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Table of
Contents:
1. CONFERENCES
AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Midwest Archaeological Conference Returns to
2. PROGRAMS
Treasures From the Past Antiques and Collectibles Appraisal Fair
Peeler Pottery Party at
Footlights Afloat! Riverboat Program Offered at
Baseball Dinner Features
_Lincoln and Freedom_ Presentation and Book Signing
Center for History Presents Program on World War II
Bootleggers, Booze and Homebrew
Civil Rights Film Series Continues at Center for History
Boxley Cabin Area Will be Archaeological Focus on Sept. 15
History Walk Planned for
3. ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE NEWS
IMA's Director of Horticulture Endowed by Lilly
George Winter Collection to be Digitized
4. PEOPLE IN THE
NEWS
5. HELP
6. AWARDS
Call for Nominations for HLFI Preservation Awards
DHPA Awards Historic Preservation Fund Grants for 2007
7. JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
Visitor Services Manager, DuPage Children's Museum,
Associate Director of Programs, DuPage Children's Museum,
8. ON THE
INTERNET
DCHS Developing New Webpage
PCHS Announces New Website
9. ORPHANS CORNER
_Illustrated
Historical Atlas of the State of
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1. CONFERENCES
AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Midwest Archaeological
Conference Returns to
For the first
time in almost a decade, the Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC) annual
meeting will be held in
This year’s
meeting will be held October 4-6, 2007, in
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2. PROGRAMS
Please
confirm events specifics with sponsoring organization, especially if traveling
any distance.
Treasures From
the Past Antiques and Collectibles Appraisal Fair
Missed the chance
to take your treasured heirloom to the Antiques Road Show? The Howard Steamboat
Museum will give you a second chance as it plays host to an Antique Appraisal
Fair August 21, 2007, at 6 p.m. Antique appraisers will be Richard Crum of
Crum's Auction and Realty and Doug Harritt of The Harritt Group. Refreshments
will be provided.
Only verbal
appraisals will be given. The cost per appraisal is $8 per item or three items
for $20. Please no firearms or fine art. Cash, check Visa/MC accepted. Advanced
registration is suggested but not required. Call 812-283-3728 to make a
reservation or for more information. All proceeds will benefit the
The museum is
also offering a limited supply of Jeffersonville Bicentennial Coverlets,
featuring local historical landmarks. The 50" x 65" jacquard-woven,
full-color tapestry includes images of the 1878 county courthouse, Schimpff's
confectionery, the old
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Peeler Pottery
Party at
The Putnam
County Museum will host a second Peeler Pottery Party August 24, 2007, from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Local photographer Amber Bowers will be on hand to
capture prize Peeler pieces for the museum's photo collection, and Jackie
Miller from Bert & Betty's will provide refreshments.
For more
information, contact the museum at 812-653-8419.
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Footlights
Afloat! Riverboat Program Offered at
The
Suggested
donation of $5 will benefit the
Attendees may
want to join in the _Belle of Louisville_ cruise August 15, scheduled to depart
at noon before the museum program. Tickets are $15 for adults, $14 for seniors
and $6 for children ages 3-12. Lunch may be ordered 24 hours in advance for
$25. For ticket information and/or lunch reservations for the Belle cruise,
call 502-374-BELL.
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Baseball Dinner
Features
It is the Dog
Days of Summer and the Bengals are in training camp. However, there is still
two months of baseball left. Come join us at the
Our presenter,
Greg Rhodes, has served as Reds team historian and executive director of the
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum since its founding in 2004. He is
native of
Since moving to Cincinnati in 1985, he has co-authored six books on the history
of the Reds; worked for the Cincinnati Historical Society, where he was
involved in the opening of the Museum Center; is a past chairman of the local
chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR); and is the founding
president of the Cincinnati Red Stockings vintage base ball team.
The cost of the dinner/program is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers.
Program only (starts at 7:15 p.m.) is $3 for members and $4 for nonmembers.
