Lincoln Programs at the Center for History in South Bend
808 W. Washington St., South Bend
Free with the purchase of a museum admission, $8 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, $5 for youth ages six to 17 and free for members

The following programs are presented as a part of the Lincoln Lecture, Theatre and Film Series related to the exhibit Lincoln: The Man You Didn’t Know.

• Colfax: The Radical Republican by Ann Leonard
  Sunday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m.
  
  As Speaker of the House during Lincoln's administration, Schuyler Colfax and Abraham Lincoln spent countless hours together during one of the most tumultuous times in American history. The two were very different in temperament, ability, appearance and strength of character, but they were alike in their dedication to preserving the Union. Using correspondence between the two men, as well as biographies and newspaper articles, Ms. Leonard will explore this conflicting but complimentary relationship in her lecture.
  
  
• Lincoln Gallery Talk with Edward L. Ayers, Ph.D.
  Saturday, Nov. 14, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
  
  Dr. Ayers will greet visitors in the exhibit Lincoln:The Man You Didn’t Know to answer questions and give a brief gallery talk on a Web site he created, The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, which has attracted millions of users and won major prizes in the teaching of history.
  
  
• Christmas in the Confederacy by Robert May, Ph.D.
  Sunday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m.
  
  Nearly 150,000 former slaves joined the Union military during the Civil War, greatly enhancing the North’s power in battle and campaign. In his talk, Dr. May will describe how pre-Civil War Christmastime concessions by masters played a crucial role in keeping slave revolutions in check and the number of fugitive slaves under control. With the outbreak of war, and the resulting stress of Union occupation and blockade, these customs broke down. As a result, many slaves finally left their masters and headed for Union lines.

For more information, call (574) 235-9664 or visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/.

Programs at the Indiana State Library
140 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis
Free to the public

• Mobilizing the Home Front: Hoosiers and World War I
  Tuesday, Nov. 10, noon to 1 p.m.
  Indiana Author’s Room
  
  Early in 1917, as relations between the United States and Germany became strained, Hoosiers volunteered their time and money to assist in the war effort. Learn about some of these efforts at the Indiana State Library.
  
  
• Indiana Microbrews
  Thursday, Nov. 12, 11 a.m. to noon
  Indiana Author’s Room
  
  Historical significance can be found in unusual places. Learn how the names of some of Indiana’s microbrews and breweries are tied to Indiana’s past.

For more information, call (317) 232-3675 or visit  http://www.in.gov/library/events.htm.

Veterans Day Program at the National Military History Center
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2 to 5 p.m.
5634 County Rd. 11A, Auburn
Free to the public

As the country celebrates the life and sacrifice of servicemen and women all over, the National Military History Center will host a special presentation for the remembrance of our veterans. The nationally aired Tell America television program will film a special two-hour presentation. Following the program, crafts will be available for the children while attendees are welcome to converse with our presenters.

The museums will be available for touring as well. Admission will be free for any veteran or active serviceperson and will be half-priced general admission from 2 to 5 p.m.

For more information, please visit http://www.militaryhistorycenter.org/.

Guide to Historic Architecture of Pulaski County Report and Presentation
Thursday, Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m.
Vurpillat Opera House, 101 E. Main St., Winamac
Free to the public

Todd Zeiger, Director of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana’s Northern Regional Office in South Bend, and Amanda Jones Taylor, Project Coordinator for Ball State Center for Historic Preservation, will give this free presentation on the historic architecture of Pulaski County.

The program marks the debut of the illustrated report on the findings of the Pulaski County Sites and Structures Inventory. The 127-page inventory report – illustrated with historic and contemporary photos and maps – will be on sale at the event for $15.

For questions about the survey and its findings, contact Suzanne Stanis at (317) 639-4534, (800) 450-4534 or stanis@historiclandmarks.org.

Reno: Brothers and Outlaw Gang – Another Look at Jackson County in the 1860s
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 p.m.
Jackson County Public Library, Second and Walnut Streets, Seymour
Free to the public

Mark Boardman of Avon, "The Man Behind the Mask," has been researching the "old west" and its outlaws for years as well as publishing on the Scarlet Mask and True West Web sites. Seymour and much of the midwest feared the Reno Gang as murders, violence and robberies escalated after the Civil War. When witnesses disappeared and civil authorities and the Pinkertons failed to return law and order, vigilantes took up the matter. They hanged six gang members near where Second Street crosses the railroad west of Seymour, then boarded a mysterious train to New Albany where they removed three brothers and another gang member from a jail cell (now located at the Jackson County Visitors Center in Seymour) and hanged them – setting off an international incident.

For questions or reservations, please e-mail csellers@myjclibrary.org.

Festival of Trees and Holiday Events at the Dubois County Museum
2704 N. Newton St. (Hwy. 231), Jasper

The following events will be held during the Festival of Trees exhibit featuring trees designed by local businesses from Nov. 14 through Dec. 13. Programs are free to the public unless otherwise noted.

• Special Preview of the Festival of Trees
  Nov. 14, 7 to 9 p.m.
  $10 per person
  
  Enjoy Winzerwald wine, cheese and desserts while listening to lively piano music by Natalie Jeffries, accompanied with the vocals of her father Bernie. Reservations for this evening can be made by calling (812) 634-7733.
  
