Indiana University - Monroe County History Center

March Is For Magic and Memories

Mar 14, 2023Monroe Historyevents, people1983, Indiana University, March Madness, Women's Basketball

Tales of the H-T: blog posts taken from or inspired by The Herald-Times archive at the Monroe County History Center. Blog by Rod Spaw. March is a special month for fans of Indiana University basketball, a time of magic, memories, and championships. This year, Hoosiers will be watching both the men’s and women’s tournaments closely,

Letters Home from an Enlistee in IU’s S. A. T. C. Program: Darling Mother

Apr 6, 2020Monroe HistoryeventsFlu epidemic, Indiana University, Student Army Training Corps

Blog post by Randi Richardson On October 1, 1918, as nature dressed the trees in lovely autumn colors, many life-changing events were occurring within the Student Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) on the IU campus. That morning, precisely at 11 AM, President William Lowe Bryan met with 1,200 inductees assembled on Jordan Field in an oath-taking

Letters Home from an Enlistee in IU’s S. A. T. C. Program: Darling Mother

Mar 30, 2020Monroe HistoryeventsFlu epidemic, Indiana University, Student Army Training Corps

Blog post by Randi Richardson On April 6, 1917, more than two years after the beginning of World War I, the United States declared war on Germany. A military draft was instituted in the U. S. for all men between the ages of 21 and 30 and was soon amended to include all men from 18-45.

A Lasting Gift from the IU Class of 1868

Mar 2, 2020Monroe Historypeople, placesCruse, Dodd, Indiana University, Klopsch, Nutt, sundial

Blog post by Randi Richardson Looking at the busy parking lot in front of Kroger at Second and College today, one would see little or no evidence that the property was once the original campus of Indiana University. But before the last remaining building was demolished, several relics were removed and made a part of

A MONTH IN THE YEAR OF A FLU EPIDEMIC IN MONROE COUNTY

Oct 7, 2019Monroe History1 Commentevents, wehiaFlu epidemic, health, Hospital, Indiana University

Blog post by Randi Richardson From January 1918 through December 1920, five hundred million people around the world were infected with the flu which resulted in the deaths of somewhere between three to five percent of the world’s population. Many of those who died were soldiers. During the month of October, 1918, the number of

INDY 500 WINNER INSPIRATION FOR IU’S LITTLE 500

May 27, 2019Monroe Historyevents, wehiaHoward S. Wilcox, Indiana University, Little 500

Blog post by Randi Richardson A century ago, in May 1919, racing fans throughout the world eagerly awaited the upcoming 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race at that time was still in its infancy. Carl G. Fisher, an ex-race car driver and one of the first car dealers in Indianapolis, conceived the

People of Color Residing in Bloomington in 1913 and Earlier

May 20, 2019Monroe History1 Commentpeople, places, wehiaArmstrong, Indiana University, Kappa Alpha Psi, race

Blog post by Randi Richardson In 1913 Byron K. Armstrong, an individual of color and founder of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, wrote a thesis titled “Colored Population of Bloomington. It was written under the direction of Dr. U. G. Weatherly in compliance with the requirements of the Department of Economics and Sociology of

DAVID STARR JORDAN AND THE HISTORY OF EUGENICS

Apr 1, 2019Monroe History1 Commentevents, people, places, wehiaDavid Starr Jordan, eugenics, Indiana University

Blog post by Randi Richardson David Starr Jordan was the seventh president of Indiana University. He was inaugurated on January 1, 1885, becoming the nation’s youngest university president at the age of 34 and the first president of Indiana University that was not an ordained minister. During the course of his six-year presidency he oversaw

IU Union Club Hotel Opened in 1947

Aug 20, 2018Monroe History2 CommentsplacesIndiana Memorial Union, Indiana University, Union Club

Blog post by Randi Richardson In the 1940s, hotel accommodations in Bloomington were woefully inadequate. For that reason, hotel accommodations at the Indiana Memorial Union on the IU campus were expanded by opening the Union Club Hotel as an annex to the existing facility in the Spring of 1947. The new Union Club, which included

Remembrances of Drs. David Hervey and James D. Maxwell

Jul 2, 2018Monroe HistorywehiaAmerican Legion, historic homes, Howe, Indiana University, Looking Back, Maxwell

The clipping noted below, written by Agnes McCulloch Hanna, was published in an undated, unsourced Bloomington newspaper under a column called “Looking Back.” It was found in a scrapbook compiled by a man named Fred Lockwood. The scrapbook is held by the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The item below was abbreviated from the