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Training Opportunities and Conferences

IHS Offers Using HeritageQuest Online: Tips for Successful Searching
Media Relations Panel Workshop
MS 215: Care of Archaeological Artifacts from the Field to the Lab
MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives
2008 Creating Exhibitions™ Symposium
Preservation 101
Online Learning Communities from the Upstate History Alliance 

Programs

“President Ben” Hosts a Soup-Tasting at the Harrison Home
Quilt Fest
Civil War Days
Boxley Cabin Dedication Ceremonies
Redbud Trail Rendezvous

IHS News

In Your Neighborhood Meeting in Vigo County
Immigration: A "Present" Perspective

Help

Seeking Damaged Items for Collections Issues Trunk
Searching for a 1940s-Era Meat Display Case

Advocate for NEH Funding for Preservation
Seeking Participants for 400.000 People who Landed on the Moon: Life Stories of Engineers Involved in the Moon Landing

Traveling Exhibits

The Faces of Lincoln in Michigan City 

Organizations in the News

Quilters Hall of Fame Seeking Home for Quilt Frame
Museum of the Soldier Schedule for 2008

Job Opportunities

Collections Assistant at the Ohio Historical Society

On the Internet

IMLS Announces Results of Study on the Internet’s Impact on Museums and Libraries
Midwest Art Conservation Center
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
E-Conservation Magazine Now Online
AAM Professional Education Live Webinar Series
SubscriberMail Notes Words to Avoid in Subject Lines

IHS Offers Using HeritageQuest Online: Tips for Successful Searching
This workshop will be held on Sat., April 12, from 10 a.m.-Noon at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in Indianapolis.

Whether you are looking for census records, books, magazine articles, Revolutionary War soldier records or other genealogical information, this presentation will highlight the many valuable features of the databases that make up HeritageQuest Online. Suggestions for optimal searching, viewing, saving and printing will be discussed.

Elaine M. Kuhn, MLS, is the Kentucky History Coordinator for the Kenton County Public Library in Kentucky. She was a reference librarian for several years in the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. A native of Antwerp, Ohio, Elaine is a member of the Ohio Genealogical Society, its Paulding County chapter, and the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana. She is also a book reviewer for Library Journal.

The cost for this workshop is $10 for the general public and $8 for IHS members.

Registrations must be received by April 4. To register for a workshop, or for more information on other upcoming workshops or IHS programs and events, call (317) 232-1882, (800) 447-1830 or email welcome@indianahistory.org. Information is also available at www.indianahistory.org.

Visitors to the History Center’s William Henry Smith Memorial Library can access programs such as HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry.com free of charge. Hours for the library are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Media Relations Panel Workshop
This workshop will take place on Friday, March 28, from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Hamilton County CVB, 37 E. Main St., Carmel, In.

Ever wonder why the people who are already well-known seem to get all the publicity? More often than not, magazine, newspaper and TV editors want to “discover” the next great unknown restaurant, attraction, festival or cultural destination, but they assign stories to their writers based on the information that comes to them in news releases.

During this workshop, you will learn ways to increase the visibility of your work in the media. A panel of experts will offer tips on creating a media kit to garner more media attention.

For more information and to register visit http://hccvb.theregistrationsystem.com/

MS 215: Care of Archaeological Artifacts from the Field to the Lab

This is an online course offered at www.museumclasses.org that will be instructed by Diana Komejan from March 31 through April 25, 2008.

The cost of the course is $425.

Archaeological finds come out of the ground fragile and they often stay that way. Yet archaeologists and museum professionals have few clear guidelines for handling, moving, storing and displaying such materials. Participants learn techniques for safely lifting and packing artifacts, safe transportation and temporary and permanent storage. The course also covers a broad range of excavation environments, including the Arctic, wet sites, tropical and temperate. Though Care of Archaeological Artifacts is not intended to train archaeological conservators, it is designed to help participants understand what can and can't be done to save the artifacts they unearth.

Participants work through sections at their own pace. Instructor Diana Komejan is available for scheduled e-mail support. Materials and resources include online literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and online chats led by the instructor. The course is limited to 20 participants.

The course runs four weeks. Please enroll at www.museumclasses.org and pay for the course at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html. If you have trouble completing an on-line order, please contact Helen Alten at helen@collectioncare.org.

