By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington After spending the first few months of my Mini 500 project deep in primary sources, at the start of the fall semester I decided to work toward placing my story in its larger context. This included reading about women’s experiences in American colleges since… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington I was after a story that would show me what life was like for former students at IU, how they related to the University, and how they related to each other. When I first proposed my topic to the IU Bicentennial department, the Mini… Read more »
By: Claire Repsholdt, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington. She can be reached at crepshol@indiana.edu. As a budding young historian, I find myself worrying a lot about what people think. What did she mean when she wrote this in her diary? Who thought he would be good at that job? Why’d they pick that… Read more »