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05/27/2026

We're not sure how we missed this, but the March 2026 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History featured our Theophilus Wylie diaries! In "Omne Mali Avertam O Deus: The Civil War Diary of Theophilus A. Wylie, 1861-1862," edited by Dawn E. Bakken, Justin Hawkins, and David A. Nichols, the editors explore TAW's entries during the first two years of the war, giving insight into how it impacted Bloomington and his family: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/987435

Stay tuned for next month's issue that will continue its coverage!

05/27/2026

Check out this work of art at the Wylie House Museum!

Our volunteer quilters have begun using our hand quilting rack for their latest quilt. They started this quilt July 2024! Check it out next time you’re in the education center!

05/24/2026

Distinguished visitors recently welcomed by The Archives of Traditional Music!

Earlier this week the ATM had a surprise visit from Ruth Stone (left), IUB Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology, and former ATM director (1988-95; 2000-1), and Louise Spear (right), former ATM associate director, who left Bloomington in 1985 to become director of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive in Los Angeles. Both of our guests seemed to enjoy getting the chance to meet with Heather Sloan (center), Outreach and Public Services Archivist/Assistant Librarian, and other members of the ATM staff to learn more about what changes had been made to the Archives since its move in 2023-24 from Morrison Hall to the second floor of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library (located within the Simon Music Library & Recital Center building on the IUB campus at the corner of E. 3rd Street and S. Eagleson Avenue.) ATM staff are so grateful to have had the opportunity to become acquainted with such distinguished figures in both the ATM’s history and the field of ethnomusicology—very cool! 😎

05/22/2026

All libraries on campus will be closed on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.

It may not look like it on this cool and rainy day, but summer is here! The Wells Library will be open normal hours Saturday and Sunday but we will be CLOSED on Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday. We'll reopen Tuesday.

Other libraries on campus will also be closed on Monday. For weekend hours, check our website (link in comments).

05/22/2026

05/15/2026

We are pretty excited about this acquisition by The Lilly Library, Indiana University! See also our original announcement from April: https://libraries.indiana.edu/davidben

Indiana University’s Lilly Library will bring a massive collection of magic and illusion to Bloomington. Magic performer and writer David Ben sold his collection of thousands of artifacts, books and ephemera dating to the 19th Century to the library.

Read more: https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-05-14/new-collection-transforms-lilly-library-into-hub-for-research-on-magic

05/15/2026

Indiana University Libraries has offered information literacy grants since 2011 for instructors to collaborate with librarians for various IU courses.

Read more: https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-05-07/iu-libraries-connects-instructors-with-librarians-to-improve-information-literacy

05/07/2026

We are all so grateful for your support! Whether you donated a little or a lot or even just shared this IU Day campaign, THANK YOU.

You all.

The numbers are in from IU Day.

The Archives received donations from 45 individuals who pushed us over the finish line for our crowdfunding goal. We also secured several IUF bonus incentives AND was the recipient of an additional $10,000 from the Indiana University Foundation in a hat draw of units that met their goal.

An IU Day GRAND TOTAL OF $23,171!!!

The support is so touching and we are just so grateful. Thank you, thank you!!

Funds will go to our Mary Brown Craig University Archives Special Projects Fund and as many of you know, the first project is digitization of the Indiana Daily Student. It's an expensive project, but this will allow us to continue to move forward in making this resource more readily available to all! https://give.myiu.org/iu-bloomington/I320016600.html

📸: Palmer Little crosses the finish line, 1926. IU Archives P0020895

05/06/2026

Along with Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive, we are happy to announce the winner and runners-up of this year's "Safer Together" archival video remix contest!
First place: Gracie Runge, undergraduate student in The Media School at Indiana University: "Healthy Habits Help Hoosiers"
Runners-up: Bruno Dariva, "Community Health Is In Our Hands"; Yashna Reddy Pandugala, "Small Step, Bigger Impact"; and Chris Remetta, "Wash Your Hands"!

Read all the details of the contest and watch the winning videos at https://libraries.indiana.edu/safer-together .

Information for students about "Safer Together - An Archival Remix Contest"

05/06/2026

Congratulations to these fine graduating Wylie House students! We hope your work experience will help you to go far.

Congratulations to all the Spring 2026 Graduates on our staff! We appreciate all the work you’ve done to keep our museum flourishing!
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Some of the graduates will stay with us for a bit longer as they pursue Masters programs here at IU! As for the rest, we wish them well as they head off to new adventures! Thank you all for your amazing contributions to the Wylie House! ❤️

05/04/2026

Also closed May 25 (Memorial Day was accidentally omitted on the graphic)!

Find hours for other libraries on campus, as well as the Wells Library, on our website at https://libraries.indiana.edu/hours.

Once Finals Week ends, summer hours begin! The Wells Library will observe summer session hours beginning on Saturday, May 9 through July 31 as follows:
Monday-Thursday: 8am-8pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 12pm-5pm
Sunday: 12pm-8pm

We will be CLOSED on the following holidays:
Memorial Day (May 25)
Juneteenth (June 19)
Independence Day (July 3 and 4)

We're looking forward to a great summer!