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 »
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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 »
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 »
My Semester as a Treasure Hunting Time Traveler: Part 1
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington In April of 1922, then president of Indiana University William Lowe Bryan spoke at the dedication ceremony for the university’s centennial time capsule: “The people of 1822 could not dream the greatness 100 years would bring to the school they were founding. They… 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 »
Researching the Life of Andrew Wylie
By: Rachna Chaudhari, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Biology, Bloomington My research for the IU Bicentennial has focused on the life of Andrew Wylie, the first president of Indiana University. Researching so far back in time proved to be more difficult than I expected. A lot of records exist, which was fantastic but also overwhelming…. Read more »
The Legacy of Andrew Wylie
By: Rachna Chaudhari, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Biology, Bloomington Andrew Wylie was born in 1789 and was the son of an immigrant Irish farmer. He grew up in Washington County, Pennsylvania where he was a licensed Presbyterian minister. In 1812, he was unanimously elected the president of Jefferson College. In 1813, Andrew Wylie married… Read more »
The Sample Gates & the White House: Presidential Scandal
By: Kayla McCarthy, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, American Studies, Bloomington I thought this project would look a lot different. I expected more of a linear, step-by-step chronological history where one clue leads to another in sequential order. Instead, it’s like a game of one-way Battleship. You know, the one with the laptop-like boards, the… Read more »
The Sample Gates & the White House: Salutations
By: Kayla McCarthy, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, American Studies, Bloomington Hello worldwide web! My name is Kayla and I am a spring-semester intern researching how IU has experienced, interacted with, and participated in U.S. presidential happenings since IU’s inception in 1820. This could mean elections, campaigns, inaugurations, presidential visits to IU, you name it…. Read more »
A History of Indiana University’s Early Buildings
By: Scott Jauch, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2016, International Studies, Bloomington My work for the Indiana University Bicentennial Internship Program centered on the history of IU’s buildings. The first interesting piece of information that I discovered is that IU has not always been on its current campus, which is marked symbolically by the Sample Gates… Read more »