http://www.icontact-archive.com/uBzjhl_dSsrogAsRjnfc7HiqcX2YVjZw?w=4[3/12/2019 10:32:36 AM] LOCAL HISTORY SERVICES | INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | PAST ISSUES | FOLLOW LHS ON: March 8, 2019 NEWS FROM LOCAL HISTORY SERVICES Woman Pilot with Airplane (Indiana Historical Society) JOIN US FOR A BROWN BAG IN SPENCER March 13 – Spencer : Owen County Public Library, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch and chat with local history folks in your area about the work of museums and historical societies at this In Your Neighborhood Meeting . This month, we’ll be talking about building preservation and reuse. FREE; no RSVP required. MUSEUM BOOT CAMP IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA March 18 – New Castle : Henry County Historical Society, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spend a day in intensive basic training at this Museum Boot Camp focused on four branches of museum fundamentals: management; collections; exhibits; and fundraising. You’ll leave with an arsenal of resources for your museum operations. (Additional Boot Camps will be held in Nashville and Peru). $30; $25 IHS member; $20 Local History Partner. Lunch is included. REGISTER HERE WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK IN THIS ISSUE News from Local History Services What We're Reading this Week Training Opportunities Funding Available Resources In the News Events Around the State Exhibits Indiana Historical Society Spotlight Jobs INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPOTLIGHT NEWS You Are There 1939: Exploring Angel Mounds Opening March 9 – Meet trailblazer Glenn Black and his amateur team of temporary workers, who profoundly expanded our knowledge of these pre-Columbian Native American people. EVENTS Archaeology Family Camp March 9 – Celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit, You Are There 1939: Exploring Tweet Share this Page:
LOCAL HISTORY SERVICES | INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | PAST ISSUES | FOLLOW LHS ON:
March 8, 2019
NEWS FROM LOCAL HISTORY SERVICES
Woman Pilot with Airplane (Indiana Historical Society)
JOIN US FOR A BROWN BAG IN SPENCERMarch 13 – Spencer: Owen County Public Library, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch and chat with localhistory folks in your area about the work of museums and historical societies at this In Your NeighborhoodMeeting. This month, we’ll be talking about building preservation and reuse. FREE; no RSVP required.
MUSEUM BOOT CAMP IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANAMarch 18 – New Castle: Henry County Historical Society, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spend a day in intensive basictraining at this Museum Boot Camp focused on four branches of museum fundamentals: management;collections; exhibits; and fundraising. You’ll leave with an arsenal of resources for your museum operations.(Additional Boot Camps will be held in Nashville and Peru). $30; $25 IHS member; $20 Local History Partner.Lunch is included. REGISTER HERE
WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
IN THIS ISSUE
News from LocalHistory Services
What We're Reading thisWeek
Training Opportunities
Funding Available
Resources
In the News
Events Around the State
Exhibits
Indiana HistoricalSociety Spotlight
Jobs
INDIANAHISTORICALSOCIETYSPOTLIGHT
NEWS
You Are There 1939:Exploring AngelMoundsOpening March 9 –Meet trailblazer GlennBlack and his amateurteam of temporaryworkers, who profoundlyexpanded our knowledge ofthese pre-ColumbianNative American people.
EVENTSArchaeology FamilyCampMarch 9 –Celebrate the opening ofour newest exhibit, YouAre There 1939: Exploring
Woman and young girl reading (Indiana Historical Society)
AUDIENCE & COMMUNITYFrom a Teacher: How to Make Your Museum Field Trips Ones to Remember for Students and Staff(AAM)
Dealing with Conflict in Your Museum Community(The Museum of the Future)
Population Up, Cultural Organization Attendance Down. What Gives?(Know Your Own Bone)
FUNDRAISING6 Key Qualities of Successful Grassroots Campaigns(npENGAGE)
What Netflix Would Do [to Retain Your Donors](Network for Good)
LEADERSHIP & INTERACTION10 Ways to Improve Morale at Nonprofit Organizations(npENGAGE)
Angel Mounds by learningwhat archaeologistsactually do. Included withadmission.
Third AnnualUnderground RailroadTourMarch 21 orMarch 28 (two identicaltours) –Join us as we continue toexplore the UndergroundRailroad in Indiana. $125;$75 members.
History in Four Bites:Women BehavingBadlyMarch 21 –You may recognize theselast names of Hoosiernotables – Coffin, Wallace,Carter, Tarkington andRichardson. But what doyou know about the womenbehind the men? $20; $16member; $25 at the door.
JOBS
Mrs. Stallard Working in the BondDrive Office (Indiana HistoricalSociety)
LOCALIMS Museum VehicleCollections andExhibits SpecialistIndianapolis –Indianapolis MotorSpeedway Museum.
Humanities Educator,ProgramsIndianapolis –The Children’s Museum ofIndianapolis.
REGIONALHead ArchivistBloomfield Hills, Mich. –Cranbrook Center forCollections and Research.
Outreach & FieldConservatorSt. Paul, Minn. –Minnesota History Center.Apply by March 27.
NATIONALProgram SpecialistWashington, D.C. –Institute of Museum andLibrary Services. Apply by
CC Express vs Atterbury JC (Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society)
ONLINE10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NonprofitsMarch 12 – Nonprofit Tech for Good webinar. Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, this webinarwill highlight current trends in online fundraising. FREE.
Planning for Natural Disaster Damage in Botanical CollectionsMarch 12 – Connecting to Collections Care webinar. Learn about the disaster planning process and how a simpletemplate was created for the garden world to evaluate and protect plant collections. FREE.
