By: Allison McClanahan, Collections and Cataloging Librarian, Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University “You don’t write melodies. You find them. They lie there on the keys waiting for you to find them.”–Hoagy Carmichael This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the recording of Stardust composed by Bloomington’s own Hoagland Howard Carmichael (1899-1981), better known as… Read more »
By: Maclaren Guthrie, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Anthropology, Bloomington Starting this fall, Indiana University’s Wylie House Museum and Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology began a joint bicentennial project that will be ongoing until 2020. The purpose is to discover more about IU Bloomington’s cultural heritage, protect local archaeological resources, contribute information to enrich… Read more »
By: Brenton Wells, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant, Doctoral Student, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Bloomington Indiana University’s homecoming parade is a longstanding campus tradition. It is difficult to say precisely when the tradition began, as it is not consistently mentioned in early yearbooks or other university publications. The earliest mention appears in a 1908… Read more »
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington Indiana University has a long tradition of commemorating its past, present, and future with time capsules. Capsules inserted into the cornerstones of Wylie Hall, Student Building, Memorial Hall, Indiana Memorial Union, and Bryan Hall demonstrate this commitment to preserve the past for future… Read more »
By: Logan Dudley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Communication and Culture, Bloomington At its inception in 1820, Indiana University (then the Indiana State Seminary) was located at the modern intersection of Second Street and College Avenue. The site was home to a small spring, and since the arrival of the university’s first handful of students… Read more »
By: Alexis Morales, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Business, Northwest When we think about Indiana University, we think of an institution that fosters limitless opportunities. We think of a system of campuses, spread across the state of Indiana, each offering a world-class education to students from all backgrounds and walks of life. We think of… Read more »
By: Logan Dudley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Communication and Culture, Bloomington Hemmed in by walls of limestone and glass, the smooth gray trunk of the American Beech tree meanders upward, seeking life-giving light. Its base, enclosed by short railing and dotted with the names and initials of generations of college couples, serves as a… Read more »
By: Cassie Heeke, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Journalism, Bloomington My first thought when beginning my research on Mary Brown Craig: oh, the irony. Here was the University’s first archivist — a woman who spent nearly 35 years of her life collecting, recording, filing, and preserving the history of Indiana University — and yet she… Read more »
By: Allison Larmann, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, International Studies Major, Bloomington The NYT Criteria Since 1851, The New York Times has been considered a premier national news source. The New York Times does not take its responsibility to report news to the nation lightly and therefore its criteria to decide who makes it into… Read more »
By: Claudia Loman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, Marketing and International Business, Bloomington When I first came across this internship opportunity I was immediately intrigued by it. Growing up I have always had an interest in history due to my parents. On almost every family vacation we take we always have some type of educational… Read more »