Payment must be received by August 22.
The
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_Lincoln and
Freedom_ Presentation and Book Signing
The Friends of
The Lincoln Museum invite you to a very special presentation August 25, 2007,
at 7 p.m. The event will celebrate _Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery,
Emancipation and the Thirteenth Amendment_, edited by Harold Holzer and
Sara Gabbard, with a foreword by Joan Flinspach, President/CEO of The Lincoln
Museum. The book is a comprehensive look by the leading scholars in the field
at the most controversial issue of the 19th century—and how Abraham Lincoln
responded as a politician, president, writer, orator and commander-in-chief to
change American society.
Holzer, senior
vice president for external affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Gabbard,
vice president, director of development and editor of _Lincoln Lore_ at
The Lincoln Museum in
Museum members are admitted free of charge. General admission is $4.99; seniors
$3.99.
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Center for
History Presents Program on World War II
"The War:
Telling Michiana’s Stories" will take place at the Northern Indiana Center
for History at 1:30 p.m. on September 5, 2007, at Insights in History for
Seniors in South Bend. The guest speaker, Doug Farmwald, director of content
and research at WNIT Public Television, will talk about _The War_, a new
documentary by Ken Burns scheduled to air on WNIT and other public television
stations in September. Farmwald will show video excerpts of _The War_ as
well as _The War: Michiana’s Experience_, a project undertaken by WNIT
and the Center for History to gather local oral histories from that era. In
addition, he will describe the process of gathering the local stories and show
raw footage from some of the interviews.
The program will
include a short guided tour of museum artifacts related to World War II.
Admission is $3
and reservations are requested by September 3, 2007. For information, call
574-235-9664 or visit www.centerforhistory.org <http://www.centerforhistory.org>.
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Bootleggers, Booze and Homebrew
Dearborn County Historian
Chris McHenry will reveal life on the other side of the law during a program
about Prohibition in Dearborn County September 6, 2007, at 7 p.m. at the Vance
House. Among the stories she will share is the direct connection between a
Greendale distillery and George Remus, one of the country's biggest
bootleggers. Plenty of local people took advantage of the thirst for alcohol as
well, though in a much smaller capacity. Many of them fell afoul of the law;
you may be surprised when you find out who some of them are.
The Vance House is located
at 508 W. High St. in Lawrenceburg. For more information about the program,
contact the Dearborn County Historical Society at 812-537-4075.
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Civil Rights Film Series
Continues at Center for History
The film _Zoot Suit Riots_
will be shown at 2 p.m. September 9, 2007, at the Northern Indiana Center for
History. It is part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Presentation Series being
offered in conjunction with the exhibit _Media Coverage of Civil Rights_.
An American Experience film,
_Zoot Suit Riots_ tells the true story of a young Mexican-American man
who was murdered in Los Angeles in 1942 and the resulting firestorm that
ignited when tensions boiled over that had been building up for years between
Mexican Americans and white Los Angelenos. Through original photography and
moving interviews with eyewitnesses, the film chronicles the trial and violent
events that followed as the Mexican-American population challenged racial
attitudes in Los Angeles.
The film is free with the
purchase of a museum admission, which is $8 for adults, $6.50 for seniors 60+,
$5 for youth 6-17 or in college and free for members. Group discounts are
available. Attendees may view _Media Coverage of Civil Rights_ prior to
and following the film.
Over 40 _South Bend
Tribune_ stories and images are on view in _Media Coverage of Civil
Rights_. The exhibit, which explores civil rights in South Bend during the
1960s as seen through the eyes of _The Tribune_, is presented in
partnership by the Center for History, Civil Rights Heritage Center and _South
Bend Tribune_.
For information, call 574-235-9664 or visit www.centerforhistory.org http://www.centerforhistory.org.
