An Education on Indiana Education
Education in Indiana extends well beyond big-name universities like Purdue, IU, Notre Dame, Butler, Ball State, and Indiana State. From the collegiate level do…
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Carnegie Hall at Moore’s Hill Collegelocation_fillThrough the efforts of John Collins Moore, a college called the Moores Hill Male and Female Collegiate Institu…
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Borden Institutelocation_fillThe small town in northwestern Clark County (formally named New Providence) is now named Borden in honor of Pr… -
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Crispus Attucks High Schoollocation_fillCrispus Attucks High School was built in 1927 as the city of Indianapolis’ first and only African American hig… -
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Bethel AME Church (Indianapolis)location_fillBethel AME is the city’s oldest and one of Indiana’s most recognized Black cultural sites. Augustus Turner, al… -
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Franklin County Seminarylocation_fillThe Franklin County Seminary opened in 1831 as part of a mandate in Indiana’s 1816 Constitution for each count… -
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Eleutherian Collegelocation_fillEleutherian College was one of the first Indiana schools to admit students without regards to race or gender. … -
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Franklin Collegelocation_fillFounded in the late 1830s, the Indiana Baptist Manual Labor Institute transitioned to being the four year libe… -
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Madame CJ Walker Buildinglocation_fillMadame CJ Walker was the first African American woman to open the field of cosmetology as a new and lucrative … -
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Indiana Dental Collegelocation_fillAs the last quarter of the 19th century began, the idea of an education for all Americans was becoming a reali… -
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DePauw Universitylocation_fillIndiana Asbury University was granted its charter in 1837 and was the first Methodist College to be establishe… -
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Booker T. Washington Schoollocation_fillConstructed in 1905, the Booker T. Washington School served as one of two African American schools in Rush Cou… -
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Evansville Collegelocation_fillConceived in large measure as part of a 1921 campus master plan, the three main features of the historic Evans… -
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Lyles Consolidated Schoollocation_fillLyles Station was founded in prior to the Civil War by Joshua and Sanford Lyles, former slaves from Tennessee.… -
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St. Mary’s of the Woodslocation_fillIn 1840, the Sisters of Providence, a religious order of Catholic nuns, immigrated to the United States from F… -
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Leora Brown Schoollocation_fillOriginally known as the Corydon Colored School, the building was constructed in 1891 as an elementary and seco… -
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Manchester Universitylocation_fillThe college was originally founded by the United Brethren Church in 1860. The college was first known as the R… -
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Earlham College Observatorylocation_fillFounded by Quakers in 1847, Earlham College is a private institution in Richmond, Indiana. In 1856, the colleg… -
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Farmers Institutelocation_fillThe Farmers Institute is the main building of a small campus of Quaker buildings located in a seven acre grove… -
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The Propylaeumlocation_fillThe Propylaeum was founded in 1888 by a group of seven Indianapolis women. The original purpose of the meeting… -
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Vincennes Fortnightly Clublocation_fillThe Fortnightly Club in Vincennes is an educational, social, and humanitarian club for women. Before women wer… -
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St. Joseph Indian Normal Schoollocation_fillThe St. Joseph Indian Normal School operated from 1888-1896, and was owned by the Bureau of Catholic Indian Mi…
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