneer Heritage and the End of the Twentieth Century
Indiana's Pioneer Heritage and the End of the Twentieth Century
James Madison
Indiana's pioneer myth and reality.
paper 8 pp. 1996 / $.50
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Journeys to the Past: A Traveler's Guide to Indiana State Historical Markers
Alan McPherson
Inside this guide, intrepid explorers will discover the text to nearly 500 roadside markers that have been installed and maintained by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The easy-to-follow highway directions will guide excursionists to each marker's location.
paper 295 pp. / 2007 / ISBN 978-1-4343-1644-8 / $23.99
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Temples of Knowledge: Andrew Carnegie's Gift to Indiana
Alan McPherson
A compilation of photographs and history of use of Indiana's Carnegie Libraries. Dates and lists of Carnegie's contributions to Indiana libraries are included.
paper 240 pp. 2003 / ISBN 0-9636978-4-6 / $24.95
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Passing the Torch
James W. Merritt, Jr.
A tour of Indiana's landmarks, memorials, treasured artifacts, and the State Archives where we find the institutional memories of why monuments and memorials were built in the first place.
paper 84 pp. 1997 / ISBN 1-57860-008-1 / $20.00
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Christian Schrader sketches
Selected Christian Schrader drawings have been grouped in sets. Black ink on ivory paper, folded over, 5.5" x 4.5".
Indianapolis Businesses Notecards
- $3.50 / Order No. 6062 Indianapolis Circle Notecards
- $4.25/Order No. 6063 Indianapolis Public Buildings Notecards
- $4.25/Order No. 6064 Indianapolis Residences Notecards
- $3.50/Order No. 6065
History of Indiana Literature
Arthur W. Shumaker
Substantiates the assertion that "the production of Indiana writers is one of the more significant contributions to American literature made by any state or region."
cloth 611 pp. 1962 / ISBN 1-885323-19-0 / $13.50
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Banking with Dillinger
True Crime Writer and detective Carol Sissom visits the John Dillinger family and reveals a spell binding account of what "Public Enemy Number One" was really like. Banking with Dillinger" is the true story about one of the most famous criminals in American History. Ironically - it's a saga about the man who not only robbed banks, he was a fugitive with a good heart who helped people in need during the great depression.
Paper 203 pp. 2009 / ISBN 978-1-6072-678-5 / $17.95
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The LaSalle Street Murders
In 1991, Carol Sissom was a freelance journalist and a single mother when she wrote a 20-year anniversary article about the greatest unsolved murder mystery in the history of Indianapolis, Indiana - The LaSalle Street Murders – which were committed on December 1st, 1971. The LaSalle Street Murders is a true account of her journey – and a chronology of her life – as she details the relationship she had with a triple murderer – and the dangerous odyssey she embarked upon in order to put him in jail and solve the murders. This is a chilling account, based on a true story, in the tradition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter.
Paper 280 pp. 2006 / ISBN 1-4243-0176-9 / $20.00
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The LaSalle Street Murders 2
Is based on the true story of one woman, a modern-day private eye and investigative reporter, who is obsessed with the sensational serial killings of three good-looking bachelor slain in 1971. Risking her own life, she is determined to expose the story. She is relentless in her pursuit of the truth as she hunts down her enemies before they kill her. This is book two of a three part series.
Paper 327 pp. 2008 / ISBN 978-1-60702-666-2 / $20.00
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"No Cheap Padding": Seventy-five Years of the Indiana Magazine of History, 1904-1979
Lorna Lutes Sylvester
History of the Indiana Magazine of History including 28 selections "meant to be representative of the materials published in the magazine through the years."
cloth 558 pp. 1980 / ISBN 1-885323-30-1 / $13.50
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Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience
Robert M. Taylor Jr. (Author), Indiana historical Society (Author), Connie A. McBirney (Editor), John Bodnar (Editor)
This volume is the capstone of an ethnic history project launched by the Indiana Historical Society in 1989. The lavishly illustrated book contains thirty-one chapters touching on many of the past and present ethnicities that populated the Hoosier State, including African Americans, Germans, Greeks, Chinese, Hispanics, Hungarians, Jews, Native Americans, French, Irish, Italians, Scots, Poles, and others. Chapters represent various ethnic groups, which are presented in alphabetical order, followed by a thorough index. The book also includes historic photographs, maps, tables and charts, and detailed footnotes.
cloth 703 pp. 2009 reprint (originally pub. 1996) / ISBN 978-0871951120 / $49.95
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Readings in Indiana History
Gayle Thornbrough and Dorothy L. Riker (comp.)
