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This Week's Facts:
Campaign Aims to Help Prepare Families for Emergencies
Census
Releases Income & Poverty Estimates
Hispanic Heritage Month Resources Available Online
Document of the Month: Adjutant General's Reports
DNR
Hosts Annual Hoosier Outdoor Experience this Weekend
The
Indiana Department of Natural
Resources is
sponsoring the
Hoosier Outdoor Experience
September 17-18 at
Fort Harrison State Park.
The Experience is Indiana’s largest, hands-on outdoor recreation
event. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned outdoors person,
there’s something for everyone. The event is free but you must
register.
This weekend event has all types of
activities
for everyone. For more information, you can download the
2011 Field Guide,
which includes a coupon for a free day. Get ready for a weekend
of fun outdoor activities. Enjoy the Experience!
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Friday Facts Editorial Team:
Katharine Springer
State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
O’Donnell
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
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Campaign Aims to Help Prepare Families for Emergencies
 The
American Public Health Association has sponsored a
Get Ready
campaign since 2006
aimed at getting the facts out about being prepared for natural
disasters, infectious diseases, and home emergencies. The
website features resources for adults and children & free
materials for library and other community events. Submissions
are now open for the
Get Ready Video Contest
for students in 6th through 12th grades.
You can use different parts of the campaign in your own
organization's public announcements:
Hand-washing,
Stockpiling,
and ideas in the Get Ready quarterly
newsletters.
APHA also offers a
Get Ready Twitter account
to follow, updated
podcasts
to play, and a
blog
with current news and
fact sheets.
Census Releases Income & Poverty Estimates
 Tuesday,
the U.S. Census Bureau released national estimates for Income,
Poverty & Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. This
is collected using the Census Bureau's Current Population
Survey, sponsored jointly by the Census Bureau and the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. A
Summary of Key Findings
is available in Tuesday's
press release.
Additional information on the right side of the release includes
direct access to the Census Bureau's most recent
Income data,
Poverty data,
and
Health Insurance Coverage data.
Presentation slides from the Census Bureau's online news
conference are available in the
Media Kit/Report.
These include graphs using national data on income by race, sex,
and disability status. If you are looking for state and local
data, please stay tuned for the release of the 2010 American
Community Survey, which will be released later this month.
Please visit the
Stats Indiana
website and contact the
Indiana State Data Center
for help with the most current data.
Hispanic Heritage Month Resource Available Online
 Thursday
marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United
States. The Library of Congress hosts a
Hispanic Heritage Month
website for your perusing pleasure. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau,
as of April 1, 2010, people of Hispanic American heritage in the
United States totaled 50.5 million, making people of Hispanic
American origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority.
Hispanic Americans remain the fastest-growing minority group,
with a 43% increase since April 1, 2000. Congress passed
Public Law 90-498
in September of 1968, authorizing the President to issue a
proclamation for a Hispanic Heritage Week. Wednesday, the White
House Press Secretary issued a
press release
which detailed this year's theme, “Renewing the American Dream,”
and announced events scheduled for the celebratory month. This
year’s proclamation can be read
here.
Document
of the Month: Adjutant General's Reports
 This
report provides an early account of Indiana’s military history.
The Adjutant General’s reports, also known as Terrell’s Reports,
contain correspondence from the Adjutant Generals’ Office to the
Governor, President, and other dignitaries throughout the United
States. In 1865 the Indiana General Assembly ordered the
production of a report on the part taken by Indiana and its
government in the prosecution of the war. These reports were
named for W.H.H. Terrell, who was Indiana Adjutant General at
the end of the Civil War (also known as the War of the
Rebellion). Terrell served on Governor Morton’s staff before he
became appointed as adjutant general. Terrell’s reports became
an invaluable research tool and included the 28th
United States Colored Troops regiment, many of which were
recruited in Indiana. Also included in this document are tables
with Military Company names, county the company was located, and
when the commissions were ordered. A law in 1831 divided the
State into ten divisions; the divisions into twenty-four
brigades; and the brigades into 85 regiments. Later laws
(1842-1844) authorized the organization of independent companies
by voluntary enlistment, which can be viewed as a precursor to
the National Guard. The first independent companies were in
Marion County; the second were in Tippecanoe County; and the
third were in Cass County. These reports contain a rich history
as it covers various wars in which Indiana troops have served:
the Mexican-American War, War of the Rebellion (Civil War), etc.
The Adjutant General’s Reports are a useful research tool for
genealogists, war historians, and everyone in between. The
reports can be found in the Indiana collection, I 353.6 I 385ar
for the years 1844-2010.
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