Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating senios and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
Van Gurley collected a legend from Phyllis Modessit pertaining to the the man that resides in the barn house and the reasoning for why he built the house.
Black and white photograph of Erny Miller on a tractor grading the new dual lane US 40 highway. Erny Miller grading the new US 40 highway near the Vigo and Clay County Line Road at Miami Gardens in 1941. Old US 40 became State Road 340. Erny...
Letter from Theodore Debs, 4/2/1945. Writes that friends are of the greatest importance in life. Says that a "man or woman without a friend, though possessed of material wealth in lavish abundance, is poorer than a mendicant on the highway." ...
This is Jake Sheehan's typewritten account of the legend of Spook Light Hill in Clay County near Brazil Indiana, collected Garry Elder. According to legend, he approached the lights and was frightened, but realized that they were cars coming from...
Wendy Krenzke's transcribed interview of Doris Krenzkes' account of a supernatural experience in LaPorte County, Indiana. The Ghost of Doris Krenzkes dad saves her from being hit by a semi truck driving down the wrong side of the highway.
Erica Garwood's transcribed interview of Donna Wood's account of a supernatural experience involving a guardian angel making a semi appear in front of her on the highway so she would slow down and not get a ticket.
Legends; People; People associated with military activities; People associated with politics & government; Indiana Territory; Indiana Territory -- History;
Darrel Thomas's transcribed interview of Robert Lee about Daniel Boone. According to Lee, Boone's brother once lived in a clearing near U.S. Highway 41 and Indiana State Road 46.
Tony Ward's transcribed interview of Craig Harker about moonshiners near Chicago, Illinois. According to Harker, during prohibition many bootleggers didn't make it around a curve on highway 63 and now there is a spot called Dead Man's Cave.
Ken Segal's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Richard Rebber. In this account, Segal describes a woman who killed her husband on their wedding night. People now report seeing a woman in her wedding dress...
Jeff Hinkle's transcribed variant of the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend as collected by Josh Cronkhite. In this account, a woman picks up a hitchhiker, and they stop for some fast food. As they pull back onto the highway, the hitchhiker asks the...
Jean Whitcomb collected a legend from Sue Daugherty pertaining to the spirit of a man that appears in a field by the highway every Halloween night in Hammond, Indiana.
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.