News and Updates
Clark County One-Room Schoolhouses
The library has recently added a wonderful resource to our Clark County resources page - a compilation of information including photos and rosters of information about one room schoolhouses in the county. The material was provided to the library by a patron who received it after it was loaned to his father many years ago. The original researcher is unknown; if you know who might have compiled this great collection, please let us know so we can give them the credit they deserve for their hard work.
Learn how to Research Your Family Tree
Head Librarian Jamie Poorman and Head Clerk Edie Breneman will share tips and tricks on how to research Clark County ancestry Thursday, January 19th at 6:30 PM in the library’s Dale McConchie meeting room. The program will highlight free resources available in every community and where to obtain those resources. The program is geared to help both the novice and seasoned genealogy researcher. Highlighted resources will include:
¨ Townships
¨ Courthouses
¨ Cemeteries
¨ Newspaper archives
¨ Genealogy libraries
¨ Historical societies
To regsister for this free program, please call the library or use the online registration form.
January 12, 2017
These interviews are an invaluable community treasure; they have been uploaded to YouTube and many have also been transcribed. Each interview has a link to the actual audio recording (via YouTube) and a link to the transcript (will open as PDF) if available. Assistance is still needed to transcribe many of the interviews. If interested, please contact the library.
Digital Archive Recently Updated Again!
Wabash Valley Reads selection has Marshall connections
The 2014 Wabash Valley Big Read book selection is one that you may not recognize, but was penned by an author whom you may remember – Booth Tarkington. This year’s selection is The Magnificent Ambersons, a 1918 novel which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. In 1942, Orson Welles wrote and directed an ac-claimed film adaptation of the book
Marshall Public Library is participating in the Wabash Valley Big Read, which is a Vigo County Public Library grant program. VCPL has generously invited Marshall and other area libraries to partici-pate in their grant program so this book can be enjoyed by many people all over the Wabash Valley.
Stop in Marshall Public Library during the month of
March to pick up a free copy of The Magnificent Ambersons while supplies last. Be sure to register to attend one of our book discussions and to view the film, and stop in to see our Booth Tarkington display!
Two book discussions will take place in the library at our regular discussion group meetings. Enjoy coffee, tea, and conversation at "Book Friends", which meets on Wednesday, March 19, at 10:30 AM, in the library’s McConchie Meeting Room. Our evening group, "Literally Speaking" meets on Monday, March 24, 6:30 PM in the Dale McConchie Meeting Room, and you are invited to attend. Old National Bank sponsors light refreshments for this informal discussion group.
Tarkington has some quite interesting Marshall connections, which will be detailed in a display in the library during the month of March. Penrod and Sam, Tarkington’s best known novel, featured prototypes of two local children. Find out who they were and more interesting tidbits, such as whose home in Marshall Tarkington visited as a child and what local family later vacationed at Tarkington’s guest house in Kennebunkport, Maine. Read the author’s message published in the 1935 Mar-shall Herald.
On Thursday, March 6, at 6:30 PM, you may view the film directed by Orson Welles. This is a brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics con-sider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane.
Call or email the library for more information or to register for the programs March 1, 2014
Jayne Harlan Bartlett Kerr
Clark County Newspaper Archive - Updated!
December 8, 2013
New Records and Indexes Added
Thanks to the generosity of Cindy Cornwell McCachern we have recently added a series of documents to our Clark County Resources page. These include indexes the the 1892 and 1947 plat books, tax lists, supervisor's minutes, and more. September 25, 2013
Local History and Genealogy Shelves
The Local History and Genealogy resources shelving areas in the library have recently undergone a big change! We have cleaned up the area, discarded out of date materials and re-organized the area to make it more user friendly. Resources are now much easier to locate and are clearly labeled depending on subject including family histories, county resources, Handy Writers' Colony, National Road, and many more. Come check it out and see who or what you might discover! September 19,2013
Clark County Newspaper Archive - Online!
Visit Marshall Public Library's Digital Archives to view local and county newspapers. Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Library, our newspapers are being digitized and indexed, making them searchable online from any computer or device with internet access! Our current microfilm holdings in the library include several newspapers from the Clark County and Marshall area, from the late 1800s to the current year. The digitization process is somewhat slow and costly, so please bear with us as we work towards getting our collection online. We will upload new content as it arrives from the processing company so check back for updates! July 3, 2013