Jeannette Covert Nolan (Mar. 31, 1896-Oct. 12, 1974). Indianapolis author of 50 books, including adult fiction, detective stories, and 31 histories and biographies… Read More »Jeannette Covert Nolan
Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage (1981), is a collection of essays, letters, speeches, reviews, and fiction by , perhaps… Read More »Palm Sunday
Penrod Indianapolis Pulitzer-prize-winning author based his juvenile Penrod stories, in part, upon his own experiences growing up in Indianapolis. First serialized… Read More »Penrod
Polly of Pogue’s Run A one-act play by William Oscar Bates, set in the office of Governor Oliver P. Morton, Polly Of Pogue’s Run… Read More »Polly of Pogue’s Run
The Portfolio Club The Portfolio is one of Indianapolis’s oldest, continuously active social clubs. It was organized in 1890 at the suggestion of… Read More »The Portfolio Club
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
James Whitcomb Riley (Oct. 7, 1849-July 22, 1916). Born in the small town of Greenfield, Indiana, Riley was once regarded as America’s most-loved… Read More »James Whitcomb Riley
Spectator Sport Written by Gosport, Indiana, native James Alexander Thom, Spectator Sport focuses on the rain-shortened, crash-marred 1973 and the deaths of… Read More »Spectator Sport
Frances (Fanny) Van de Grift Stevenson (Mar. 10, 1840-Feb. 18, 1914). Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, an Indianapolis native, attended the Third Ward School and the… Read More »Frances (Fanny) Van de Grift Stevenson
Berry Robinson Sulgrove (Mar. 16, 1827-Feb. 20, 1890). Berry Robinson Sulgrove was born in Indianapolis. The son of James and Catherine Sulgrove, he… Read More »Berry Robinson Sulgrove
