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  • Archives Month - October 2008 and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial

    October is Archives Month! Check out what Indiana is doing for Archives Month as we gear up for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial.

  • Water-Damaged Records

    Please see the Commission on Public Records Front Page for information on protecting your records from the effects of recent flooding.

  • Governor Morton Telegrams

    Digital Images of the Governor Morton Telegrams are now available free of charge through the Digital Collections of IUPUI University Library.

  • Early Supreme Court Database

    The Indiana Supreme Court has generously partnered with the Indiana State Archives in sponsorship of a new database of Indiana Supreme Court cases.

    The cases begin with the first session in 1817 following Indiana’s entrance into the Union on December 11, 1816. Territorial Cases will soon be added. Researchers will notice some overlapping of court proceedings between the territorial period and statehood. These historic cases involve freedom suits, Native American land claims, railroads, numerous criminal appeals, and legal disputes.

    The Staff of the Commission on Public Records, particularly the Indiana State Archives, would like to express extreme gratitude to Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Dr. Elizabeth Osborn, Ph.D., the projects’ manager Lindsey Borschel, Web Coordinator, and the database’s designer George Wen, System Analyst for making this endeavor a reality. Generations of legal, historical and genealogical researchers will appreciate their efforts for decades to come.