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COMMUNIQUE ONLINE 21
September 2007 |
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Table of Contents: Historical Ski Hill House
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Lewis and Clark Exhibit in
New Exhibit at "One Shot": The
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Please confirm events specifics with sponsoring organization, especially if traveling any distance.
Historical Ski Hill House Walk The Historical Society of Ogden Dunes presents the Historical Ski Hill House Walk 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sept. 23, 2007. The day will be spent touring the charming homes of the historic Ski Hill Road and features a wonderful combination of restored and expanded homes, as well as a few homes with modest or minor changes. You'll see the remaining concrete pillars upon which the jump stood. One of these has been turned into a birdbath.
The tour begins at the
Ogden Dunes firehouse, located just inside the down of Ogden Dunce on Hwy. 12
west of Rte. 249 in northwest
Dress comfortably with good walking shoes. The terrain is challenging due to unusual stairs, and the tour is unfortunately not handicapped accessible. Water will be provided.
Presale tickets are $30
for HSOD members and $35 for nonmembers. Tickets will be sold on the day of the
event for $40. Tickets can be purchased by mail by sending payment and full
contact information (name, address, phone and e-mail) to Historical Society
of Ogden Dunes,
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
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. Books can be purchased at the prepublication price of $17.50 by contacting Jennie Born at jennie@bornaviation.comby Sept. 4, 2007. Books will also be available for purchase at the door for $20.
Keynote speaker is Julie
Dash, an accomplished filmmaker, writer and director, is perhaps best known
for her first feature-length film Daughters of the Dust. The film
portrays the lives and culture of a family of African slave descendents,
living on the Sea Islands off the coast of
Daughters of the Dust won best cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival and is the first full-length film by an African American woman. In 2004, the film was placed in the National Film Registry the Library of Congress to be honored and preserved as a national treasure.
IU also welcomes Mike Mashon, the head of the Moving Image Division of the
Library of Congress, and David Francis, a widely respected expert on
moving-images archives, awarded the Order of the
For full list of events, visit www.indiana.edu/~libevent/.
From Dark Pages Scheduled for Morris-Butler Home As far as we know, Sherlock Holmes, H.G. Wells, Jack the Ripper, Queen Victoria, Dr. Jekyll, H.H. Holmes, Lizzie Borden and Arthur Conan Doyle never encountered one another at the Morris-Butler House – or any house for that matter. That’s one reason people have found From Dark Pages such a delightful piece of macabre Victorian fantasy. Almost every Halloween since 1992, the always-new, ever-changing progressive mystery play has led audience members upstairs, downstairs and all around the Morris-Butler House in search of the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Along the way, visitors meet well-known historical characters from both life and literature.
From Dark Pages will be offered at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:30p.m. on Oct. 5, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27, 2007. Tickets are $10 per person and reservation are required. Contact the Morris-Butler House staff at (317) 636-5409 ormbhouse@historiclandmarks.org for reservations.
The Suzanne G. Long
Memorial Oak Hill Cemetery Tour will be held from 1 – 4 p.m. Oct. 7, 2007, in
The
The Howard County
Historical Society will offer The Sexton's Tales: Reliving History at
Tickets for the event are $7 each and can be purchased by calling (765) 452-4314.
The Howard County
Historical Society will commemorate the 35th anniversary of saving the
To attend, RSVP by Oct. 1, 2007. by calling (765) 452-4314 or e-mailing director@howardcountymuseum.org.
Family History & Archives Month ProgramsHome Style Preservation of Your Family History Join Betty Warren, Genealogy Division Secretary, at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 13, 2007, for a one-hour presentation of guidelines to demonstrate how you can preserve family documents in your own home and suggestions concerning safe storage of your genealogical research materials.
Registration is required; register by calling (317) 232-3689.
Visit the Indiana State
Archives at 1 p.m. Oct. 18, 2007, for an orientation of the archives' vast
materials and a tour of the facilities. The Indiana State Archives is located
at
Registration is required; register by calling the Indiana State Archives at (317) 591-5222.
Receive an overview of online resources available on the Indiana State Library website from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Oct. 20, 2007. Genealogy Division Librarian Lisa Meadows is the presenter.
Registration is required; register by calling (317) 232-3689.
Discover some “hidden gems” that are of interest to genealogists in the Indiana State Library’s vast collection of federal and state documents from 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Oct. 27, 2007. The session will be presented by Autumn Gonzalez, genealogy division librarian.
Registration is required; register by calling (317) 232-3689.
Learn where different family history resources are located on the first and second floors of the Indiana State Library. This is a free orientation tour, geared toward genealogists. It will be offered from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. daily Oct. 4, 16 and 27.
Registration is required; register by calling (317) 232-3689. |
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Note from the Editor 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.orgor
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