Diana Komejan graduated from Sir Sandford Fleming College in 1980 with a diploma in Art Conservation Techniques. She has worked as a conservator with Parks Canada at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site in Nova Scotia and the Halifax conservation lab, where she worked on archaeological and historic artifacts from across east coast Canada. Diana also interned at the Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Medieval History in Ann Arbor, Mich. and spent 12 years as conservator with the Yukon Government in Whitehorse. In addition to lab treatments, Diana has broad archaeological experience, including the excavation of mammoths and dinosaur tracks. Diana now operates a private conservation business.

MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives
This is an online course offered at www.museumclasses.org that will be instructed by Gretchen Anderson from March 31 through May 9, 2008.

The cost of the course is $425 ($25 discount to BIRC members).

Participants learn low-toxicity methods of controlling infestations. IPM is the standard method for treating incoming items and monitoring holdings. Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives discusses how infestations occur, helps identify risks, provides feasible mitigation strategies, discusses the different techniques of treating infested materials, and helps you complete an IPM plan and monitoring schedule for your institution. The course covers pest identification, insects, rodent, birds, bats, other mammals and mold infestations, as well as other problems raised by participants.

Participants work through eight sections at their own pace. Instructor Gretchen Anderson is available for scheduled e-mail support. Materials and resources include online literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and online chats led by the instructor. The course is limited to 20 participants.

The course runs six weeks. Please enroll at www.museumclasses.org and pay for the course at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html. If you have trouble completing an on-line order, please contact Helen Alten at helen@collectioncare.org.

2008 Creating Exhibitions™ Symposium
This symposium, hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM), will take place from Sat., April 5, through Mon., April 7, 2008 in Philadelphia.

April 6 is the first day of formal events and will present a series of provocative (or point/counterpoint) sessions on topics relevant to the exhibition process. April 7, will present a series of practical sessions that will provide participants with resources, tools and tips to take away. The sessions on each day are loosely related, as Sunday is a day to pursue fundamental questions and challenges while Monday addresses answers and resources to meet those challenges.

The cost is $325 for MAAM Members ($375 after March 15), and $400 for Non-Members ($500 after March 15). The fee includes all days of the symposium.  Individual days are priced at $200 each day with no discounts for members or early registration. There are additional discounts for students.

For more information or to register visit http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=168954.

Preservation 101
This is a comprehensive self-paced online course that focuses on the preservation of paper collections and related formats. Participants will learn about the basics of preservation in the context of small and moderately-sized library or archival collections – how to identify deteriorated materials, how to properly care for collections and how to set priorities for preservation.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center is proud to offer this unfacilitated course free of charge to both professionals caring for library and archival materials and individuals eager to preserve family collections.

For more information visit http://www.nedcc.org/education/online.php.

Online Learning Communities from the Upstate History Alliance
The Upstate History Alliance offers a variety of online courses on topics such as conservation, collections and preservation.

Pricing varies.

For more information and to register visit http://www.upstatehistory.org/services/OnlineLearningCommunities.html.

Please confirm events specifics with sponsoring organization, especially if traveling any distance.

“President Ben” Hosts a Soup-Tasting at the Harrison Home
This event will be held on Thu., April 3, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

The soup-tasting will showcase the culinary talents of Catered by Chef Mike of the Indianapollis Propylaeum Club and feature a tour of the renovations on the first floor of the historic mansion at 1230 N. Delaware St.

The special Presidential lunch will highlight six soup-and-bread combinations, including:

• Pumpkin soup with pralines and banana bread
• Mulligatawney (chicken curry) soup with French bread
• Wild mushroom soup with croutette
• Southwest corn chowder with cheesy corn bread
• Cold cucumber dill soup with rye bread
• White chocolate soup with almond shortbread

In addition, President Ben will greet guests.

The cost of the lunch and tour is $10 per person.

Reservations are required for the soup-tasting and can be made by calling (317) 631-1888. 

Quilt Fest
This event will take place on April 4- 6 in Rising Sun.

New for 2008, the Ohio County Historical Society has expanded its 6th annual quilt show to include classes and lectures with nationally known teachers Frieda Anderson and Terry White, vendors, three contests and free quilt technique demonstrations each day. 

The main event will be held at the Rising Sun–Ohio County Senior Community Center.

Hours are Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun. noon-4 p.m.

For more information on classes or events, contact the Ohio County Historical Society at (812) 438-4915.

