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Summer Lecture Series returns to State Library with programs on DNA, medical history and probate records, May 14, 2026
The popular Summer Lecture Series will return to the Indiana State Library this year with programs on DNA, medical history and probate records. The presentations will take place on the second Saturday of June, July and August.
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2026 Indiana Great Read youth and adult selections announced for National Book Festival, May 11, 2026
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress is a community of 56 Affiliated Centers existing to promote reading, libraries and literacy across the country. There is an Affiliate Center for the Book in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and Northern Marianas. These Centers elevate and advocate for each state’s unique literary heritage – developed by writers whose works reflect distinctively American places.
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Indiana Voices at the Indiana State Library, May 7, 2026
Did you know that the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library produces audiobooks via Indiana Voices at the Indiana State Library?
Audiobook aficionados know that a storyteller’s voice can create tangible experiences. Narrating is not just the task of reading out loud, but the art of inviting others into the story. For patrons of the Indiana Voices program of the Indiana State Library’s Talking Book and Braille Library, volunteer narrators do just that.
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The Lost Photographs of Osbert Sumner’ now at the Indiana State Library, May 1, 2026
Steven J. Schmidt and Danita L. Davis have generously donated two copies of their latest book, “The Lost Photographs of Osbert Sumner 1898-1903, Irvington Historical Society Edition,” to the Indiana State Library’s Indiana collection. The book chronicles an extraordinary discovery made in an Irvington home: a box filled with old glass negatives. Many of the negatives were damaged, but a handful remained intact, just enough to begin unraveling the mystery of who took the photographs, and what stories they captured.
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New additions and a new look for Hoosier State Chronicles, February 24, 2026
Hoosier State Chronicles, Indiana’s digital historic newspaper program operated by the Indiana State Library, will have rare newspapers from St. Joseph County, Noble County and Lake County added to its collection this year. The Walkerton Historical Society, Ligonier Public Library and the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society contributed to the project. More than 100,000 pages have already been added to Hoosier State Chronicles this year.
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