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Boxley Cabin
Area Will be Archaeological Focus on Sept. 15
Archaeology will
be a hands-on experience for the public on Sept. 15, 9 a.m., at Sheridan’s
Boxley Cabin when the frontier farm grounds around the 1828 restored log
landmark are explored for hot spots and baseline survey evidence. Jeff
Plunkett, archaeologist for Accidental Discoveries, will be the first to lead
an all-day study using volunteers to perform various scientific duties:
small excavations, screenings and other detection activities to locate
artifacts below ground, like privies and root cellars.
The free event,
important to the work on the cabin that is on the National Register of Historic
Places, is sponsored by the Sheridan Historical Society, Town of Sheridan and
Sheridan Community Schools.
Edgar Spear,
society president and event co-chair, stressed the educational value of the
archaeology initiative. “It plays an important role in offering students
unusual educational experiences,” assessed Spear. “The work to
investigate the site relies on community-wide participation, and teachers have
the opportunity to introduce the science of archaeology in advance to help
young people learn. On site, the students will be readied to identify
artifacts, including bone fragments that provide clues about fire pits.
They may find Indian arrowheads and learn how discoveries are logged. We
don’t know what to expect, but the land has secrets and a diverse
history.”
Applications to
participate are available at Sheridan Town Hall, 506 S. Main St.; the Sheridan
Historical Society Museum, 308 S. Main St.; Sheridan Community Schools; and the
Sheridan Public Library, 103 W. 1st St. Internet requests for applications in
PDF format should be e-mailed to sheridanhistorical@sbcglobal.net
(mailto:sheridanhistorical@sbcglobal.net).
Students must secure parents’ permission, and submission deadline is Sept. 10.
Volunteers will
be divided into various field study groups and will rotate assignments following
a short lecture and instructions by Plunkett at the Sheridan Veteran’s Park
gazebo at 9 a.m. All artifacts found are the property of the Town of Sheridan
and become part of Sheridan’s heritage discoveries that can be put on exhibit.
The Boxley Cabin,
built by fugitive abolitionist George Boxley after escaping jail in Virginia in
1816 following a sabotaged slave rebellion, was the first settlement in
Hamilton County’s Adams Township. Bounty hunters pursued Boxley for 12
years until he made his final home in the Indiana wilderness where he carved
out a farm and taught neighbors’ children who gradually joined his family in
what became later known as Sheridan.
For more
information about Sheridan’s Boxley Cabin Public Archaeology Day, contact Ed
Spear, 317-758-5867 or Brenda Bush, (317) 758-5845.
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History Walk
Planned for Marshall County
A walk through
Plymouth's Oakhill Cemetery is planned for September 23, 2007, when costumed
local residents and family members will depict Plymouth's early settlers—and
Oakhill's current residents. The interpreters will tell the story of
nineteenth-century Plymouth settlers and how they shaped life in this northern
Indiana county.
The event will
take place from 4-6 p.m. at the East entrance to Oakhill Cemetery on Oakhill
Ave. For more information, call 574-936-2306.
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Marion County
Historical Society Hosts Ralph D. Gray Book Signing and Program
The Marion
County Historical Society is hosting the premiere book-signing event for _A
Meredith Nicholson Reader_, compiled and edited by MCHS member and noted
Indiana author Ralph D. Gray. The event will take place on September 27, 2007,
from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Indiana Humanities Council office located at
1500 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis.
The evening will begin with a social hour and hors d’oeuvres. At 5:30 p.m. a
brief program will include remarks by the editor and feature a visit from
Nicholson’s close friend, James Whitcomb Riley, portrayed by Henry Ryder.
To purchase a copy of the book at the prepublication price of $17.50, contact
Jennie Born at jennie@bornaviation.com (mailto:jennie@bornaviation.com)
by September 4, 2007. Books will also be available for purchase at
the door for $20.00.
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Elkhart County
Historical Society, Museum Offer The Potawatomi Tour
Follow the path
of the Sauk Trail through northern Indiana and southern Michigan to the Wild
Winds Buffalo Preserve, a buckskinners camp, Potawatomi Inn at Pokagon State
Park and the grave sites of Leopold and Simon Pokagon. The Sauk Trail was made
by Native Americans and stretched across northern Indiana, from Illinois to
Michigan.
