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March 15, 2019

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Greene County Viaduct near Tulip, Indiana (Indiana Historical Society)

MUSEUM BOOT CAMP IN SOUTHERN INDIANAApril 8 – Nashville: Brown County History Center, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spend a day in intensive basic training atthis Museum Boot Camp focused on four branches of museum fundamentals: management, collections, exhibitsand fundraising. You’ll leave with an arsenal of resources for your museum operations. (An additional BootCamp will be held in Peru). $30; $25 IHS member; $20 Local History Partner. Lunch is included. REGISTER HERE

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INDIANAHISTORICALSOCIETYSPOTLIGHT

NEWS

You Are There 1939:Exploring AngelMoundsNow Open –Meet trailblazer GlennBlack and his amateurteam of temporaryworkers, who profoundlyexpanded our knowledge ofthese pre-ColumbianNative American people.

EVENTSThird AnnualUnderground RailroadTourMarch 28 –Join us as we continue to

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Six African-American Girls in Hats and Dresses (Indiana Historical Society)

AUDIENCE & COMMUNITYPentagonal Strategy to Attract the Adult Working Target Group to Museums(Medium)

Four Things I Learned When I Started Thinking about Museum Accessibility(AAM)

Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited(Museum 2.0)

How to Make the Most of Spring Break Volunteers(GuideStar)

How to REALLY Know that Your Volunteers Deliver on Your Mission(Engaging Volunteers)

FUNDRAISINGGrants: Document the Process When Developing Grant Proposals(The NonProfit Times)

The Top Fundraising Strategy Every Small Shop Should Be Using(Bloomerang)

3 Tips for Partnering with a Professional Fundraiser(Firespring)

LEADERSHIP & INTERACTIONA Lack of Vision is a Failure to Communicate(Leadership Matters)

Backcasting: Or, How to Apply 20:20 Hindsight to Museum Planning(AAM)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIAHow to Write Facebook Posts That Feel More Human(John Haydon)

MUSEUMS

explore the UndergroundRailroad in Indiana. $125;$75 members.

History in Four Bites:Women BehavingBadlyMarch 21 –You may recognize theselast names of Hoosiernotables – Coffin, Wallace,Carter, Tarkington andRichardson. But what doyou know about the womenbehind the men? $20; $16member; $25 at the door.

Circus DayMarch 30 –Clown around with usduring our annual CircusDay! It’s a fun celebrationof Indiana’s circustradition, and it’s all aboutthe kids! Free admission.Concession and activitytickets are 50 cents each.

Midwestern RootsJuly 19 and 20 –Explore your family’sMidwestern roots with avariety of nationallyrenowned speakers.Registration is now open.

JOBS

Mrs. Stallard Working in the BondDrive Office (Indiana HistoricalSociety)

LOCALPart Time VisitorServices AssociateIndianapolis –Indiana Historical Society.

Director of IndividualGivingFishers –Conner Prairie.

REGIONALChief Program OfficerMadison, Wis. –Wisconsin Historical

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Considering Relevance(National Council on Public History)

Decolonisation: We Aren’t Going to Save You(AAM)

Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements(New York Times)

To Right Historic Wrongs, Colorado Museums Embraced Spirit of a Law That Repatriated NativeAmerican Artifacts and Remains – Largely by Listening(The Colorado Sun)

In Museums We Trust. Here’s How Much(Know Your Own Bone)

The Imitation Game(The Washington Post)

PRESERVATION, COLLECTIONS & HISTORYThese Indigenous Women are Recording Videos to Document Their Traditional Knowledge BeforeIt Disappears(Fast Company)

Why So Many Public Libraries are Now Giving Out Seeds(Atlas Obscura)

HOPE Crew Highlights Across the U.S.(National Trust for Historic Preservation)

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Society.

Historic PreservationSpecialistNashville, Tenn. –Tennessee HistoricalCommission, State HistoricPreservation Office.

NATIONALProgram ManagerTamworth, N.H. –Remick Country DoctorMuseum & Farm.

Collections RegistrarRiverside, Calif. –Riverside MetropolitanMuseum.

INTERNSHIPSPaid Digital Catalogingand Review/ HistoryInternshipsDickinson, N.D. –Theodore Roosevelt Centerat Dickinson StateUniversity – Internships willbe conducted remotely.Apply by April 1.

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Do you have an item youwould like to donate to anIndiana museum ornonprofit? We'll list ithere! Email us theinformation and we'll list itfor you!

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"An Evening in Erin" (Indiana Historical Society)

ONLINEHow to Set Your Nonprofit Up for Social Media Fundraising SuccessMarch 18 – CharityHowTo webinar. Learn how you can effectively leverage social media for fundraising and newdonor acquisition for your nonprofit. FREE.

Break the Budget Bubble: How to Build and Read BudgetsMarch 20 – AASLH StEPs Lab webinar. Learn about basic budgeting terminology and how to create and evaluatea budget. $65; $40 members.

Planning Your RE-ORG ProjectMarch 20, 27, April 10, 24, May 8 and June 5 – Connecting to Collections online course. Learn a step-by-stepapproach to storage organization that will help you to reorganize your current storage rooms. $149.

Museum Education and OutreachMarch 25 through May 17 – AASLH Small Museum Pro! online course. Learn how to facilitate visitors’meaningful and memorable experiences in the informal environments of museums. $295; $195 members.

Everything We Know About Fundraising Is (Mostly) WrongMarch 25 – Blackbaud webinar. This session will explore some of the most common myths about fundraising andhow nonprofits can adjust to the new normal in giving. FREE.

Writing Accurate and Useful Volunteer Position DescriptionsMarch 26 – Engaging Volunteers webinar. Learn about what should be included in a position description for allof your volunteer opportunities. FREE.