Civil War Days
This event will take place on Sat., April 19, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Center for History and Studebaker National Museum in South Bend.

A Civil War encampment is one of several ways families can learn about America in the 1860s at "Civil War Days". 

Admission to the day-long program is free to members and youth 17 and under, $10 for adults and $8 for seniors. The fee includes all demonstrations plus admission to both museums.

Throughout the day, Center for History Director of School Programs Travis Childs, reenacting as a Civil War surgeon, will demonstrate medical techniques of the 1860s. Civil War interpreter Matt Galke will drill his company, and demonstrations of cooking as it was done by Union soldiers during the Civil War will take place.

Film documentaries about the Civil War will be shown including at 11 a.m., John Brown’s War; 12 p.m., The Bloody Lane at Antietam; 1 p.m., The Hornet’s Nest at Shiloh; 2 p.m., The 54th Massachusetts; and 3 p.m., The Wheatfield at Gettysburg.

The newly-restored Lincoln Presidential Carriage will be on view at the Studebaker National Museum, and Tony Smith, the museum’s curator, will give presentations about the restoration at 11 a.m, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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

Boxley Cabin Dedication Ceremonies
This celebration of the restored log cabin on the National Register of Historic Places will take place on Thu., April 24, at 4 p.m. at Pioneer Hill – Sheridan Veterans Park in Sheridan, In.

For more information contact the Sheridan Historical Society at (317) 758-5054.

Redbud Trail Rendezvous
This event will take place on April 26 and 27 on the grounds of the Fulton County Historical Society.

Re-enactors from five states are gearing up for the Rendezvous. Every spring it is one of the first outdoor events of the season. This event is brimming with frontier history and often brings surprises for the participants and public.

Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and under.

The Fulton County Historical Society is located at 37 E. 375 N. in Rochester.

For more information visit www.icss.net/~fchs.

In Your Neighborhood Meeting in Vigo County
Tuesday, March 18 from 1-2 p.m.
 
The Vigo County Historical Society will host a Local History Services In Your Neighborhood meeting focusing on planning.  Feel free to call Local History Services in advance about issues you are facing or just drop in to ask a question or share a success story. 

The Vigo County Historical Society is located at 1411 S. 6th St. in Terre Haute.

Immigration: A "Present" Perspective
This program will take place at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center on Thu., March 20, at 7 p.m.
 
The cost is free.

Present discussion on immigration swarms around the influx of Latino, particularly Mexican, immigrants into America. The goal of this session will be to examine the current “crisis” with emphasis on myths, realities, common concerns and current efforts to firmly yet humanely enforce America's immigration laws. The session will be moderated by John Clark of the Sagamore Institute and will feature panelists with cultural and political insights into today's immigrants, such as Allert Brown-Gort of Notre Dame University, immigration attorney Angela Iza Adams and Rev. Felipe Martinez of the Indianapolis Latino Pastors Alliance and Whitewater Valley Presbytery.

Immigration: A “Present” Perspective is part of the IN Town Hall Series Presented by Lewis & Kappes, P.C.
 
The IN Town Hall Series gives you the opportunity to listen and interact with experts on enduring, yet contemporary issues. This spring, the IHS will explore immigration in three separate programs from the perspectives of the past, present and future. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how “today’s problems” have actually been debated throughout our state’s and nation’s history. This series will encourage audience members to learn about the historic nature of immigration (and immigration debates), how communities are currently dealing with new immigrants and what the future holds for America (and Indiana) as larger numbers of immigrants are woven into our society.

Quilters Hall of Fame Seeking Home for Quilt Frame
The quilt frame was made circa 1863 in Hendricks County by the grandfather of Dr. Harold Wilson, a retired pediatrician from Marion. Dr. Wilson & his wife retired to Oklahoma in the mid 90s, and gave the quilt frame to a local resident who quilted, requesting it stay in Indiana.  Picture a quilting bee with 10 or more ladies sitting around a frame quilting. It is approximately 6x8 feet when set up.

If you are interested please contact Lisa Iversen at The Quilters Hall of Fame, (765) 664-9333.

Museum of the Soldier Schedule for 2008
The special 2008 feature exhibit is 90th Anniversary of the End of World War I: A Look Back.

Calendar of Events:

The Museum of the Soldier is located at 510 E. Arch St. in Portland, In. Call (260) 726-2967 for more information.

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 Coordinator, Local History Services, at col@indianahistory.org or 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46202.