Are your family photographs neatly organized with all the names, dates, and locations written on the backs? Even more organized, are they in archival scrapbooks with appropriate labels in chronological order? Or do your family records look more like mine–a few haphazard scrapbooks and albums with photos that may or […]
Adult Lecture Series
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Happy September! We have a busy fall planned. We’ll blog about all of these events in more detail later, but for now, here’s a quick overview of important dates at the Study in September and October. Visit our website for a printable PDF version of this fall event schedule. […]
Our Genealogy Lecture series continued last night with a fun and informative talk from Allison DePrey about the 1940 Census. Allison DePrey is Assistant Coordinator for Education and Community Engagement at the Indiana Historical Society. She went over some interesting facts about the 1940 Census and discussed how to read […]
Cemeteries can be invaluable resources for genealogists and historians. They serve as community museums in some respects. Many a genealogist has pored over cemetery records and traipsed across overgrown rural cemeteries to find an elusive ancestor. Join us Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in the Carriage House for the first […]
The last installment of the 2012 Civil War Lecture Series is scheduled for Thursday, October 18 at the Crawfordsville District Public Library. We will have two lectures that evening, beginning at 7pm. Chuck Beemer will present “Breakfast at Fort Donelson,” discussing Lew Wallace’s actions at Fort Donelson in February 1862. […]
Unit 12 (the unit that was opened near the Carriage House) has proven to be interesting. Yesterday, the archaeologists from the University of Indianapolis found flat glass (like what is used in window panes), coal, a piece of yellow ware and square nails. Both the yellow ware and the square […]
Fall is going to be a busy season for the Lew Wallace Study! We will also be participating in Ask A Curator Day on Twitter with @Wallacestudy, so if you have questions you want to ask, you can Tweet them Wednesday, September 19, with the hashtag #askacurator. September 22 brings a […]