Welcome to the Indiana Historical Society WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! This is a project focused on sharing IHS resources with the public and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest. Our goal is to encourage collaboration between the Wikimedia community, IHS, and other cultural organizations contributing content to related WikiProjects and enhance learning experiences for Wikipedians. Please make suggestions for accomplishing this goal on the talk page.
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The Indiana Historical Society, as “Indiana’s Storyteller”™, collects, preserves, and shares the state’s history. As a private, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1830, the IHS maintains an extensive research library and presents the Indiana Experience at its headquarters in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis. IHS also provides support and assistance to local museums and historical groups; publishes books and periodicals; and provides educational programs. These efforts are compatible with Wikipedia’s mission of engaging others in collecting and developing educational content for public access.
IHS collections and the William H. Smith Memorial Library both preserve and make accessible a large archival repository of materials on the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest, including more than 1.7 million photographs, 45,000 cataloged printed items, 3,500 pieces of sheet music, 5,300 processed manuscript collections, 3,300 artifacts, 1,460 cataloged maps, 780 broadsides, 90 paintings. More than 50,000 searchable digital images are available on the IHS website. Subject strengths of IHS collections include architecture, agriculture, American Civil War, business, communities, education, ethnically and racially identified groups, families, government, journalism and communications, medicine, military affairs, notable hoosiers, the Old Northwest Territory, organized labor, politics, the professions, religion, social services, transportation (including railroad and interurban history), and women. These IHS resources would be of particular interest to Wikipedians who contribute content on U.S. history.
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There are several ways to participate in GLAM/IHS.
Rosalina523, is currently the Indiana Historical Society's editor, Wikipedia and research, and in this capacity, actively supports Wikipedia through GLAM/IHS by improving existing and creating new Wikipedia content related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest Territory. GLAM/IHS tasks include reviewing, writing, and editing Wikipedia content; requesting digitization of IHS resources to assist Wikimedians with research; participating in Wikipedia and GLAM initiatives to encourage collaboration; hosting GLAM/IHS events; and tracking GLAM/IHS outcomes. This full-time Wikipedian and public historian welcomes collaborations on projects related to Indiana history or assisting in locating related resources. Feel free to post a message on Rosalina523 talk.
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| Indiana Historical Society articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| FL
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1 | 1 | |||||
 GA
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3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| B | 3 | 30 | 37 | 1 | 71 | ||
| C | 5 | 48 | 88 | 2 | 143 | ||
| Start | 1 | 4 | 40 | 152 | 3 | 200 | |
| Stub | 7 | 31 | 38 | ||||
| List | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Category | 6 | 6 | |||||
| File | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Project | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Template | 2 | 2 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Other | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Assessed | 1 | 18 | 132 | 326 | 19 | 6 | 502 |
| Total | 1 | 18 | 132 | 326 | 19 | 6 | 502 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 2,045 | Ω = 4.32 | |||||
| Importance | Meaning | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| High | Articles of important significance where Indiana Historical Society resources provide critical context for the article. | Indiana and Jacob Piatt Dunn |
| Mid | Articles in which an Indiana Historical Society resource is a major component or source and articles concerning important IHS-related locations, people, or events. | Eli Lilly (industrialist) and Calvin Fletcher |
| Low | Articles that are tangentially related to the Indiana Historical Society or its resources in some way. | Angel Mounds and Hoosier |
| NA | Non-article pages related to this WikiProject. | IHS-related files, project pages, templates, and categories |
| ??? | Unknown articles that have not yet been assigned importance to this project, but have been tagged as related to the Indiana Historical Society or its resources in some way. |
GLAM/IHS is interested in collaborating with the Wikipedia community on topics related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest using IHS resources.
Please leave a post on the GLAM/IHS talk page with topics you would like to discuss.
