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 »
Tag: history
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 »
Hudson and Holland Scholars Program: A Brief History
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Peace and Anti-War Activity at IU South Bend
By: Alison Stankrauff, Archivist and Associate Librarian, IU South Bend The Indiana University South Bend Archives holds many, many interesting things… More keep getting uncovered and “discovered” each week, in fact! In 2007, Archives Student Intern Scott Sandberg found a particularly exciting bit of IU South Bend history. Scott had been working with the papers… Read more »