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Preservers of the Past: Indiana's County Historical Societies, 1995-1997

Interviewee
Nordyke, Evelyn September 7, 1995 

Call Number
95-020

Physical Description

44 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 55 minutes; index; newspaper article copy about interviewee

Interviewer
Truesdell, Barbara

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Evelyn Nordyke describes the growth of the La Porte County Historical Society. She explains the origins of the society and the community. Nordyke also shares her family background and her more than twenty year involvement with the historical society. She also discusses the society's newsletter The Old Letter.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • La Porte County Historical Society
    • Family Names
    • Andrews
    • Bement
    • Ingersoll
    • McLane
    • Personal Names
    • Burns, Virgil
    • Coffeen, Ruth A.
    • Gunness, Belle
    • Langlois, Janet L.
    • Schultz, Fern E.
    • Place Names
    • La Porte County, Indiana
    • Subjects
    • donations
    • genealogy
    • historical society funding
    • historical society library
    • historical society origins
    • historical society programming
    • local history
    • museum collections
    • museum displays
    • membership dues
    • museum tours
    • newsletters
    • volunteerism