By: Jessica Gordon, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, General Studies with a focus in Arts and Humanities, Kokomo I began working on the Oral History project roughly mid-September 2016. Since then, I have been gathering information and reading resources to help me as I prepare for interviews and collect oral histories of individuals that have… Read more »
By: Alexis Burr, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Community Health, Bloomington In 1923 Herman B Wells (a student at the time) was photographed curiously peering over the shoulder of a painter by the name of Theodore Clement Steele. Theodore or T.C. Steele was a usual sighting on the Bloomington campus from 1923 to 1926 and… Read more »
By: Gabby McLemore, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Journalism and Education, Bloomington I applied for the Bicentennial internship because I wanted to gain new experiences, meet new people, and learn new skills. Well, I also needed to be able to pay rent, but you know what I mean. All of those things have happened already,… Read more »
By: Ellen Glover, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Journalism, Bloomington As a journalism student, I never thought I was going to spend my summer knee deep in research at Indiana University’s Archives, investigating my school’s past. Sure I like history, but how is this supposed to help me with my dream of becoming a magazine… Read more »
By: Claire Repsholdt, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington. She can be reached at crepshol@indiana.edu. As a budding young historian, I find myself worrying a lot about what people think. What did she mean when she wrote this in her diary? Who thought he would be good at that job? Why’d they pick that… Read more »
By: Cassidy Clouse, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Psychology and Human Life Science, East My main purpose as a bicentennial intern is to document IU East history. Along with other student workers in the library, I’ve been indexing and categorizing archived student newspapers, The Pioneer Press, from the 1970s. There is an emphasis on documenting… Read more »
By: Nicholas Broadbear, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History and Criminal Justice, Bloomington While fighting men and women have toasted victory for as long as alcohol and hot food have been available, American armed forces have often taken these celebrations to a special level. Theodore G. Gronert wrote a piece in 1933, featured in the… Read more »
By: Andrew Hakes, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Thus far, my work on the Indiana University Bicentennial History Project is going well, though there have been some roadblocks. I feel as though this project has given me a better opportunity to use the skills I have learned as… Read more »