Teamsters Union Founded as the Team Drivers International Union in Detroit in January 1899 and chartered by the American Federation of Labor,… Read More »Teamsters Union
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869-May 19, 1946). A novelist who was only one of four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for… Read More »Newton Booth Tarkington
Americanization Programs in Schools Americanization programs were aimed at socializing immigrants and their children to the norms of middle-class, native-born Americans. That Americanization was… Read More »Americanization Programs in Schools
Henry J. Richardson Jr. (June 21, 1902-Dec. 5, 1983). Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Richardson came to Indianapolis in his teens to study at ,… Read More »Henry J. Richardson Jr.
Revivalism Indianapolis served as a center for religious revivalism from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries. Revivalism is a method whereby a… Read More »Revivalism
Kate Milner Rabb (Aug. 9, 1866-July 3, 1937). Born in Rockport, Indiana, Kate Milner attended Rockport High School and received a B.A. and… Read More »Kate Milner Rabb
Public Service Indiana Public Service Indiana, one of the state’s largest electric utilities, was headquartered at the in Indianapolis for its first four… Read More »Public Service Indiana
George Pogue (ca. 1765-Apr. 2, 1821). Born in North Carolina, George Pogue is one of the two individuals credited with being the… Read More »George Pogue
Phoenix Theatre The not-for-profit Phoenix Theatre opened in the fall of 1983 under the leadership of founding artistic director . Actors and… Read More »Phoenix Theatre
Philanthropy and Recreation Parks and recreation have been, and continue to be, the recipients of philanthropy in Indianapolis. Public parks and open spaces… Read More »Philanthropy and Recreation
