Additionally, many collection guides are available for online viewing. The Manuscripts and Archives Department of the Indiana Historical Society's library collects, organizes, and provides access to collections containing the personal papers of individuals and families and the records of businesses and organizations. Consultation with specific staff members in the department. If you are searching for particular names, try the search bar on the IHS Web site search page . If you have additional questions our Web site cannot answer, please contact the Manuscripts and Archives Department.
Staff can devote a limited amount of time providing reference.
We can also provide a list of researchers who will do extended research for a fee. The Printed Collections Department of the Indiana Historical Society Library collects, organizes, and provides access to published books, pamphlets, maps, sheet music, and printed ephemera. The collections cover a broad range of subjects and all time periods in Indiana and Midwestern history. The Library's Visual Collections consists of photographs, postcards, prints, posters, paintings, films and videotapes. Access to the collection can be obtained by consultation with Susan Sutton, Coordinator of Visual Reference Services, and through a few catalog records.