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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.


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Showing 13 results for Melpomene.

ID56124
Title of ArticleBucklen Opera House muse of tragedy finds happy ending
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationAsk at Reference Desk
Picture CaptionStatue of Melpomene
DateApril 6, 2015
PageA1, A2
SubjectsBucklen Opera House


ID13579
Title of ArticleA molder of men
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture Captionphotos of Mellish, 1955 team
DateJune 10, 2005
PageB1
SubjectsMelpomene, Weston School


ID11371
Title of ArticleMelpomene down today
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionPhoto
DateOctober 11, 1986
PageA1
SubjectsBucklen Theatre, Melpomene


ID11368
Title of ArticleWhere should Melpomene go?
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
DateAugust 19, 1986
PageB1
SubjectsBucklen Theatre, Melpomene, Historic Buildings


ID47928
Title of ArticleClose-up of Melpomene at 3rd floor level of Bucklen Opera House
NotesR Elk 917.728 F62r v. 6
SourceFlitcraft Scrapbook
LocationAsk at Reference Desk
Picture Captionphoto 1
DateFebruary 9, 1986
Page35
SubjectsBucklen Opera House


ID47582
Title of ArticleFront of Bucklen Opera House, showing Melpomene, Greek goddess of tragedy.
NotesR Elk 917.728 F62r v. 4
SourceFlitcraft Scrapbook
LocationAsk at Reference Desk
Picture Captionphoto 3
DateOctober 28, 1984
Page59
SubjectsBucklen Opera House


ID11352
Title of ArticleIf Melpomene could talk
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture Captionphoto
DateDecember 19, 1983
Page4
SubjectsBucklen Theatre, Melpomene, Historic Buildings


ID17099
Title of ArticleElkhart history buffs weave yesterday with today
NotesFlitcraft, Betty envelope
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionSoldiers and Sailors Monument on Tyler St. and Main St. intersection with the Bucklen opera house on the background; view of Elkhart post office and Bucklen Opera House; Virginia Fluke, Betty Flitcraft; Elkhart High School graduation class of 1915 on the stage of the opera house; view of the statue of Melpomene; 1919 view of the opera house
DateMay 21, 1983
PageA.M. Section cover, pgs. 4-5
SubjectsFlitcraft, Betty, Fluke, Virginia, Bucklen Opera House, Soldiers and Sailors Monument


ID103312
Title of Article'Then -- and now'
NotesElkhart Truth - 'Then and now' folder
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionSoldiers and Sailors Monument on Tyler St. and Main St. intersection with the Bucklen opera house on the background; view of Elkhart post office and Bucklen Opera House; Virginia Fluke, Betty Flitcraft; Elkhart High School graduation class of 1915 on the stage of the opera house; view of the statue of Melpomene; 1919 view of the opera house; Bob Flury; art piece likeness of Col. William F. Cody; C. Richard Tayor, Harvard University physiologist; Rev. William Pindar from Philadelphia's Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church
History #Elkhart Truth Collection
DateMay 21, 1983
PageA.M. Section pgs. cover, 1-8
SubjectsBucklen Opera House, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Museums, Churches


ID11349
Title of ArticleStanding Tall (Melpomene)
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionIllustration
DateDecember 30, 1981
Page11
SubjectsBucklen Theatre, Melpomene, Historic Buildings


ID25678
Title of ArticleOut of the past
Notesphoto taken June 26, 1939
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationElkhart City History File
Picture Captionphoto of theatre
DateFebruary 16, 1980
History #399g
SubjectsBucklen Theatre, Bucklen Opera House, Movie Theaters, Melpomene


ID40394
Title of ArticleMelpomeme, Elkhart onlooker for 80 years
NotesMelpomene
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture Captiondrawing by Amos Gott
DateDecember 10, 1961
SubjectsBucklen Opera House, Gott, Amos, Melpomeme, Sculptures


ID5324
Title of ArticleMelpomene, Elkhart Onlooker For 80 Years
NotesBucklen Theater envelope. Melpomene
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture Captionphoto
DateDecember 10, 1960
History #Elkhart Truth Collection
Page1
SubjectsBucklen Opera House, Melpomeme, Sculptures