About

The Indiana University Bicentennial Oral History Project began in 2008 with volunteers from the Office of the President and Indiana University Archives interviewing alumni from IU Bloomington. The project was staffed through the Office of the Bicentennial in 2016 and expanded to interviewing alumni, faculty, and staff at all Indiana University campuses. The mission of this project is to record, preserve, and make available to future generations the memories and experiences of IU alumni, faculty, and staff university-wide. Capturing an institutional history of IU that is not written solely from the perspective of administrators, with a focus on documenting underrepresented voices, helps to provide a better understanding of the broader history of Indiana University.

Staff

Kristin Browning Leaman, Director        Contact: kbleaman@indiana.edu
Molly Miner, Team Lead                          Contact: minerm@indiana.edu

Processing Staff

Patricia Davis
Torie DiMartile
Sebastian Green
Jennifer Haught
Katie Maher
Patricia O’Brien
Christine White

Campus Liaisons

The Indiana University Bicentennial Oral History Project campus liaisons play a crucial role in documenting the history of their individual campuses and the larger history of the university. This oral history project is ongoing, so please contact your campus liaison if you would like to share your story.

IU Alumni Association
Jon Cameron
Jon Dunn
IU Emeriti House
IU Foundation
Dina Kellams
Kelly Kish
Curt Simic
Kenny Smith
Rafal Swiatkowski
Barbara Truesdell

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank everyone who has generously given many hours of their time to recruit and collect oral histories, create transcripts, and develop a website to provide public access to this rich collection.

Special thanks to:

IU Alumni Association
Jon Cameron
Jon Dunn
IU Emeriti House
IU Foundation
Dina Kellams
Curt Simic
Kenny Smith
Barbara Truesdell
Kelly Kish

We wish to give a special thank you to all of the interviewees who were so willing to openly share their memories of Indiana University. It is you who make and preserve history.

Copyright Statement

The interviewees have granted the recording of their interview to Indiana University for scholarly, educational, and promotional use. They also granted to Indiana University all of the rights they possess in those recordings, including all intellectual property rights. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives.