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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing of 117 results for Elkhart County Historical Museum.

ID	103264
Title of Article	Revolutionary War veterans featured in museum program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jacob Lear gravesite
Date	Mar 25, 2026
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Revolutionary War

ID	103125
Title of Article	Museum launches fundraiser to care for newspaper’s photo archive
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Michelle Nash, Rita Parsons
Date	Mar 03, 2026
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Goshen News

ID	103042
Title of Article	New exhibit surveys water history
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	David Bird, president of the Elkhart County Historical Society, reads and observes the Our Waters exhibit at the Elkhart County Historical Museum on Saturday; Eli Bouwman (left), 9, and his brother, Toby Bouwman, 6, reel in fake fish at the Our Waters exhibit in the Elkhart County Historical Museum on Saturday; Net weight was used by Native Americans living in Elkhart County
Date	Feb 10, 2026
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Waterways

ID	102844
Title of Article	Two exhibitions open at Elkhart County Historical Museum
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Student crossing guards; Marjorie Kessler; Carrie Mills’ high school graduation photo on a tricycle;
Date	Jan 09, 2026
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	102833
Title of Article	Boredom busters
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Samuel Graber-McCrae; Kids Playing; Jenifer Blouin Policelli, Samuel Graber-McCrae
Date	Jan 03, 2026
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	101983
Title of Article	Museum’s Clues Through the Lens exhibit honored
Notes	American Association for State and Local History (AASLH);Clues through the Lens Exhibit; Thor Industries Inc.; Centier Bank; Elkhart County Historical Society
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Clues Through the Lens exhibit
Date	Jun 19, 2025
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, DeCaire, Ronda, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Robert Weed Corporation

ID	100128
Title of Article	Museum announces grant from Bristol American Legion Post 143
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Frank Parmater, Julie Park, Jane Rieth, Roger Evans deliver donation check to the Elkhart County Historical Museum
Date	Dec 24, 2024
Page	A2
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, American Legion

ID	96390
Title of Article	Historial Museum hosts talk on racial inequity
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Britt Redd
Date	Apr 11, 2024
Page	A4
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Crossroads of Elkhart County: Forging a Path

ID	95760
Title of Article	Museum raffling off Alka Seltzer jacket as part of exhibit
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Speedy jacket and giveaway sign
Date	Dec 06, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Miles Laboratories, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Speedy Alka-Seltzer

ID	92020
Title of Article	Historical Museum offers tours of Grace Lawn Cemetery
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	historic image of Grace Lawn Cemetery taken around 1925
Date	Aug 22, 2023
Page	A5
Subjects	Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	89102
Title of Article	Museum gives guided tours of award-winning exhibit
Notes	Crossroads of Elkhart County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Museum staff and attendees
Date	May 09, 2023
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	86838
Title of Article	Museum staying open late on Fridays
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Feb 01, 2023
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	86491
Title of Article	History Detectives
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Machine Shop in downtown Elkhart was built in 1871.
Date	Jan 14, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Shop, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Downtown Elkhart

ID	83023
Title of Article	Exhibit examines Miami maple sugaring techniques
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Miami maple sugar camp display
Date	Sep 10, 2022
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	81153
Title of Article	Layers of history revealed in hike at Baintertown Park
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Woolen Mill image
Date	Jun 10, 2022
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Baintertown

ID	80267
Title of Article	Friday night at the Museum celebrates end of school year
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Image from Goshen High School in the early 1900s
Date	May 18, 2022
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Goshen High School

ID	80095
Title of Article	Museum hosts premier of book by Janis Thornton on infamous 1965 tornadoes
Notes	Paul Huffman
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Cover of Janis Thornton book
Date	May 10, 2022
Page	A5
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Elkhart County Historical Museum, Elkhart Truth

ID	79233
Title of Article	Museum offers advice on how to care for heirlooms
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Michelle Nash
Date	Apr 22, 2022
Page	A8
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Historic Preservation

ID	78839
Title of Article	Museum highlights Violet Schmidt's brushes with fame
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Violet Schmidt
Date	Apr 06, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	77811
Title of Article	Now Showing
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Howard Hawks historical marker in Goshen; Howard Hawks; lobby poster for "A Song is Born"
Date	Feb 16, 2022
Page	A1
Subjects	Hawks, Howard Winchester, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Goshen Historical Society, Goshen Theater

ID	74099
Title of Article	Museum opens new exhibit
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The Elkhart County Historical Museum's newest exhibit
Date	Sep 03, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Molloy, Emma Barrett, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Elkhart Observer

ID	68889
Title of Article	Tolsons featured in museum program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Herbert Tolson, Ruth Tolson
Date	Feb 18, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Tolson, Herbert & Ruth

ID	70431
Title of Article	Virtual exhibit recognizes women artists
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The Auction Sale painting; Self portrait painting
Date	Jan 16, 2021
Page	B3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Local Artists