Where Do I Go from Here? Engage Volunteers in New WaysMarch 12 – Volunteer Match Learning Center webinar. Learn how to evolve your program to include new rolesand responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions and more. FREE.
Writing a Disaster PlanMarch 12 and 26 – NEDCC online course. This two-session course will offer an in-depth coverage of riskassessment and steps involved in creating a disaster plan. $200.
Women in MuseumsMarch 13 – Wisconsin Historical Society webinar. Joan Baldwin and Anne Ackerson, authors of the book Womenin the Museum: Lessons from the Workplace, discuss gender equity issues persistently plaguing the field. FREE.
Do you have an item youwould like to donate to anIndiana museum ornonprofit? We'll list ithere! Email us theinformation and we'll list itfor you!
7 Steps for Getting Started in Major Gifts (Even in Small Shops)March 13 – CharityHowTo webinar. Learn 7 basic steps for connecting your organization to individuals with thecapacity to make a significant gift. FREE.
ONSITENCPH Annual MeetingMarch 27 through 30 – Hartford, Conn. The theme for this year’s Annual Meeting of the National Council onPublic History is Repair Work. $258; $202 member (pre-registration ends March 13).
FUNDING AVAILABLE
Women War Workers (Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society)
Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives GrantsApply by April 3 – Council on Library and Information Resources. Funds are available for digitizing rare andunique content in collecting institutions.
Google Ad GrantsOngoing – Google Ad Grants offers qualifying nonprofits $10,000 in in-kind Google Ads advertising every month.
Women's History MonthThis site brings together resources from the Library of Congress, National Archives, NEH and more tocommemorate and encourage the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in Americanhistory.
AASLH National Visitation SurveyHow’s visitation at your site? AASLH is conducting a national visitation survey and wants to know what visitationtrends you’ve seen at your site in the last few years. The survey takes 5 minutes to complete and the resultswill be shared with the participants this summer.
Kurt Vonnegut Museum Planning to Buy Building on Indiana AvenueThe Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library is hoping to raise $1.5 million to acquire a building on Indiana Avenuethat would house the museum and a cafe operated by the owner of the Bluebeard restaurant. (IndianapolisBusiness Journal)
Restoration Underway for Fulton County Log CabinThe Pioneer Woman's Log Cabin Museum – brought over from nearby Lakeview Park in Rochester as part of abicentennial project in 1976 – was one of several buildings on the property destroyed during a tornado in August2015. (Zionsville Times Sentinel)
Work on Indiana War Memorial Roof Expected to Wrap Up This SummerThe work is part of a $2.2 million project to fix a leaky roof. The project is expected to be completed thissummer. (WFYI)
Milan High School 1954 State Championship Bobbleheads UnveiledAll 12 players from the 1954 Milan High School basketball team are included in the bobblehead series. (WRBI)
EVENTS AROUND THE STATE
Nellie Healy and Co. High Kicking on the Roof of the National Surgical Institute (Indiana Historical Society)
Museum After Hours: Colonial HouseholdsMarch 14 – New Castle: Henry County Historical Society, 7 p.m. Explore colonial household management in anactivity from your local DAR chapter. Free; please RSVP to [email protected].
HYPstory: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ArkMarch 15 – Franklin: Johnson County Museum of History, 6 p.m. Join book discussions on Monuments Men andThe Lost City of the Monkey God along with a talk about the modern guidelines for ethical collecting ofartifacts, followed by a viewing of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark at the Artcraft Theatre. Free.
2019 FamilySearch WorkshopMarch 16 – Indianapolis: Indiana State Archives. Learn how to use FamilySearch, one of the foremost digitalgenealogical resources available to researchers. Register at [email protected] or (317) 591-5222.
Our Towns: Indiana TourAs part of Inseparable, Indiana Humanities is taking authors James and Deborah Fallows on a four-city tour totalk about what thriving cities have in common, who’s trying new ideas that work and how Hoosiers are working
through differences to solve local problems. All events are free and start at 6:30 p.m.
March 18 – MuncieMarch 19 – IndianapolisMarch 20 – Fort WayneMarch 21 – Angola
DNA Discussion GroupMarch 30 – Greenwood: Johnson County Public Library, 10 a.m. to noon. CIDIG staff Denise Anderson-Decinawill moderate a roundtable discussion on various genetic genealogy topics. Free; registration required.
Talking Track with Donald Davidson and Sarah FisherApril 4 – Indianapolis: Indiana Landmarks Center, 6 p.m. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian DonaldDavidson and retired driver Sarah Fisher reflect on racing and track culture. Free.
Wine, Cheese, and All That JazzApril 6 – Franklin: Johnson County Museum of History, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sample wines from local wineries, taste avariety of cheeses, and enjoy live jazz music. $35; $30 members; $40 at the door.
Logs to Lustrons TourMay 4 – Porter: Departing from the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center. Explore a century of architecture in theIndiana Dunes on a tour visiting 13 historic sites. $30; $25 Indiana Landmarks members.
Back to the Future: A Mid-Century Modern Home TourMay 18 – Columbus: 1 to 6 p.m. Indiana Landmarks presents five Mid-Century Modern homes in Columbus, withcars of the same vintage at each home. $20; $15 members.
EXHIBITS
Beal Studio (Martin Collection, Indiana Historical Society)
Farming in Henry County: People to PlowsOpening March 9 – New Castle: Henry County Historical Society. Learn more about how farming touched everyaspect of a pioneer’s life in early Henry County.
Indiana Historical Society Traveling Exhibits Around the StateIndiana organizations can borrow professional-quality traveling exhibitions on a variety of topics from theIndiana Historical Society. See an exhibit at this location:
Indiana DisastersThrough April 3 – Corydon: Harrison County Discovery Center
