Latvians Earliest records indicate the presence of Latvian residents in North America around 1680. The greatest migration of Latvian individuals to… Read More »Latvians
Law Firm Mergers Since the 1990s, law firm mergers have brought new firms to Indianapolis, strengthened existing firms, and erased long-established names from… Read More »Law Firm Mergers
Law Schools Legal education in the early 19th century consisted of studying as an apprentice under a practicing lawyer. One of the… Read More »Law Schools
Libraries and Archives Indianapolis has been home to numerous libraries and archives since its founding in 1820. The idea of public libraries was… Read More »Libraries and Archives
Literacy Census data shows a continuous decline in the percentage of Indianapolis residents reported as illiterate or presumed to be functionally… Read More »Literacy
Literary Organizations and Events Literary clubs have had great popularity in Indianapolis. In the 19th century, and during the , men and women founded societies to… Read More »Literary Organizations and Events
Lutherans Although Lutherans from Maryland settled in Marion County around 1830, the first Lutheran churches did not appear until 1836 when… Read More »Lutherans
Macedonians Wars, political oppression, and economic instability caused Macedonian individuals of eastern Europe to immigrate to the United States after 1900.… Read More »Macedonians
Medical Research In the late 1800s, Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led successful efforts by European scientists to identify specific disease organisms,… Read More »Medical Research
Medical Schools Medicine was taught by the preceptor (apprenticeship) system in Indiana throughout most of the 19th century. The state’s first successful… Read More »Medical Schools
