General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: The Collections of the Indiana Historical Society
2022-09-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
Suzanne Hahn, Vice President, Archives and Library at the Indiana Historical Society. Suzanne will speak on The Collections of the Indiana Historical Society. Since 1830, The Indiana Historical Society has been collecting and preserving Indiana’s unique stories; bringing Hoosiers together in remembering and sharing the past—Including Lew and Susan Wallace. Suzanne will discuss not only how the Society has grown and refined its collection but also new collecting initiatives that will inspire future Hoosiers.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: Amalia Kussner, miniaturist
2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:00 | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
Amalia was a miniature portrait artist and a “darling” of the Gilded Age – and became one of the most sought-after artists of that time. Her career would include painting many of those premier families and European and Russian royalty. With her adventurous spirit, she traveled during the Boer War in South Africa to paint Cecil Rhodes. In addition to her artistic talent, she was quite adept at marketing herself and commanding impressive commissions. Amalia was clearly a woman ahead of her time.
This presentation will cover the full story of her life, starting with her early years in Terre Haute, the incredible rise to fame in New York in the 1890s, and her final years in Europe after 1900. You will see images of a wide variety of her work, both from museums and a private collection.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
2022-10-27 19:00 - 20:00 | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
Peter Hatch will present Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello. Hatch, Director of Gardens & Grounds Emeritus for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, was responsible for maintenance, interpretation, and restoration of the 2,400-acre landscape at Monticello from 1977 to 2012. Thomas Jefferson wrote that “the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture,” and Monticello’s 1,000-foot-long, terraced vegetable garden became an experimental laboratory, an Ellis Island of new and unusual vegetable novelties from around the globe.
While growing over 330 vegetable and 170 fruit varieties, Jefferson was also a pioneer in supporting farmer’s markets and promoting vegetable cookery. This revolutionary garden resulted in a revolutionary cuisine in the kitchen at Monticello. Restored in 1984, the garden and the Jefferson legacy continue to inspire the farm to table movement today. As a tie to our theme for 2022, Peter will incorporate collecting issues at Monticello with stories of plants dying, seed collecting compromised by naughty harvesters, varieties not being true to name, and more. Free, reservations requested.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series
2023-10-26 19:00 - 21:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Little Orphant Annie – Discovery, Preservation, and Restoration

Eric Grayson is a nationally renowned film preservation expert, specializing in silent movies. Eric will be presenting the 1918 original film of Little Orphant Annie. This unusual surviving film features a rare film appearance by James Whitcomb Riley – the Hoosier poet and close friend of Lew Wallace. Eric will discuss the films discovery, preservation and restoration.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - Reconstructing Henry S. Lane: Redefining Political Legacy Amidst Reconstruction Ambiguity by Owen Bennett
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum presents…
Reconstructing Henry S. Lane: Redefining Political Legacy Amidst Reconstruction Ambiguity.
Owen Bennett, Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Historical Society, will give a lecture on the vague and misleading historiography of Henry S. Lane’s role during the era of reconstruction following the Civil War. Lane’s active participation therein has been largely disregarded in previous narratives. Additionally, Owen will discuss the enduring political legacy of Lane and the policies he was involved in.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - The Man Who Saved Cincinnati by Peter Bronson
2024-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum presents…
The Man Who Saved Cincinnati
Peter Bronson is a newsman, editor, magazine writer and author. He has written eight books, including The Man Who Saved Cincinnati (2023), Not in Our Town (2022), and Forbidden Fruit (2020). He was an editor and columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer for nearly 20 years. Bronson will discuss Lew Wallace’s role in defending the Queen city against Confederate attack, the first African Americans employed in defense of the Union known as the Black Brigade, the Ohio Squirrel Hunter volunteers, and much more.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - The USCT from Montgomery County
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Dr Howard Miller Lecture Series presents…The United States Colored Troops from Montgomery County by Shannon Sullivan Hudson. A science teacher by day and a history buff by night, Shannon Hudson is the author of Abolitionists of the Underground Railroad: Legends from Montgomery County, Indiana. Shannon will speak on the United States Colored Troops from Montgomery County, Indiana including who they were, where they served, and the lives they lived after the war.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - Ben-Hur Chariots by Dr. Bela Sandor
2025-05-08 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - June Mathis: A Silent Film Visionary by Dr. Thomas J. Slater
2025-05-20 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - "The Last Adieu" with Ryan L. Cole
2026-03-12 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
