Baptists About 50 million Baptists reside in the United States, distributed among several national bodies or conventions and a host of… Read More »Baptists
Sculpture Through the years, public sculpture in Indianapolis, often quite visible but largely unnoticed, has followed trends typical throughout the state.… Read More »Sculpture
Vocational Education Apprenticeship remained for hundreds of years the primary method of transmitting trade skills to new practitioners. It was not until… Read More »Vocational Education
High Schools Early in its history Indianapolis was dubbed the “railroad city,” because of its location at the intersection of several important… Read More »High Schools
Hospitals During much of the 19th, century hospitals offered few advantages to the sick and suffering. Doctors treated most patients in… Read More »Hospitals
Political Journalism Since 1804, when Elihu Stout’s (Vincennes) Indiana Gazette, Indiana Territory’s first paper, announced a popular referendum for representative territorial government,… Read More »Political Journalism
Printing and Publishing Industries In the early 19th century, the demand for printed information in new Indiana settlements often led to the establishment of… Read More »Printing and Publishing Industries
Children’s Literature Indianapolis has long been a center for children’s literature, primarily because of the activities and influence of the . The… Read More »Children’s Literature
Speech And Dialect There have been no studies of the speech and dialect of Indianapolis, however, studies including Indiana and the Midwest give… Read More »Speech And Dialect
Women in Religion As long as there have been churches in Indianapolis, there have been churchwomen involved in religious work. In 1822 an… Read More »Women in Religion