Cost per person
is $60 and includes an escorted tour, admissions, sightseeing, tips and lunch
at Pokagon State Park. Registration and payment deadline is September 15, 2007.
For more information call the Elkhart County Museum at 574-848-4322. Sponsored
by the Elkhart County Historical Society and the Elkhart County Museum.
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3. ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE NEWS
IMA's Director
of Horticulture Endowed by Lilly
The Indianapolis
Museum of Art has received a $2.2 million gift from philanthropist Ruth Lilly
to endow the IMA’s director of horticulture, a position held by Mark Zelonis
since 1997. Zelonis is responsible for the management, maintenance and
development of the IMA’s 152 acres of gardens and grounds, with special
emphasis on the 26-acre historic property of Oldfields, the former estate of
the Josiah K. Lilly Jr., grandson of Colonel Eli Lilly, founder of Eli Lilly
& Company. At the center of Oldfields is the three-story Lilly House, a
French-chateau-style mansion restored to the 1930s time period of the Lilly
family occupancy. The estate also includes a formal garden, a tree-lined allée
with border gardens and a one-acre hillside ravine garden.
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Nuremberg Trials
Collection Held at Elkhart County Museum
Photographs,
letters and artifacts from the Nuremberg Trials are among the items that
comprise a valuable collection at the Elkhart County Museum in Bristol.
The court proceedings at Nuremberg tried World War II German officials for
crimes against humanity for their roles in the Holocaust. Most of the items in
the collection belong to local resident Thomas Bayless, whose assignment in the
United States Army Signal Corps was to photograph and document the trial of
I.G. Farben at Nuremberg. I.G. Farben was the German chemical company which
used forced labor from the Auschwitz prisons and manufactured Zyklon B, a
chemical used in the gas chambers.
Some images from
the collection are currently on display. For more information,
contact the museum at 574-848-4322.
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George Winter
Collection to be Digitized
As one of Indiana’s best known artists, George Winter
depicted the Potawatomi and Miami people in their encampments and councils
prior to their forced removal from Indiana. Purdue's Archives and Special
Collections has partnered with the Tippecanoe County Historical Association
(TCHA), owner of the George Winter Collection, to digitize key pieces.
Highlights of the collection include:
Lesson plans are available for the exhibit:
For more information:
This project was supported
by the Indiana State Library under the Library Service and Technology Act,
administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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4. PEOPLE IN THE
NEWS
Elkhart County
Historical Museum Names New Director
Nick Hoffman was
hired in July as the Elkhart County Historical Museum's director. Hoffman
previously worked at Old World Wisconsin State Park in Eagle, Wis., and the
Experimental Aircraft Association's Air Venture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. He
holds a master's degree in history and a museum studies certificate from the
University of Wisconsin.
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5. HELP
Indiana
Educators Need Original WWII Items
The history of
World War II is of enormous importance to Indiana’s history students and
teachers. In order to provide teachers and students with local World War II
resources, the Indiana Historical Society is seeking to create a central list
or database of Indiana-based historical societies, libraries and museums that
contain original letters, diaries, images and artifacts from Hoosiers during
World War II. This includes home-front based Hoosiers as well as military
and government workers and personnel.
The list would be made available to educators and students who are seeking
these items for research, lesson plan writing, National History Day projects or
Indiana Junior Historical Society projects. This effort will also assist local
groups as PBS prepares to broadcast _The War_, the miniseries by Ken
Burns about World War II.
The IHS is
requesting that interested parties forward copies of collections guides or
descriptions of such collections to:
Matt McMichael
School and Educator Programs
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
or email to mmcmichael@indianahistory.org (mailto:mmcmichael@indianahistory.org).
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6. AWARDS
Call for
Nominations for HLFI Preservation Awards
Historic
Landmarks Foundation of Indiana is soliciting nominations for the Servaas
Memorial Awards, honoring organizations which have exemplified achievement in
creating or broadening awareness for historic preservation. HLFI presents three
Servaas awards to organizations each year.
Nonprofit
organizations, institutions and public agencies may be nominated for developing
and implementing within the past two years an effective program to marshal
public support for preservation in a neighborhood, community or area in
Indiana.
Individuals and
corporations may be nominated for a record—established within the past two
years or spanning decades—of accomplishment in raising public awareness of
historic preservation.
Teachers,
school-based programs or youth-serving agencies may be nominated for
implementing a sustained program that has created or increased preservation
awareness among youth in a school or community in Indiana.
Self nominations
are welcome.
Prizes
The winning nonprofit
organization, public institution or public agency will receive $2,000. Individual,
corporate and youth-serving winners will receive $1,000. All winners will take
home an original Servaas Memorial Award sculpture; complimentary admission for
two people to HLFI's annual meeting; and publicity through coverage in the HLFI
publication _Indiana Preservationist_, on its website and through media
releases and public presentations.
Guidelines
1. Complete official entry form or facsimile
(available online at www.historiclandmarks.org
<www.historiclandmarks.org>)
2. Submit a narrative of nor more than 1,000
words containing:
a. a brief description of the public
awareness program;
b. a synopsis of the goals and objective for
the awareness program; and
c. an evaluation of the program's success in
building public support for historic preservation.
3. Attach documentation to substantiate the
success of the nominee's public awareness program. Include no more than ten
items of documentation, which may include news clips, electronic or video
presentations of news coverage, photographs, slides or brochures. Please limit
electronic or video documentation to 30 minutes or less.
4. Letters of support are welcome as
additional evidence of accomplishment. Submit up to five letters of support for
the nominee; letters may come from individuals, businesses, civic groups and
/or elected or appointed officials.
5. Mail or deliver nomination, including
entry form, narrative, documentation and support letters, to:
Servzaas Memorial Award Committee
Historic Landmarks
Foundation of Indiana, 340 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, Ind. 46202-3204.
Nominations must
be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2007.
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DHPA Awards
Historic Preservation Fund Grants for 2007
The Department
of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded 23 federal grants for historic
preservation to 18 Indiana communities to strengthen Indiana's historical and
cultural heritage through preservation projects. The grants, totaling $500,726,
provide a match of $459,979 in local and state funds for a total projected
investment of $960,705. The federal funds come from the National Park Service,
a part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which distributes federal funds
to the states through the Historic Preservation Fund Program. Since 1974, the
state has awarded more than $15 million to Indiana communities through this
program.
The projects for
the 2007 funding cycle are:
Benton County: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana received a
$17,353 award for a countywide survey to document historic sites, structures
and landscapes throughout Benton County.
Crawford and
Washington Counties:
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana received $14,290 to publish the
results of the countywide historic sites and structures survey of Crawford and
Washington Counties conducted in 2006-2007.
Fort Wayne: The City of Fort Wayne Community
Development received a $9,564 grant to prepare a National Register nomination
for the Southwood Historic District and design and print a brochure about the
district and its history and architecture.
Huntington: The Huntington Historic Preservation
Review Board received a $4,000 grant to prepare a National Register of Historic
Places nomination for the North Jefferson Street Historic District.
Kokomo: The Howard County Historical Society
received a $5,000 grant to prepare three National Register of Historic Places
nominations in the city of Kokomo: the Courthouse Square Historic District
includes approximately 55 contributing resources, the L.E. & W. Railroad
Depot Historic District and the Old Silk Stocking Historic District.
Pulaski
County: Historic
Landmarks Foundation of Indiana received a $18,575 award for a countywide
survey to document historic sites, structures and landscapes throughout Pulaski
County. Pulaski County is one of the four remaining unsurveyed counties.
Steuben
County: ARCH, Inc.
received $5,354 to publish the results of the countywide historic sites and
structures survey of Steuben County conducted in 2006-2007.
