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Indiana Historical Society

Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center

450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: (317) 232-1882

Fax: (317) 234-0079

Web site: www.indianahistory.org

Founded: 1830


Paid employees: 90


Highest-paid staff member: John A. Herbst, president, $176,294

Top volunteers: Michael A. Blickman, board of trustees chairman, eight years; Thomas
G. Hoback, first vice chairman, 11 years

MISSION

Be "Indiana’s Storyteller." Connect people to the past by collecting, preserving, interpreting and disseminating
the state’s history.

                 
MANAGEMENT

Steve Cox, executive vice president

Susan Brown, vice president, human resources

Jeff Matsuoka, vice president, business and operations

Linda Pratt, vice president, development and membership

Jeanne Scheets, vice president, marketing and public relations

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael A. Blickman, chairman

Thomas G. Hoback, first vice chairman

Sarah Evans Barker, second vice chairman

James C. Shook Jr., treasurer

Patricia D. Curran, secretary

William E. Bartelt

Frank Basile

Mary Ann Bradley

Joseph E. Costanza

Edgar Glenn Davis

William Brent Eckhart

Daniel M. Ent

Richard D. Feldman

Richard E. Ford

Wanda Y. Fortune

Janis B. Funk

Katharine M. Kruse

P. Martin Lake

James H. Madison

James T. Morris

George F. Rapp

Margaret Cole Russell

Jane W. Schlegel

Jerry D. Semler

Randall T. Shepard

Joseph A. Slash

PROGRAMS


Collections stewardship: The society maintains a vast archive and library with more
than 1.6 million photographs and 50,000 collections of personal and family papers, business records, newspapers, maps and
more.

Statewide education: Creates classroom materials and trains teachers in Indiana history;
involves students in National History Day and junior historian program; provides field service to 92 county historians and
more than 200 local history societies; publishes books, a quarterly magazine and a geneological periodical; offers lectures,
a film series and traveling exhibits.          

Indiana Experience: Developing interactive and high-tech activities for visitors to
the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.
             

FUND-RAISER

Indiana Living Legends Gala, July 18, 2008, raised $113,316. Honors extraordinary Hoosiers for accomplishments on state and
national level in a variety of disciplines.           
 

FINANCIAL PROFILE


2007 income: $16,342,584

2007 expenses: $8,664,646


2007 assets: $188,174,897


2008 projected income: $8,305,868

2008 projected expenses: $8,276,059

Fiscal year begins: Jan. 1