  
• Children’s Activities and Violin Music
  Nov. 15, 1 to 4 pm. 
  
  
• Christmas Story and Guitar Music with Joan and Clyde Melton
  Nov. 21, 2 p.m.
  
  
• Piano Music and Christmas Songs by Paula Alles
  Nov. 22, 2 p.m.
  
  
• Performance by the Choir of John Paul the Great Catholic High School
  Nov. 28, 1 p.m. Children’s activities to follow.
  
  
• Christmas in Germany and Las Posadas and Navidad in Mexico
  Nov. 29, 1 to 4 p.m.
  
  Dorothy Rasche will show items she has collected and will describe Christmas in Germany. Maria Loya and Analhi Encarnation will show items from Mexico and explain Las Posadas and Navidad.
   
• O’Tannenbaum
  Dec. 5 and 6, beginning at 1 p.m.
  
  Enjoy all the rooms of the Dubois County Museum filled with trees, music and the smells of Christmas. Don’t miss Santa as he travels around the museum. Learn about German customs and enjoy the dollhouses in the banquet room. Activities for children will be held on both days.
  
  
• Music by the Dirt Daddies
  Dec. 12, 2 p.m.
  
  
• Cookie Walk
  Dec. 13, 1 p.m.
  
  Buy homemade cookies and candy as long as they last. Listen to the St. Ferdinand Children’s Choir with guitar and piano accompaniment at 2 p.m.

For more information about these events, please call the Dubois County Museum at (812) 634-7733.

Lincoln Brown Bag Lunch Program at the Scott County Heritage Center and Museum
Nov. 18, noon
1050 S. Main St., Scottsburg
Free to the public

This year marks the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, and retired principal Robert Fox will present the program.

For more information, please call (812) 752-1050.

Lincoln’s Letters Dinner and Program at Culbertson West in New Albany
Friday, Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m.
904 E. Main St., New Albany
$35 for individual tickets or $210 for a table of six

Enjoy an evening of elegant cuisine from the table of President and Mrs. Lincoln and reflect on their lives and times. This readers’ theater style production will be performed during a seven-course meal featuring Lincoln’s favorite foods. Dean Dorrell will portray Abraham Lincoln, and Donna D. McCreary will play the part of Mary Todd Lincoln.

For more information or tickets, please call (812) 941-8100 or visit http://www.sunnysideoflouisville.org/events/calendar.htm.

Christmas at Copshaholm
Nov. 22 and Dec. 6, with tours every five minutes beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Copshaholm, at the Center for History, 808 W. Washington St., South Bend
$10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for youth ages six to 17 and $5 for members

Copshaholm’s Christmas holidays of 1910 are seen through the eyes of the housekeeper, cook and other servants in the Oliver household at this Upstairs/Downstairs event at the Oliver Mansion. Performers dressed in period costume portray the servants as well as the ice man, dressmaker, haberdasher and other community trades people. As visitors tour the 38-room Copshaholm, they can enjoy the performers as well as the mansion, decorated for the holidays.

Tickets are limited. Advance tickets are strongly recommended to guarantee a place on a tour. For tickets, please call (574) 235-9664 x 232.

For more information, please visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/.

Events at the Honeywell Center in Wabash
275 W. Market St., Wabash

• Jim Brickman’s Beautiful World Christmas
  Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
  Tickets cost $24 and $39
  
  In this special concert, Jim Brickman will introduce fans to Beautiful World plus his favorite holiday music from classic to contemporary. The evening will feature dazzling solo piano, vibrant vocals and warmth and humor.
  
  
• Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers
  Thursday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. 
  Tickets cost $19, $29 and $75
  
  Over 50 years ago, Larry, Steve and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their small Texas hometown and from there went on to make music history.  Over the course of four decades, their career has taken The Gatlin Brothers from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, Broadway, Grammy Awards and the top of the country charts. The show will feature holiday favorites as well as their classic hits. 

Tickets are available at the box office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, by calling (260) 563-1102, or at http://www.honeywellcenter.org/.

AASLH Alderson Internship Grant Program
The American Association for State and Local History is offering its smaller institutional members the opportunity to apply for the Alderson Internship Grant Program.

This award is named after former AASLH director, William T. Alderson. Recognizing the demand for students to gain "real world" experience and for our members to get qualified interns into their institutions, AASLH will offer this internship opportunity (up to $1,000) to three of its members to hire a summer intern.

The host institution must provide information on what they expect their intern to do and match funds at a 1:4 level (that is $1 for every $4 AASLH provides). To be eligible, an historical society must be an institutional member of AASLH with an annual budget under $250,000.

Application forms can be found at www.aaslh.org/alderson.htm. The application deadline is Dec. 9 for an internship beginning in summer 2010. For more information, visit our Web site or e-mail Bethany Hawkins at hawkins@aaslh.org or call (615) 320-3203.

Magazine and Program Available

• A duplicate copy of OAH Magazine of History (vol. 18, no. 4) July 2004
• AHA Program, 119th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Jan. 6 through 9, 2005

If you are interested in these items, please contact Jeff Harris at (317) 232-4591 or jharris@indianahistory.org.

Items are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.