The Friends of the Indiana State Archives (FISA) offers two research grants of up to $500 each for research in records in the Indiana State Archives. Graduate students at the masters and doctoral levels enrolled in accredited universities are eligible to apply. Applicants may apply at any time. FISA will notify applicants within one month … Continue reading FISA Research Grant
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Noon, Indiana State Library 2019 Annual Meeting Information [PDF] Lorraine Wright and Clayton Hogston will share with us their recent project with the Historical Land Survey Records. The Marion County Pilot Project goal was to research, locate, digitize, process and make publicly available the four versions of the historical General Land … Continue reading 2019 FISA Annual Meeting
Chandler Lighty, director of the Indiana Historical Bureau was appointed Executive Director of the Indiana Archives and Records Administration. He will begin his duties in late August. Some of the Bureau’s accomplishments during his tenure include: quadrupling the number of state historical markers installed annually; working with members of the General Assembly on legislation to … Continue reading IARA Names New Director
In 1913, as plans were being made to celebrate the Centennial of Indiana, the Indiana State Archives was officially declared a division of the Indiana State Library. Our predecessors in the Library, the Archives, and the Historical Society were calling for a permanent Centennial Memorial Building to be dedicated on statehood day in 1916. … Continue reading The Indiana State Archives Building: A Century of Little Progress
While the future of the new Indiana State Archives Building hangs in the balance, Tennessee lawmakers are moving forward with funding of a new State Library and Archives building with a budget of a cool $98 million! While Indiana's Archives will not be sharing the building with the State Library, lawmakers should take a serious … Continue reading Indiana should follow Tennessee’s example
The Society of American Archivists have written a letter to Governor Eric J. Holcomb, expressing their support for a new Indiana State Archives Building. FISA expresses our appreciation and invites all individuals and historical agencies to write Governor Holcomb and your state legislators. Read the letter from SAA, including recommendations from the Council of State … Continue reading SAA offers support for a new Archives Building
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