Photographing graves that family and others have not visited due to time, location, or other factors is currently a focused extension of the Home is History: Dead Tell Tales project. For Graves: Lost and Found, IU East Assistant Archivist Jesse Whitton is visiting cemeteries throughout the counties IU East serves, and fulfilling requests for photographs… Read more »
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Remembering 9/11, twenty years later
On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, New York was going about its business. As the city that never sleeps, people were already on board the subways, taking buses and heading up the elevators to their offices. The streets were bustling as usual with shop owners, clerks, tourists, locals, children – everyone who had… Read more »
A sneak peek at the Mary Fell collection
IU East was lucky enough to enjoy the teaching expertise of award winning poet Mary Fell for over 30 years. Earlier this year, she donated a number of books, documents and ephemera to the IU East Campus Archives. And today, we’ll take a brief look at some of the treasures we’ve seen so far. Let’s… Read more »
In Memory of Eva Kor
Eva Mozes Kor, a Jewish activist and educator who suffered in the Holocaust, passed away earlier this month. She died while leading an educational field trip, only a few miles from the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp where she lost almost all of her family – dedicated to the very last to educate as many people… Read more »
Lora Kay Baldwin (September 17, 1958 to March 29, 2019)
~ a reflection by colleague and friend Sue McFadden Did you ever meet Lora Baldwin? Lora Baldwin was a student at IU East in 1980, she became a librarian on campus in 1985, and we became friends in 1987. As a member of the faculty since 1985, Lora was pragmatic, smart, just, and caring. Through… Read more »
Professor George T. Blakey – a remembrance by library faculty Lora Baldwin and Sue McFadden
Perhaps your class has met in the Blakey Research Room in the Library. Or, you’ve noticed the sign there and wondered “who is George Blakey and why was this room named after him?” Professor George Blakey provided many strengths to the IU East community. He helped IU East remain a focus of higher education in… Read more »