ID	66532
Title of Article	Exhibit highlights rural America
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Patrick McGuire; museum exhibit; museum exhibit
Date	February 4, 2020
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	66436
Title of Article	Michael Case is today's vibrant person
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Michael Case
Date	January 16, 2020
Page	A3
Subjects	Vibrant Communities, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Volunteer Work

ID	66278
Title of Article	Northridge students, historical museum collaborate on project
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 18, 2019
Page	A3
Subjects	Northridge High School, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Citizenship Education

ID	66169
Title of Article	Historical Museum mulls relocation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County Historical Museum
Date	November 27, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	66078
Title of Article	New museum exhibit details local settlement
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Early plat drawing
Date	November 13, 2019
Page	A5
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Native Americans

ID	66826
Title of Article	Today's vibrant person is Wanda Hoffman
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Wanda Hoffman
Date	September 6, 2019
Page	A5
Subjects	Vibrant Communities, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	65072
Title of Article	'Native foods' subject of museum talk
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Exhibit at Elkhart County Historical Museum; Painting of Native Americans
Date	February 4, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart County Highway Department, Crossroads of Elkhart County: Forging a Path

ID	65036
Title of Article	Elkhart Parks exhibits photo contest winners
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	"Early Morning Stroll"; "Mirror Mirror on the Wall"
Date	January 23, 2019
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Youth for Christ/Lifeline, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	64968
Title of Article	County museum to take visitors behind the scenes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Visitors at Elkhart County Historical Museum
Date	January 4, 2019
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Highway Department, Crossroads of Elkhart County: Forging a Path, McGuire, Patrick

ID	64753
Title of Article	Historical Museum series to end with county's most significant moment: Rails
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	New York Central Yards in Elkhart from 1906
Date	November 30, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Places of Elkhart

ID	64636
Title of Article	Museum to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I
Notes	Armistice Day
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	A scene from 'Testament of Youth'
Date	November 4, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Testament of Youth, World War I

ID	64498
Title of Article	Historical Museum to provide tours of Old Bag Factory
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Postcard image of Old Bag Factory when it was owned by Chicago-Detroit Bag Co.
Date	October 3, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	Old Bag Factory, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	63911
Title of Article	Elkhart's very first inhabitants topic of 'Paleo Night'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Image of Paleo people hunting a Mammoth
Date	April 22, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Historic and Cultural Preservation Commission, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	63411
Title of Article	History, architecture and controversy featured in 'Places of Elkhart' program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County Home exterior
Date	February 20, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Society, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	63366
Title of Article	WWI exhibit celebrates anniversary of war's end
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	WWI nurse's trunk; WWI soldier's uniform
Date	February 18, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	World War I, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	63315
Title of Article	Stitches through time
Notes	Quilts from the Collection
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Michelle Nash and participants examine stitching; Yo-Yo Quilt made by Ruth Bussler in the 1960s; People attending 'Quilts in our Collection' program; Michelle Nash points out damage in quilt; Patrick
Date	February 11, 2018
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Quilts

ID	63310
Title of Article	Underground Railroad topic at library program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	February 8, 2018
Page	A7
Subjects	Elkhart Public Library, Underground Railroad, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	62896
Title of Article	Parke brings love of history with Elkhart County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Julie Parke, new executive director of Elkhart County Historical Museum
Date	November 16, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Highway Department, History, Elkhart County, Parke, Julie

ID	62133
Title of Article	People of Elkhart: Jack Cooper
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jack Cooper in his navy uniform
Date	July 3, 2017
Page	A7
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, World War II Veterans

ID	61845
Title of Article	One of Elkhart's Earliest American Settlers Chronicled in "People of Elkhart: John Jackson"
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	John Jackson
Date	April 17, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Jackson, Kristyana Marie, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	61474
Title of Article	Women's rights advocate focus of museum series lecture
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Emma Molloy
Date	March 5, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Molloy, Emma Barrett, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	61265
Title of Article	Museum series to feature 'People of Elkhart'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Exterior of museum
Date	January 26, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Turnock, E. Hill

ID	59841
Title of Article	Teaching history hands-on
Notes	Kelby Rose
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kelby Rose
Date	April 23, 2016
Page	A3
Subjects	On The Job Series, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	58900
Title of Article	Preserving the past
Notes	Bristol High School Alumni Association
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County Historical Museum; Display case with Bristol High School memorabilia
Date	October 15, 2015
Page	C1
Subjects	Elkhart County Heritage Trail, Bristol High School

ID	56902
Title of Article	Serviceman's story aquired by museum
Notes	Jack Cooper World War II Collection
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo of Jack Cooper
Date	April 29, 2015
Page	C1
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, World War II

ID	54200
Title of Article	She loves the mystery of Elkhart County's history
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Hoffman
Date	May 7, 2014
Page	C1
Subjects	Hoke, Nancy, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Council On Aging, Volunteer Work

ID	54110
Title of Article	Elkhart museum hosts former Partly Dave Coffee House manager
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of John Kampen
Date	April 24, 2014
Page	C1
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, Partly Dave Coffee House