When I first saw the film “Matilda” with my family in 1998, my brothers insisted that I looked just like her. Though they meant it as a gendered taunt, I was all too happy to…

Going along with the theme of the current exhibit on Student Reform Movements at IU, in response to a reference inquiry the IU Archives recently digitized a recording of Senator…

News and Notes from Carey Beam, Director Wylie House Museum opens up for regular walk-in hours March 1, 10am-2pm. We look forward to welcoming you for a visit! We begin the season…

“President Bryan made a statement to the Board concerning the German situation at the university”—Board of Trustee Minutes, April 17, 1918. For the past several months, I’ve been…

  Many of us were required to read her novel as a part of our middle school curriculum and fell in love with its main character, little Scout Finch. However, few people know of her…

Named for the slang term of the period for a personal assistant or female office worker, the Girl Friday Club was established in 1964 as a social club for the office workers and…

Dean Rusk Demonstration, October 31, 1967 – Elwood Martin “Barney” Cowherd For freshman Theodore Dreiser in 1889, Indiana University served as fertile ground for his future…

As a new preservation librarian managing a large project for the first time, and faced with what I thought at the time was some huge insurmountable problem, I often sought advice…

The Dagger Throughout history, college students have been prone to griping and airing their grievances with their school’s faculty and administration. Today these grievances are…

Charles Rush Forker, late Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University, was born on March 11, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest son of Edson W. and Mary Rush…