LaGrange
County: ARCH, Inc.
received a $26,650 award for a countywide survey to document historic sites,
structures and landscapes throughout LaGrange County. LaGrange County is one of
the eight remaining unsurveyed counties.
Newton County: Historic Landmarks Foundation of
Indiana received a $17,128 award for a countywide survey to document historic
sites, structures and landscapes throughout Newton County. Newton County
is one of the eight remaining unsurveyed counties.
Posey County: Indiana University received a $10,000
grant to fund a public archaeology program in Southwestern Indiana. Small-scale
investigations during Indiana Archaeology Month 2007 will be used as an
opportunity for educating children and adults about archaeological methods,
Indiana prehistory and the importance of preservation.
Archaeological
Clark County: The Archaeological Survey of IPFW
received a $44,358 grant to identify and assess undocumented and poorly
documented cultural resources in Clark County.
Fort Wayne: The Archaeological Survey of IPFW
received a $25,000 grant to conduct an intensive archaeological survey of two
locations in Fort Wayne to identify the remains of two of the city's
eighteenth-century military installations: the original Fort Wayne and Fort St.
Philippe des Miamis (Fort Miamis).
Hamilton
County: The
Archaeological Survey of IPFW received a $10,000 grant a two-week educational
archaeology program at the Strawtown Koteewi Park near Noblesville in Hamilton
County. The project will also result in a National Register nomination for a
site near the Strawtown enclosure.
Hamilton
County: Ball State
University's Department of Anthropology received a $15,446 grant for a
systematic archaeological survey of approximately 400 acres of eastern Hamilton
County, which is one of the fastest growing parts of the state.
Harrison
County: University of
Kentucky was awarded $47,455 to conduct survey and investigation activities at
two archaeological sites in Harrison County.
Acquisition and
Development
Bloomington: Middle Way House received a $50,000 grant to rehabilitate
the 1924 Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. Middle Way House, Inc. is a domestic
violence program serving six counties in south central Indiana and will provide
shelter and support services for the organization's programs for women and
children affected by domestic violence.
Cannelton: Historic Landmarks Foundation of
Indiana received a $25,000 grant to rehabilitate the windows and masonry of the
1845 Heim-Haury House, built of locally quarried sandstone.
Tipton: The Tipton County Commissioners
received a $25,000 grant for the rehabilitation of the 1894 Tipton County
Courthouse.
Evansville: The City of Evansville Board of Public
Works received a $28,699 grant to rehabilitate the Holding House in Oak Hill
Cemetery. The 1911 structure was used to house caskets when the ground was
frozen and graves could not be dug. The building will be used for interpretive
space for cemetery walking tours.
Indianapolis: Irvington Historic Landmarks Foundation
received a $22,500 grant for the rehabilitation of the 1873 Benton House.
Whiting: The City of Whiting Parks &
Recreation Department received a $50,000 grant to rehabilitate the roof of the
1923 Whiting Community Center.
Plymouth: The Wythougan Valley Preservation
Council received a $8,640 grant to rehabilitate the former Jacoby Church, built
in 1860 and dedicated in 1861 by a German Reformed congregation. The church was
used fairly continuously through 1964, but has been vacant and deteriorating
since that time. It is owned by the township and the sponsor has entered into a
lease with the township in order to restore the former church for use by the
community for meetings and social events.
Marion: The Marion Public Library received a
$28,496 grant to rehabilitate the porches and masonry of the 1888 Abijah C. Jay
House, which is being rehabilitated for use as a Center for Community History
and Cultural Studies.
For more
specific information about these projects, view the DHPA newsletter _Preserving
Indiana_ by visiting http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/dhpanwsltr.html <http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/dhpanwsltr.html >
and clicking on "Fall/Winter."
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7. JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
Visitor Services
Manager, DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville, Ill.
