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- 1From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedResidents at Smithwood Hall, a racially integrated women's dormitory at Indiana University threw objects from their windows on April 8, 1960. This did little to drive away the students who surrounded the building. They...
- 2From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedDuring my days as a student at Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Indiana, in the late 1970s, I attempted, successfully for the most part, to avoid having to attend any summer-school courses. I did not relish sitting...
- 3From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedDuring his career as an author, Harold M. Sherman of Mountain View, Arkansas, wrote dozens of books, a few Broadway plays, and the screenplay for the 1944 Frederic March film The Adventures of Mark Twain. Sherman's name...
- 4From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWhen the coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds exploded on Halloween night in 1963, killing seventy-four people and injuring nearly 400 others, Howard Caldwell was at the anchor desk for the late-evening newscast on...
- 5From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe old saying about a picture being worth 1,000 words is so true. As we look at photographs in the Indiana Historical Society William Henry Smith Memorial Library collection, we have the benefit of hindsight and can...
- 6From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMore than fifty years ago, Indiana saw the appointment of the first woman and the first person of color to run its public defender's office. Harriette Bailey Conn accepted the post with enthusiasm and grace. The job...
- 7From:Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSituated on the Janiculum Hill, the American Academy in Rome has, since its establishment in 1894, been home to visiting scholars and artists from the United States seeking support and inspiration for their work. During...