Upcoming Events
- 1:00 - 1:30 -- open viewing of the renovated spaces and museum
- 1:30 - 2:15 -- Program
- Vanderburgh County Bar Association President Todd Glass in period dress as Albert Funkhouser, the first Vanderburgh County Bar Association President
- Feel the History students, teachers, and advisors -- Jon Carl, Jeremy Villines, and Terry Hughes
- Local Historian William Bartelt, who worked with Feel the History students, speaking about the people he would like to meet, based upon his research for the Bar Association
- A Feel the History video about the renovation itself
- 2:15 - 3:00 open viewing of the renovated spaces and museum
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Vanderburgh County Historical Society Annual Meeting and dinner cruise on the Bell of Cincinnati will be on November 8, 2011 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. This event is open to the public. Reservations are $43.00 per person. Please call 1-800-261-8586. You must give the VCHS promotional code 38745-1 to be guaranteed a seat with the VCHS group. |
Past Events
The Indiana Supreme Court Legal History Lecture Series Presents:
"Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court"
A Free CLE worth 1.0 Credit Hours, Course Number: 140610
May 18, 20114:00 – 5:00 P.M. (CDT)
Randall T. Shepard Courtroom in Evansville, Indiana
(2nd Floor, Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse)
Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court, a 467-page volume is now available from the Indiana Historical Society Press. Edited by Linda C. Gugin and James E. St. Clair, it examines the lives of the 106 men and women who have sat on the state’s highest court. The book includes an introduction by the Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr.
With 72 authors, the book captures details of the lives of the self-taught, circuit riding judges from the early days of statehood through the 21st century Justices now serving on the Court. Photographs, including those from previously unpublished family collections, complete the edition.
For more information or to reserve a seat contact:
The Indiana Supreme Court
skidwell@courts.state.in.us
SPEAKERS will be drawn from the authors from the book, including Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Professor Linda Gugin, and Greg Hager, Director of Willard Library.
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS will be sellingthe publication at the event for a disounted price of $35.
The History of Mesker Park Zoo (Past Program)
Donna Bennett, Administrative Assistance of the Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden, and Patricia Sides, Archivists at Willard Library, presented a program on A Pictorial History of Mesker Park Zoo, the forthcoming book about the history of the Mesker Park Zoo. (More about the book is below,)
The presentation was
on August 24th at 6:30 PM at the Discovery Center at Mesker Zoo. This event was free, and the public was invited.
For additional information, please contact Donna Bennett at the Zoo, Patricia Sides at Willard Library, or Fred Mulfinger of the Vanderburgh County Historical Society (each name is an email link). Here is a link to information from the Willard Library website.
Meanwhile, enjoy this video on the history of Mesker Park prepared for WNIN by the students in F. J. Reitz High School's Feel the History class.
Willard Library, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden and M.T. Publishing have joined forces to create A Pictorial History of Mesker Park Zoo, a book documenting the rich history of Evansville's Mesker Zoo. This coffee-table style book will feature over 500 photos from Willard Library's own collection of never before published Zoo photos. Take a walk through the evolution of the Zoo as you visit exhibits from the past and encounter the new and exciting geographically grouped and realistically themed regions of today. Pre-publication prices are in effect until September 30, 2010 -- leather edition $74.95 and Deluxe Standard edition $37.50 plus postage. This 208 page book with 128 color pages is a 9 x 12 coffee-table style book with a hard cover and a dust jacket. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Evansville Zoological Society.