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Interpreting Women at Historic SitesMarch 27 – Wisconsin Historical Society webinar. Learn about the state of the field of women’s history, currentchallenges and opportunities, and the right tools to research, uncover and interpret women and theirsignificance in history. FREE.

Ready for the Redesign: Best Practices for Nonprofit Website Redesigns in 2019March 28 – SmartCause Digital webinar. Learn about 10 important strategies that you can and should include inyour next website. FREE.

ONSITEPreserving Historic Places: Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceApril 9 through 12 – Evansville. Learn from experts and swap successes and lessons with others interested inharnessing preservation to fuel community revitalization. $175.

Office of Community and Rural Affairs 2019 Regional ConferencesLearn about trails, placemaking, public safety, broadband expansion and much more in these full day events,keynoted by Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch. $40.

May 9 – MadisonMay 16 – HuntingburgMay 21 – Fair OaksMay 23 – KnightstownMay 29 – AngolaMay 30 – Greencastle

FUNDING AVAILABLE

Largest Gold Fish Hatchery in the World. Storage House and a Few of the 200 Ponds, Grassyfork Fisheries, Martinsville, Indiana (IndianaHistorical Society)

AAM Fellowship Program for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and InclusionApply by March 19 – The fellowship program will be conducted during the period of May 2019 throughDecember 2021. Fellows will gain direct experience facilitating DEAI work with museums across 5 U.S. citiesselected to participate in the Facing Change initiative as communities of learning.

Archives Collaboratives: Planning GrantsApply by April 4 – National Archives and Records Administration. Initial Planning Grants will be awarded fororganizations to plan and develop a working collaborative of three or more partners designed to carry out tasksthat enhance the capacity of small and diverse organizations with historical records collections.

RESOURCES

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White River fishing (Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Digital Preservation Consultant ProjectsIn fall 2018, students at American University served as digital preservation consultants for history organizations.The surveys, digital preservation policies and full reports drafted by the students are available online.

AASLH 2018 Annual ReportThe Annual Report is a snapshot of the events, programs and advocacy projects that were brought to life lastyear.

IN THE NEWS

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4-H Group at WISH (Indiana Historical Society)

Historic Indy Streetcar Headed Back to the RailsThe Hoosier Heartland Trolley Company is using a grant from Indiana Landmarks and the Central IndianaCommunity Foundation to restore Streetcar No. 153, the last surviving streetcar from the Indianapolis Railwayselectric streetcar system. (Indiana Landmarks)

Cedar Lake History Road Show Includes ‘Pop-up Museum'Julie Zasada, executive director of the Cedar Lake Historical Association, and her museum team devised acreative and effective idea in 2017 to bring their history to potential patrons wary of winter weather. (Post-Tribune)

Upcoming Changes to the History Leadership InstituteLast year AASLH reimagined the former “Seminar for Historical Administration” as the History LeadershipInstitute. As part of the ongoing effort to make HLI more effective and accessible, the program currentlyscheduled for November 2019 will be moved to June 2020 and will be held each June thereafter. (AASLH)

EVENTS AROUND THE STATE

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Oscar Baur (right) and Phillip Huyssen outside the Terre Haute Brewing Company (Martin Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

2019 FamilySearch WorkshopMarch 16 – Indianapolis: Indiana State Archives. Learn how to use FamilySearch, one of the foremost digitalgenealogical resources available to researchers. Register at [email protected] or (317) 591-5222.

Eva Kor: A Story of Survival and ForgivenessMarch 16 – Frankfort: Frankfort Community Public Library, 1 p.m. Eva Kor, Holocaust survivor and forgivenessadvocate, will speak during the 3rd Annual Women’s Expo. Free.

Our Towns: Indiana TourIndiana Humanities is taking authors James and Deborah Fallows on a four-city tour to talk about what thrivingcities have in common, who’s trying new ideas that work and how Hoosiers are working through differences tosolve local problems. All events are free and start at 6:30 p.m.

March 18 – MuncieMarch 19 – IndianapolisMarch 20 – Fort WayneMarch 21 – Angola

Finding Your Irish RootsMarch 21 – Frankfort: Frankfort Community Public Library, 6 p.m. D. Andrew Robertson will talk about how toresearch your immigrant ancestors as well as your extended family both in Ireland and online. $2.

Stories of Elkhart: Natural DisastersMarch 21 – Bristol: Elkhart County Museum, 8 p.m. This program will explore major flooding, snow storms andtornadoes that have taken place and how communities recovered in the aftermath. Free.

Daniel Boone in Orange CountyMarch 26 – Paoli: Paoli Public Library, 7 p.m. Author Vicky Haralovich, co-author of Daniel Boone’s Days inIndiana: Boone’s Indiana Track, will speak at the meeting of the Orange County Historical Society.

Marvelous Marshall CountyApril 12 – Plymouth: Marshall County Museum, noon to 1 p.m. Sue Irwin will share some interesting, but"quirky" information about the development of Marshall County.

EXHIBITS

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Notre Dame Fieldhouse (Indiana Historical Society)

From Crawfordsville to Constantinople: Traveling with the WallacesNow Open – Crawfordsville: General Lew Wallace Study and Museum. The exhibit discusses Lew and Susan’smilitary, political and diplomatic travels to locations such as Mexico, Florida, California, New Mexico Territory,the Ottoman Empire, Israel and more.

Indiana Historical Society Traveling Exhibits Around the StateIndiana organizations can borrow professional-quality traveling exhibitions on a variety of topics from theIndiana Historical Society. See an exhibit at this location:

Auto IndianaThrough April 10 – Washington: Washington Carnegie Public Library

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