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Cemeteries

Prior to 1824, all cemeteries in Marion County were rural graveyards often adjacent to churches. One hundred and fifty of these interment sites remain. The notable exception, however, was the… Read More »Cemeteries

Center for Black Literature & Culture

The Center for Black Literature & Culture (CBLC) opened as part of Indianapolis Public Library on October 28, 2017, located in the R. B. Annis West Reading Room at the Central… Read More »Center for Black Literature & Culture

Center For The Performing Arts

In February 1998, the Carmel City Council designated “an area extending west from Range Line almost to U.S. 31 and from 126th Street to a point just south” of the… Read More »Center For The Performing Arts

Central Indiana Area Library Services Authority

In the 1970s, the Indiana library community established a statewide library information network to assist libraries in providing better service to the citizens of Indiana. The network provided regionally-based support… Read More »Central Indiana Area Library Services Authority

Chamber Music

Immigrants from central and eastern Europe brought their love of music to Indianapolis in the 19th century, and no nationality was more passionate about chamber music than the Germans, who… Read More »Chamber Music

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

After a visit to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in 1925, Mary Stewart Carey founded The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (TCM) with the help of other like-minded civic leaders. With no… Read More »The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives

The Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives is an LGBTQ+-focused collection of over 8,000 items housed at Indianapolis Public Library. Opened in 1995, it is named for Indianapolis activist Chris Gonzalez,… Read More »Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives

Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center

Built in 1994, The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center is a premier educational and public arts facility designed to house the Department of Music and the Department of Art and… Read More »Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center

Christopher Bush Coleman

(Apr. 24, 1875-June 25, 1944). A native of Springfield, Illinois, where he was educated in the local schools, Coleman attended Laurenceville (N.J.) Academy, Yale University (B.A., 1896), and the University… Read More »Christopher Bush Coleman

Mildred Sartor Compton

(July 18, 1917-Aug. 8, 1993). Born in Bicknell, Indiana, Mildred Compton earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry at the University of Michigan and Tulane University. From 1940 to 1946,… Read More »Mildred Sartor Compton

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