By Melissa Dombrowski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History Since 1924, Riley Hospital for Children has treated hundreds of thousands of children as part of the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. From 1921 onward, Indiana University’s Board of Trustees has worked in collaboration with the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association (known today as the… Read more »
By: James H. Capshew, University Historian Following the publication of the massive four volume history of Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer, by Thomas Clark, completed in 1977, the idea of a pictorial history of the university slowly took shape. Although commercial picture books of the campus had been produced occasionally, no attempt to visually document the… Read more »
By: Duncan King, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Tibetan Studies, Bloomington In his life of sixty-three years, Paul V. McNutt was known for a great many qualities worth emulating. In the November 1930 edition of The Vagabond, McNutt, then dean of the law school, is described as a man who “walks with an impressive stride,”… Read more »
By: James H. Capshew, University Historian Many people, in ways both large and small, have contributed much to the writing of the history of Indiana University over the years, and Daisy Beck is a fine example. In 1899, Daisy Woodward received her Bachelor of Arts degree and married Frank O. Beck (AB 1894, AM… Read more »
By: Megan Henderson, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, Psychology, IUPUI While researching Roland Clark Davis, often known as R.C. Davis, I had the fortune of being able to speak with his granddaughter, Francie Gabbay, who is in the same field of work as R.C. Davis. She was more than helpful and provided many documents, photographs,… Read more »
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Journalism, Bloomington “Full-time women were practically nonexistent in the early history of the school, with exceptions such as Lulu Westenhaver, who was hired in 1920, and Esther Bray, hired by Herman B. Wells. Both were teachers of shorthand and typing.”—Indiana University Kelley School of Business: The First… Read more »
By: Alexandra Stepp, IU Bicentennial Oral History Project, Class of 2019, History, IU Southeast Besides conducting oral histories, one of my favorite parts about working on the IU Bicentennial Oral History Project is searching through archives for important and intriguing events from IU Southeast’s history. One event I found particularly interesting was Diane Nash’s visit… Read more »
By: Maclaren Guthrie, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Anthropology, Bloomington Agriculture. When hearing that word most people think of a farmer sitting on a tractor in a big field, or something along those lines. This is a reasonable image, but when thinking back to 19th century agriculture the scene was pretty different. Agriculture is defined… Read more »
By: Alexandra Schrader-Dobris, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, History and Sociology, Bloomington Artistic expression at Indiana University fosters creativity among faculty and students. Many male artists experience praise for this creativity, however we neglect to honor women’s artistic legacies. My interest in art history inspires me to recognize reformer and art administrator, May Wright Sewall,… Read more »
By: Michael Wilkerson, Director of Arts Administration Programs, SPEA There was a period not long after his second retirement when Ken Gros Louis talked about writing a book called The Poetry of Leadership, his response to our data-obsessed and sometimes dehumanizing 21st century. I asked him what he meant by that title, and he answered:… Read more »