Lilly Endowment, Inc. - 2007 Annual Report

Contains board chair and president's message; program information; community development, education, and arts development grantee profiles; grants list; grant guidelines; financial statements; and list of directors

Lilly Endowment, Inc. - 2008 Annual Report

Contains board chair and president's message; program information; education and religion grantee profiles; grants list; grant guidelines; financial statements; and lists of board members and officers

The Female Impersonators of Indiana Avenue: Race, Sexuality, Gender Expression and the Black Entertainment Industry

On Indiana Avenue, the female impersonators performed in the theaters, clubs and saloons dominated by jazz legends who were born in Indianapolis and others from around the country. Despite the appearance of female impersonator shows, the historical printed record created by Black newspapers in Indianapolis was largely silent from 1911 until 1933. This silence may be due to missing issues of the Indianapolis Recorder from 1917 to 1925. Historians state that the “Pansy Craze” swept the nation in the 1920s. After 1933, openly gay Black men controlled the Avenue’s drag scene. By the 1960s, performers wore women’s clothing in public even when they were not on stage. How we record these performers and their gender identity is an imperfect historical effort since queer themes are largely underrepresented in local archives and historical writings. Given the option, performers may have identified as transgender in today’s terminology

From Mill Gates to Magic City: U.S. Steel and Welfare Capitalism in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1930

Gary, Indiana is a city with indelible ties to industrial paternalism. Founded in 1906 by United States Steel Corporation to house workers of the trust’s showpiece mill, the emergence of this model company town was both the culmination of lessons learned from its predecessors’ mistakes and innovative corporate planning. U.S. Steel’s Progressive Era adaptation of welfare capitalism characterized the young city through a combination of direct community involvement and laissez-faire social control. This thesis examines the reactionary implementation of paternalist policies in Gary between 1906 and 1930 through the purviews of three elements under corporate influence: housing, education, and social welfare. Each category demonstrates how both the corporation and citizenry affected and adapted Gary’s physical and cultural landscape, public perceptions, and community identity. Parallel to the popular narrative throughout is that of Gary’s African-American community, and the controversial circumstances of this population’s segregated development

Indianapolis: A Young Professional\u27s Guide

This new guide to Indianapolis for the young (or young at heart) professional answers the following questions: where can one obtain leadership training in Indy? Where can someone get free wi-fi access with a great cup of coffee, and where can one learn about starting a business, or connecting philanthropically. This nearly 200 page guide contains 40-plus categories of information, clubs, groups and organizations for those new to Indianapolis or just want to learn more about how to connect to this great city.https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/butlerbooks/1002/thumbnail.jp

Soul City: Indianapolis' African-American Community and Soul Music, 1968-1974

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI

The Battle Over A Black YMCA and Its Inner-City Community: The Fall Creek Parkway YMCA As A Lens On Indianapolis’ Urban Revitalization and School Desegregation, 1959-2003

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)The narrative of the Fall Creek Parkway YMCA is central to the record of the historically black community northwest of downtown Indianapolis, which was established in the early 1900s, as well as reflective of the urban revitalization projects and demographic fluxes that changed this community beginning in the 1960s. This is because the conflict between administrators of the Fall Creek YMCA branch and Greater Indianapolis YMCA or Metropolitan YMCA over the viability of the branch at 10th Street and Indiana Avenue was a microcosm of the conflict between community and city leaders over the necessity of large-scale forces. This thesis specifically examines the large-scale forces of urban revitalization, defined in the study as the city’s implementation of construction projects in Indianapolis’ downtown area, and school desegregation, which was the focus of a federal court case that affected Indianapolis Public Schools. Delineating the contested visions held by Fall Creek and Metropolitan YMCA administrators about how the Fall Creek YMCA should have functioned within an environment changed by urban revitalization and school desegregation is crucial to understanding the controversies that surrounded major construction projects and desegregation measures that took place in the downtown area of Indianapolis during the late twentieth century. The study therefore understands the conflict between the Metropolitan and Fall Creek YMCAs over targeted membership groups and autonomy as a reflection of changes in the branch’s surrounding area. Moreover, the study utilizes such conflict as a lens to the larger conflict that took place in Indianapolis between the agents of citywide urban revitalization plans and community leaders who opposed the implementation of these plans, as well as school desegregation measures, at the expense of the historically black community located in the near-downtown area of the city. This thesis is informed and humanized, respectively, by archival research and oral history interviews with individuals who were involved in either the administration or advocacy of the Fall Creek YMCA between 1971 and 2003

Advanced Corporate Counsel

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held September 30-October 1, 2021