Indiana's prehistoric cultures to World War II. Provides the basic documentary sources for Indiana's establishment and early development.
paper 625 pp. reprinted 1991 (1956) / ISBN 1-885323-14-X / $21.95
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Early Indiana Trails and Surveys
George R. Wilson
This 114-page book by George R. Wilson, features invaluable information for those researching early Indiana paths and settlements.
paper 114 pp. 1919 reprinted 1991 / ISBN 0-87195-005-7 / $7.95
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Indiana in Maps: Geographic Perspectives of the Hoosier State
Jeffery Wilson, compiler
Full-page maps of the state showing the usual "100 most populated places," elevation, etc. plus much more. Maps showing diversity, hydrology, tornado strength and paths, and more--a unique resource.
paper 37 pp. 2003 / ISBN 1-929774-21-4 / $11.95
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Related issues of The Indiana Historian
paper / ISSN 1071-3301 / $1.00 (1-19 copies); $.30 (20 or more copies)
Indiana Almanac
Events in Indiana history in almanac form.
16 pp. 1995 / Order No. 7032
Introducing Indiana ---Past and Present
Introducing Indiana ---Past and Present
Indiana's physical features, people, government, emblems, heritage, commerce, industry, and transportation--past and present.
16 pp. 1998 / Order No. 7046
(Special pricing for large orders; please call)
Search for a New Capital, Part 1
Search for a New Capital, Part 1
How Indianapolis came to be the capital; Indiana's past capitals; the commission which chose the location.
16 pp. 1996 / Order No. 7035
Indianapolis, the Capital, Part 2
Indianapolis, the Capital, Part 2
The beginnings of Indianapolis and Marion County through the arrival of state government in the fall of 1824.
16 pp. 1996 / Order No. 7036
The Fall of Fort Sackville
Hoosier hero George Rogers Clark's Memoir provides the basis of the story of the defeat of British troops at Fort Sackville, Vincennes by Clark and his men in February 1779. The full text of the Memoir is on the Historical Bureau Web site.
16 pp. 1997 / Order No. 7042
Lewis and Clark--Indiana Connections
Lewis and Clark--Indiana Connections
Meriwether Lewis and Hoosier, William Clark and the Corps of Discovery's many connections to Indiana.
16pp. 2003 / Order No. 7054
Indiana Territory
Documents the formation of Indiana from the Northwest Territory, through various stages as Indiana Territory. Includes discussions of finances and slavery. William Henry Harrison's life and career is highlighted in the timeline.
16 pp. 1999/Order No. 7047
Indiana Statehood
Provides details about the process, the people, and the times that led to Indiana's acceptance as the nineteenth state on December 11, 1816.
16 pp. 1999 / Order No. 7050
Indiana Constitution of 1851
Describes how a new constitution came to be called for in the mid-1800s, describes the convention, the people who made the constitution, and the differences between the 1816 and 1851 Indiana constitutions.
Indiana in the Spanish-American War
Indiana in the Spanish-American War
The home front experience, Indiana volunteers, and the dilemma of black citizens and soldiers.
16 pp. 1998 / Order No. 7045
Maps
Maps of Indiana Counties in 1876
An oversized volume containing illustrated maps, with section and township lines, streams, railroads, towns, villages, churches, schoolhouses, mills, and other visible features.
92 pp. 1968 / ISBN 0-87195-059-6 / $16.00
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Paper outline maps
State of Indiana with counties
paper 8 1/2" x 11"/$.05/Order No. 6013
State of Indiana with counties and rivers
paper 8 1/2" x 11"/$.05/Order No. 6014
Vinyl outline maps
Write-on/wipe-off maps of Indiana showing counties and rivers are available in two sizes for class, home, or office.
small vinyl 8 1/2" x 11"
$2.50/Order No. 6015
large vinyl 36" x 48" with grommets for hanging
$15.00/Order No. 6016
This large wall hanging map is wonderful for classroom projects.
World War II Resources in Indiana
Indiana repositories holding collections relating to World War II.
paper 8 pp. 1999 / free / Order No. 8203
BROADSIDES: Indiana, the Early Years
Dani B. Pfaff
BROADSIDES makes reproductions of primary source materials from Indiana history available for students and teachers to use across the curriculum.
The Resource Guide provides introductions to the period and the subjects covered, including document introductions, activities, maps, timelines, reference materials, various finding aids to help match subject areas with the documents, and two supplemental related documents for each of the twenty-five packet documents.
Document packets each consist of five document reproductions (two views each) and two supplementary sheets in an envelope.
Resource Guide / 3 hole punched 424 pp. 1987
ISBN 1-885323-50-6 / $8.50 / Order No. 4006
Document Packets
- paper 1987 / $.75
- Commerce, Trade, and Agriculture
(Order No. 6004) - Daily Life
(Order No. 6005) - Education
(Order No. 6006) - Politics
(Order No. 6007) - Transportation and Communication
(Order No. 6008) - Document Packet Set
Includes one of each of the five packets.
paper 5 packets 1987 / $3.00
Order No. 6009
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