IUB Archives An Archivist’s Letter to Carole Y. Johnson, her papers, and the Modern Organization for Dance Evolvement records Jo Otremba (author of this post) is now the Barron Hilton Archivist for Flight and Space Exploration at Purdue University. ... September 26, 2024
IUB Archives Jo Otremba receives Wilma Gibbs Moore Fellowship We are excited to celebrate with Archives graduate student Jo Otremba (they/them) in their receipt of an Indiana Humanities Wilma ... July 13, 2023
IUB Archives IU Football, Preston E. Eagleson, and the 1885 Civil Rights Act The Eagleson family has been in the local news lately, with the renaming of Jordan Avenue through campus for the ... February 4, 2022
IUB Archives From the Arkansas Delta to Indiana University Administration: The Charlie Nelms Papers, 1967-2016 Charlie Nelms is an unparalleled force in higher education. From his early days as a graduate student at Indiana University ... March 6, 2020
IUB Archives Eddie Whitehead: Breaking I.U.’s Color Barrier in Baseball Throughout 2019, Major League Baseball will honor the centennial of Jackie Robinson’s birth. Robinson made history in 1947 when he ... February 11, 2019
IUB Archives Diversity in the Historical Record – The Dean of Faculties records African Americans are often underrepresented in American archival collections, a fact which the archival profession acknowledges. In her 2012 article “The ... February 23, 2017
IUB Archives Sincerely Yours: Byron Armstrong Denounces Labeling “Any practice which tends to divide off American citizens is certainly inconsistent with progressive democratic ideals, and must pass.” It’s ... February 17, 2017
IUB Archives Remembering Elbert F. Cox: African American Excellence in Mathematics Throughout IU’s history, there have been countless examples of greatness and outstanding achievement by its African American students. It is ... February 9, 2017
IUB Archives Charles DeBow: an Original Tuskegee Pilot “…I’m flying for every one of the 12,000,000 Negroes in the United States. I want to prove that we can ... November 7, 2016
IUB Archives An update on “Miss Carrie” It’s difficult to even know where to begin. On July 24, I posted “A previously unknown IU pioneer,” detailing how ... September 1, 2015