Indianapolis Public Schools

Florence Meikel diploma

Collection — Folder: S2056

Identifier: S2056

Scope and Contents Collection S2056 is a grammar school diploma which was awarded to Florence Meikcl on Januaty 26, 1906, by School No. 9 of the Indianapolis Public Schools. The diploma is signed by Laura B. Alexander, teacher, and Georgia Alexandre, Supervising Principal. The diploma displays two ribbons (a blue Iibbon and a gold), the seal of the state of Indiana, and another seal proclaiming: "Common Schools, The Hope of Our Country [Indiana]."

Dates: 1906

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Florence Meikel diploma

Indiana kindergarten photographs

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SP078

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs relating to kindergartens in Indianapolis, Mishawaka, Richmond, and Terre Haute, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1925 regarding school children, some of whom were immigrants, teachers, classrooms, school activities, and buildings.

Dates: circa 1900-1925

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana kindergarten photographs

Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

Collection

Identifier: OH008

Scope and Contents This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.

Dates: 1978-1987

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts