Programs at the National Archives at Chicago
The following programs will be held at the National Archives and Records Administration-Great Lakes Region located at 7358 S. Pulaski Rd., approximately two and a half miles southeast of Midway Airport in Chicago, Ill., unless otherwise noted.

• Primarily Teaching Workshop for Teachers
  This workshop will be held July 13 through 17.
   
  Primarily Teaching demonstrates strategies for using original historical records in the classroom. Teachers of history, geography, government, civics, sociology, psychology, economics, American Studies, literature and the humanities from upper elementary through college levels will benefit from Primarily Teaching. Many librarians, media specialists, archivists and museum educators also find it useful to their work as well.  Teachers can earn continuing education credits and can also receive three graduate credits from George Mason University in either history or education.
  
  The cost for this workshop is $100 per person. The workshop is limited to 10 teachers.
  
  
• African-American Genealogical Research Workshop
  This workshop will be held on Aug. 8 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
  
  Renowned lecturer, author and genealogist Tony Burroughs will present a program on African-American family history research. Mr. Burroughs will address the special challenges presented to those researching African-Americans. Information on finding Federal records relating to African-Americans will be discussed.
  
  The cost is $10 per person. 
  
  
• Annual Civil War Symposium
  This event will be held on Oct. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the First Division Museum at  Cantigny in Wheaton, Ill.
   
  Join noted Civil War historians Craig Symonds, John Marszalek and Paul Finkelman as they discuss notable events and personalities of the Civil War including Abraham Lincoln and John Brown. Tour a Civil War encampment; meet Abraham Lincoln; hear a cannon's roar; spend some quality time doing period activities with your children; see a realistic Civil War surgeon's operating tent; watch the First Infantry Division's mounted color guard in action, or just tour the magnificent museum and grounds at Cantigny. Teachers can earn continuing education credits for attending.
  
  The cost is $40 for the general public, $20 for teachers and round table members, and $10 for senior citizens (60+), students with valid ID and veterans and active duty military.
  
  
• Preparing Your Historical Research for Publication Workshop
  This workshop will be held on Nov. 14.
   
  This workshop will focus on communicating effectively. It will include a discussion of essential writing skills, such as organization, documentation, effective word choice, and clarity. M. Teresa Baer and Rachel M. Popma, editors at the Indiana Historical Society Press, will also discuss larger issues with writing projects, such as defining your purpose, setting your scope, writing to your audience and choosing the best format for the presentation of different kinds of materials.
  
  The cost is $10 per person.

For more information, please visit http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/public/programs/calendar.html.

For reservations, please call (773) 948-9001 or e-mail chicago.archives@nara.gov with the names, phone number, and (if possible) e-mail addresses for all attendees.

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Please confim event specifics with sponsoring organization, especially if traveling any distance.

Annual Civil War Encampment at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum
This event will be held on July 11 and 12 on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum in Crawfordsville.

The annual Civil War Encampment will feature dozens of re-enactors from the Mid-States Living History Association who will recreate the conditions faced by soldiers during the tumultuous days of the Civil War. General Wallace himself will also be encamped on the grounds and receiving visitors. 

For more information, please contact the Museum at (765) 362-5769 or visit http://www.ben-hur.com/.

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New Digitization Grants on Indiana Before Statehood
A new grant program for 2009 is designed to promote the digitization of Indiana’s unique historical materials. The Indiana Before Statehood grant program focuses on those materials that document life in Indiana before 1816. All digital files created as a result of this grant project, and the associated metadata records, will be available through Indiana Memory, a gateway to Indiana's unique cultural and historical heritage.

The deadline to apply is July 15, 2009.

Academic and public libraries are eligible to apply. Cultural heritage organizations may also apply as a partner of an academic or public library or the Indiana State Library. Grant recipients are required to follow the established guidelines for the Indiana Memory Program for image creation and metadata creation. Grant funds may be used for training, equipment, project staff and/or the services of a qualified outside vendor.  The State Library will also provide access to the digital collection management software CONTENTdm to grantees at no cost if requested. 

