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

Three for Tea: My Doll, My Mom (or Dad), and Me
This event will be held at the Morris-Butler House Museum in Indianapolis on Sat., April 26, from 1-3 p.m.

Children ages 5-12 are welcome to bring a parent and their favorite doll for a very special tea party! We’ll be serving delicious Raisin Scones with Jam, Victorian Sunshine Cake, Cherry Tarts, Cucumber Sandwiches, Jam Sandwiches and Shortbread Cookies in our beautifully restored dining room and library. Dolls will have their own tea sets to take home as well! A tour of the Morris-Butler House will follow the tea so that children can see where Anna, Alice, Florence and Mary “Brownie” Butler lived!! Then we’ll also play some Victorian games and make a craft to take home! Tea provided exclusively by Tea’s Me Café.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children. Reservations are required.

Contact the Morris-Butler House Museum at (317) 636-5409 or mbhouse@historiclandmarks.org for reservations.

The Morris-Butler House Museum is located at 1204 N. Park Ave. in Indianapolis.

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Swingin’ With Duke Ellington
This event will be held on Sat., April 26, at 8 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

The cost is $20 for IHS members in advance, $23 at the door.

Swingin’ With Duke Ellington is an insightful look at the intimate life and prolific career of a musical genius. With his high-energy performance style, Bobby Norfolk, accompanied on piano by Pete Ruthenburg, uses language, movement and clever sound effects to introduce the audience to the younger Ellington. He traces Ellington’s development into the legendary composer and band leader at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where we hear many jazz classics such as Take the A Train and East St. Louis.

After the performance, Shannon Forsell and her Trio will perform additional tunes by Ellington in the “Speakeasy Café” (Stardust Terrace). Light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.

Call (317) 232-1882 to make your reservation.

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May 1 Deadline for AIM-IHS Joint Survey
May 1 is the deadline for submitting information about local historical organizations and museums for the Indiana Historical Society’s Local History Services department and the Association of Indiana Museums (AIM) Joint Survey. 

The IHS and AIM are working together to improve services to local historical organizations and museums around the state.

Representatives from these organizations can visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cfOFDrbQ95qBHx_2b35rAkqw_3d_3d to complete the survey.

For more information or for help completing the survey, call Stacy Klingler at (317) 233-3110 or Tiffany Hatfield at (317) 234-5525.

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Real Robotic at the Evansville Museum
This exhibit will be held from May 4 through July 27.

From The Jetsons to the Transformers, from War of the Worlds to Independence Day, robots have long been a staple of science fiction. Robots also work behind the scenes in many industries where they may be used to assemble automobiles, count pills in a pharmaceutical plant, or wrap and bundle freight in a distribution center.

Designed and built by the MRISAR Insititute of Science, Art and Robotics, LLC, the devices in the exhibition demonstrate the range of robotic technology available today.

For more information visit http://www.emuseum.org/.

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Perfect Likeness: Care and Identification of Family Photos at the Cass County Historical Society in Logansport
The identification and care of the most common 19th-century photographic processes are showcased in this traveling exhibition. Sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, N.Y., the exhibition focuses on identifying and caring for such common 19th-century processes and formats as the daguerreotype, ambrotype, tintype and carte de visite.

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Evansville Museum to Implement Major Outreach Project
In 2006, the Evansville Museum was chosen as a co-recipient of a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The program, entitled Outreach to Space, is designed to increase science literacy among adults and children in rural America. Comprised of a consortium of 10 museums throughout the United States, the outreach provides an opportunity to provide the museum experience to rural audiences who experience barriers in visiting a traditional museum. The goal of the project is to reach over 330,000 children and family members over a 2-year period.

Beginning in June, the Museum will transport its participatory space-themed exhibits to fairs, festivals and other events in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.

For more information visit http://www.emuseum.org/.

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County Historian Roundtable
The annual Roundtable will be held on Mon., April 28, from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis.

County Historians are invited to attend the roundtable which will feature a lecture by Eloise Scroggins, coordinator of IHS Exhibitions Research and Collections, a talk by Elkhart County Historian Marcia Brenneman on grants and research, an update from the Indiana Historical Bureau, and a tour of You Are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front.

If you would like to attend but have not yet sent an RSVP, please contact Jeannette Rooney at (317) 233-8913 or jrooney@indianahistory.org.

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One-Year Museum Education Internship at the Illinois State Museum
The Monticello College Foundation Internship in Museum Education provides a challenging opportunity to work closely with museum educators, exhibits staff and curators in a museum of natural history, anthropology and art. The program is designed for candidates who wish to explore a career in the field of museum education. The Monticello Intern helps coordinate the day-to-day operations of "A Place for Discovery," a hands-on children's gallery, including the gallery's 45 volunteers. The Monticello Intern also assists with other museum education programs including school groups, monthly children's programs and special events.

Requirements: a Bachelor's degree in education, anthropology, natural science, museum studies, history or art; career interest in museum education; experience working with the public; and ability to use a personal computer. Teaching experience or Master's degree a plus. Flexibility, maturity, caring personality and enthusiasm for working with children and volunteers–especially retirees–are very important.

The internship will run from Sep. 1, 2008 to Aug. 31, 2009. There is some flexibility in start and end dates.

Monthly stipend of $1565 plus benefits package including fully-paid medical and life insurance, holidays, vacation, personal business days and sick time.

To apply: send cover letter, resume, college transcripts (undergraduate & graduate if applicable, photocopies are acceptable), an e-mail address where you may be reached and contact information for three professional references (letters are not required) to:

Beth Shea, Education Chairperson
Illinois State Museum
502 S. Spring St.
Springfield, IL 62706-5000

The deadline is May 1, 2008. E-mail or fax applications will not be accepted. E-mail inquiries are invited. Send inquiries to bshea@museum.state.il.us. No phone calls please.

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Historic Architecture Information on Demand
Getting up to speed on state historic properties and archaeological resources has become easier than ever with a new database from the DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA), which became available on its Web site April 18.

DHPA will manage the database, the current content of which includes information on the Indiana Cemetery Registry, historic bridges, properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places and historic theaters in Indiana. As funds become available, all information from the Indiana Survey of Historic Sites and Structures files will be added.

Access to archaeological site locations and detailed site information is restricted and password protected but will be granted to qualified individuals who meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards with a specialty in prehistoric, historic or underwater archaeology or geomorphology. Such access will be granted to individuals, not companies.

For more information visit https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html.

SHAARD has no GIS component but the DHPA hopes to add one in the future. Users are also encouraged to provide comments to the DHPA at SHAARDAdmin@dnr.IN.gov. For questions, please contact Karie Brudis, assistant director for environmental review at (317) 233-8941 or kbrudis@dnr.IN.gov.

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Note from the Editor:

Do you know someone who might want to receive Communique Online? Anyone may join the mailing list by e-mailing col@indianahistory.org.

If your historical organizations, 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.