Job Summary:
The visitor
services manager is responsible for coordinating the visitor services team and
supervising the birthday parties and museum rentals. The VSM is also
responsible for supervising museum floor operations during shifts when the
museum floor manager is not present.
Essential
Responsibilities:
Secondary
Responsibilities:
Job
Relationships:
Supervised by
director of guest services
Supervises designated
shifts and visitor services cashiers, specialist and birthday party coordinator
Supervises play
facilitator(s) assigned to rentals
Education and
Experience:
Skills and
Abilities:
·
Must
have basic computer knowledge and skills with proficiency in word processing
and spreadsheets. Experience with Vista computer software or database software
a plus.
·
Commitment
to excellent customer service.
·
Must
be knowledgeable in developing a team atmosphere.
·
Accuracy,
good math skills, superior attention to details.
·
Supervisory
experience and/or marketing skills preferred.
·
Must
exhibit problem solving, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills.
Must adhere to appropriate dress code.
· Must be willing to commit to evening and
weekend hours.
The following
abilities are required for the position: (a) Use a keyboard, mouse and touch screen monitor to enter, retrieve or
transfer words or data; (b) Communicate appropriately, clearly and verbally
with museum visitors, telephone callers and co-workers. Comprehend and
speak English with the general public and co-workers; (c) Hear children’s
voices; (d) Move easily between admissions stations; (e) Manual dexterity
necessary to handle bills and coins; (f) Assist visitors in emergency
situations; (g) Perform basic mathematical calculations; (h) Stand for extended
periods of time; (i) Climb up and down stairs or use an elevator daily; (j)
Lift items weighing up to 20 pounds occasionally; (k) Tolerate dust and fumes
from general cleaning and maintenance procedures.
Other:
·
Attend
the following sessions: Part I Discover DCM, Part II Focus on the
Visitor, and Emergency Training within the first six months of
employment at DCM.
·
Attend
special topic trainings.
·
Must
have driver’s license, own transportation and appropriate liability
insurance.
If interested,
please email a cover letter and resume to jobs@dupagechildrensmuseum.org
(mailto:jobs@dupagechildrensmuseum.org),
or fax to 630-637-1276.
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Associate
Director of Programs, DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville, Ill.
Job Summary:
The associate
director for programs supervises both public and school programming including
strategic planning; development of budgets; program statistics and reporting;
coordination of programming with other DCM departments and with outside
community partners; overall development and scheduling of programming for the
quarterly calendar. Represents the programming mission of the Museum within DCM
and to outside agencies and institutions.
Essential
Responsibilities:
Job
Relationships:
Education and
Experience:
Skills and
Abilities:
·
Must
work well in a collaborative environment.
·
Good
writing, budgeting and communication skills essential.
·
Basic
computer skills necessary.
·
Knowledge
of evaluation techniques is desirable.
Other:
Must have
driver’s license, own transportation and appropriate liability insurance
If interested,
please email a cover letter and resume to jobs@dupagechildrensmuseum.org
(mailto:jobs@dupagechildrensmuseum.org),
or fax to 630-637-1276.
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8. ON THE
INTERNET
DCHS Developing
New Webpage
The Dearborn
County Historical Society is developing a new website at www.rootsweb.com/~indbchs
<http://www.rootsweb.com~indbchs>.
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PCHS Announces
New Website
The Parke County
Historical Society has a new website, located at www.parkecountyhistoricalsociety.org
<http://www.parkecountyhistoricalsociety.org>.
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9. ORPHANS
CORNER
An individual
would like to donate an original _Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State
of Indiana_ (Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Co., 1876) to a small
historical society or county museum in Indiana.
The volume is in good condition with original binding and containing
biographical sketches and lovely Victorian-era lithographs.
Interested parties
should contact Katherine Dill at kdill@indianahistory.org (mailto:kdill@indianahistory.org) or
317-233-8913.
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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 Katherine Dill, Coordinator, Local History Services, at kdill@indianahistory.org
(mailto:kdill@indianahistory.org)
or 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46202.
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