Indiana Room

Hoosier Character

Hoosier Character uses oral history and traditional sources to see where 19th century Indiana residents lived—the common and the bold.

Digital copies of Bloomington area yearbooks, eventually expanding to other community historical records.

Covers most of the Bloomington newspapers (1824 – 2019).

Early Monroe County historical and cultural records and documents.

A finding aid for items held in the Indiana Room including:
Vertical File folders, microfilm and more.

The authoritative and popular index of our county's historical and curiously interesting events.

Examine what Bloomington and Monroe County were like before, during, and after the Civil War, 1855-1875.

Limestone industry archives related to Matthews Brothers Stone Company, an Ellettsville, IN, limestone quarry operating 1862–1978.

A Digital Collection of Smithville's History 1897-1915.

Updated September 6, 2024