This grant program is funded through the Grants to States program administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.  IMLS provides funds to each state using a population-based formula under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.  The State Library uses this appropriation to support statewide initiatives and services and to support a series of competitive grants to public, academic, research, school and special libraries.

Indiana Memory is a digital library providing free access to Indiana’s unique cultural and historical heritage through a variety of digital formats. It is a collaboration of Indiana libraries, museums, archives and related cultural organizations, administered by the Indiana State Library. Indiana Memory is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. Visit Indiana Memory at http://www.indianamemory.in.gov/.

The guidelines for this program are available on the LSTA Web site at http://www.in.gov/library/lsta.htm.  State Library staff is available to assist applicants with project planning, grantwriting and project implementation. For more information about the program, contact Connie Rendfeld, Digital Initiatives Librarian, at (317) 232-3694 or crendfeld@library.IN.gov.

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Indiana Living Legends Gala
This event will be held on Friday, July 17, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Cathedral located at 650 N. Meridian St. in Indianapolis.

Each year, the Society honors extraordinary Hoosiers for their statewide and national accomplishments in a variety of areas and disciplines. In 2009, Anita DeFrantz, Bobby “Slick” Leonard, P.E. MacAllister, and Melvin and Herbert Simon will be honored at the annual Indiana Living Legends Gala.

This year’s honorees were selected from more than 150 nominations by a committee of civic and corporate leaders, volunteers and IHS trustees. Katharine M. Kruse and Joseph F. Miller are the co-chairs of the Indiana Living Legends 2009 event.

The Living Legends event also serves as a fundraising event that assists the Indiana Historical Society in fulfilling its mission to be Indiana’s Storyteller™ by providing programs and resources throughout the state. In addition to the generous corporate sponsorship of Fifth Third Bank and OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc., individuals and companies are invited to support the IHS mission by attending the event.

The cocktail reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and the program at 8 p.m.

The cost is $250* per person or $2,500* for a table of 10; $350* per person or $3,500* for table of 10 (patron level). *All but $75 of each ticket price is a tax-deductible gift in support of IHS statewide educational programs.

For additional information or to receive an invitation, please contact the IHS Development Department at (317) 233-6578.

Presented by Fifth Third Bank and OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

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IHS Seeks Nominations for Annual Awards
Each year, the Indiana Historical Society recognizes outstanding individuals whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying an awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history on a local, regional and statewide level.

We are accepting nominations for the following awards:

• Caleb Mills Indiana History Teacher of the Year
  This award is made annually to a teacher at the lower or upper school level currently teaching American or Indiana history and recognized by his or her colleagues as making a significant contribution to the understanding of these two fields by his or her students.
  
  
• Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historian Award
  This award is made annually to a historian who has made distinguished contributions to a) the field of historical scholarship, including presentation, use of materials, and preservation, or b) the affairs and activities of the Society.
  
  
• Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award
  This award is made annually to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions over an extended period of time to a) the field of history and/or b) the affairs of the Society.
  
  
• Hubert Hawkins History Award
  This award is made annually to a local historian for his or her distinguished service and career in local history.
  
  
• Willard C. Heiss Family History/Genealogy Award
  This award is made annually to a family historian for his or her distinguished service and career in Indiana family history including presentation such as an article in The Hoosier Genealogist, use of materials, and preservation.
  
  
• Outstanding Historical Organization Award
  This award is made annually to a local or county historical society, organization or site in Indiana who has demonstrated remarkable public services and programs to their community.
  
  
• Indiana History Outstanding Event or Project Award
  This award is made annually to an organization for an exceptional educational event or history project implemented during the past year, either one-time or ongoing, and relating to that organization’s mission. Examples include reenactments, publications, innovative media usage, exceptional teacher training, and displays/exhibitions. Fundraising events and building restorations may be considered as a part of a larger history education event or project but will not be considered as stand-alone nominations.

