By: Natalie Mongarella, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington My project is working on a team to plan and design a time capsule for the IU Bicentennial to be opened in 2120. The time capsule is a signature project of the bicentennial. The experience thus far has been fun but at times frustrating. Part… Read more »
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My Journey as a Bicentennial Researcher
By: Laresa Lund, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History and Communication and Public Advocacy, Bloomington During my first year of my studies at IU, I silently wondered what it actually meant to do “research.” A professor would mention research they were doing for a book; an upperclassman would talk about research that they were presenting… Read more »
A Pictorial History Book about IU South Bend
By: Sky Santiago, Bicentennial Intern, Master of Liberal Studies, South Bend Sometimes as a creative person you have secret longings that you do not know how you will fulfill. I had never mentioned it to anyone, but I have been feeling a strange pull when walking past the sign in the library that reads ARCHIVES…. Read more »
The Legacy of Andrew Wylie: Food in the 19th Century
By: Rachna Chaudhari, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Biology, Bloomington When the Wylie House was built in 1835, the property surrounding the house extended for five acres, and the Wylie family lived on a working farm. According to Theophilus A. Wylie III’s memory map of the farm circa 1875, the property had many outbuildings surrounding… Read more »
The Mini 500: The Gendered History of a Forgotten Tradition: Part 3
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington Decline: 1988-2002 The news was announced in the fall of 1987. After 37 years on the sidelines, women finally won the opportunity to race on bicycles in the inaugural Women’s Little 500. Though the race would comprise just half as many laps as the men’s… Read more »
The Mini 500: The Gendered History of a Forgotten Tradition: Part 1
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington Beginnings: 1955 to 1971 “Women Behind the Men Make the Race a Success,” read the headline to Lynn Sproatt’s article in the Indiana Daily Student on April 17, 1955, a little over a month before the fifth running of the annual Little 500.[1] “For weeks… Read more »
The Mini 500: The Gendered History of a Forgotten Tradition: Part 2
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington Crisis: 1978 to 1987 The man in the photograph clutches the tricycle between his legs. His open mouth and eyebrows raised in concentration accentuate his round face. Dressed in a polo shirt, short ’70s shorts, and a boyish baseball cap atop curly hair, his wiry… Read more »
My Semester as a Treasure Hunting Time Traveler: Part 2
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington The bicentennial time capsule team’s look back in history helped to give us the background and context necessary for our planning and implementation of the bicentennial time capsule, to be buried in 2020. Firstly, we now understand and appreciate just how important is… Read more »
21st Century Scholars Program: A Brief History
By: Arianna Koppen, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management, and Public, Nonprofit, and Community Recreation, Bloomington “No child who is willing to work hard, sacrifice, and make the grade should be denied the dream of a college education” – Governor Evan Bayh, 1990 [1] Before I began my internship with the… Read more »
The Creation of IU’s Natural Spaces
By: Caroline Wickes, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Bloomington I grew up in a small farming community in central Indiana. I didn’t feel particularly connected to nature, perhaps because the vast swathes of corn seemed hardly natural. Once a month, my family of five would pack into our station… Read more »