Blogging Hoosier History

3 min read 2022-11-02 22:16:16

Exploring Folklore Jokes through Spiro Agnew

The following is a guest post from Joshua Koepke (MA Candidate in Folklore and Ethnomusicology/MLS Candidate in the Luddy School of Informatics) as

20 min read 2022-09-24 07:08:05

Last year, colleagues from the Kelley School of Business reached out to the Director of the University Archives, Dina Kellams, with a request. They

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Helen Hopkins Wampler Pi Beta Phi Portrait: IU Archives photo no. P0066988 When I started my first project at the Indiana University Archives, I

5 min read 2022-08-30 04:32:50

The following is a guest post from Joshua Koepke (MA Candidate in Folklore and Ethnomusicology/MLS Candidate in the Luddy School of Informatics) as

4 min read 2022-07-26 01:37:54

Last year I graduated from IU after four years of involvement in the Collins Living Learning Center. This unique living-learning center is the

3 min read 2022-06-06 20:11:16

In a follow-up to her post on Eung Tyun Cho from earlier this spring, archives assistant Briana Hollins continues on here to write about three other

4 min read 2022-04-27 22:06:21

As a graduate student with both specializations in Music Librarianship and Archives and Records Management, I am fortunate to study at an institution

3 min read 2022-04-12 00:16:55

Behind the Curtain is a series highlighting IU Archives staff, partners from various departments of the IU Libraries, and students who make all of

3 min read 2022-03-16 20:02:31

As part of Korea Remixed, a campus-wide initiative to celebrate Korean culture, this spring the IU Archives is recognizing the earliest Korean

5 min read 2022-02-05 04:40:50

The Eagleson family has been in the local news lately, with the renaming of Jordan Avenue through campus for the prominent Black Bloomington family.

3 min read 2022-01-26 06:16:25

Sorting loose papers, searching for duplicates, and refiling After Covid kept me home for the entirety of my sophomore year, I was finally able to

1 min read 2021-10-27 01:33:37

This post was researched by Emma McCall, distance education student at Simmons College. This semester she is spending time at the University Archives

1 min read 2021-09-21 20:29:49

Cover art, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Late this summer, I was contacted by colleagues in the Kelley School of Business. The Kelley Common Read

1 min read 2021-08-26 23:06:30

As you walk through Indiana University’s beautiful Bloomington campus, do you ever wonder who is cool enough to have their name attached to a whole

1 min read 2021-07-01 01:47:10

Oral histories from the IU LGBTQ+ community play an important role in documenting the university’s historical record, while amplifying the voices