Nominations must be received by Aug. 3. Award-winners will be honored at the annual Founders Day Dinner on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.

For more information or a nomination form, call (317) 232-1888 or visit http://www.indianahistory.org/.

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Who Do You Think You Are? Now at the Lawrence County Museum of History
The different ethnic groups that have played a part in the Hoosier state's heritage are explored in this exhibit. Using photographs, maps, statistics and graphics drawn from the IHS's collections and from institutions around the state, the display examines such topics as how people immigrated to the United States and Indiana, why they did it, and where these people settled. It also looks at lighter subjects, such as how different ethnic groups celebrate their heritage.

This traveling exhibit is on loan from the Indiana Historical Society. For more information about the IHS traveling exhibit program, go to www.indianahistory.org/LHS and click on "Traveling Exhibits."

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Cynthia L. Ogorek’s The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago Wins Three Awards
The Illinois Woman’s Press Association announced in May that The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago, written by Cynthia L. Ogorek and published by Arcadia Publishing in 2008, garnered a first place among non-fiction entries in the association’s 2009 Mate E. Palmer Communication Contest. The book was sent on to the National Federation of Press Women for national judging in June. On the national level, the book took third place in Nonfiction Books-History category.

One judge called the book a “fantastic ‘biography’ of the Lincoln Highway!”, adding that Ogorek had “masterfully selected vintage photographs to illustrate the finely crafted biographical text of the extended captions.”

The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago was also honored in May at the Illinois State Historical Society’s 2009 Annual Awards Luncheon in Springfield with the ISHS “Superior Achievement” award.

The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago covers a 90-mile stretch of the highway from western Indiana through eastern Illinois. It gives a brief summary of the Highway’s national history illustrated by vintage images of local people and events, such as the Lincoln Highway Association’s representatives in Lake County and the Ideal Section – the premier stretch of the road that exemplified how a state-of-the-art highway in 1923 should look. It was built in Dyer, Ind. The book ends with a chapter on the movement to preserve the Lincoln Highway nationally as well as in Indiana and in Illinois where it has been designated as a National Scenic Byway.

Ogorek, a Calumet Region native, was named Outstanding Alumna of 2008 by the History and Political Science Department of Purdue Calumet last November. Earlier this year, she received the South Suburban Heritage Association’s annual “Distinguished Friend of South Suburban Heritage” award.

As the owner of The Public Historian, Ogorek has been a practicing historian in the southern suburbs of Chicago for over twenty years. Her goal is to bring history to the community at large by producing programs, books and articles about historic people, places and events. She earned her masters in U.S. history at Purdue in 1996 and also holds a certificate from the Seminar for Historical Administration at Colonial Williamsburg.

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National:

Database Administrator at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul
The Database Administrator will work with director of collections, curators and collections services team regarding database needs.

The Database Administrator also:

• Ensures the maintenance and proper use of database, digital images, lexicon and provides security levels for users.
• Is responsible for maintaining and coordinating database workflow with multimedia formats including digital images and video audio assets.
• Works with staff to plan and implement digital initiatives involving collections; works with other divisions to incorporate initiatives into Web site.
• Assists with other department duties and functions as required.

This position is from an IMLS grant and only funded for the duration of the grant.

For a full job description and application instructions, please visit http://www.smm.org/jobs/.

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AIC Find a Conservator Tool
This resource site from the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works allows you to search for a conservator in your region by specialty in the following categories:

• Architecture
• Book and Paper
• Electronic Media
• Objects
• Paintings
• Photographic Materials
• Textiles
• Wooden Artifacts

For more information, please visit http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=495&parentID=472.

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If your historical organization, genealogical society or museum has changed its address or phone number in the past six months, please send the updated information to Coordinator, Local History Services, at the above e-mail, or Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46202.