We are happy to announce that the Debs House is now operating on a more regular schedule. The House is now open Wednesday through Saturday each week. Many, many thanks to Debbie Sitarski, a former Debs Scholar and student of Charles King, who called to volunteer. Instead of volunteering, we hired her part-time. She’s completed […]
Deadline: Friday, April 29th, 2016 On display July 1 – August 27, the exhibition will include Leonard baskin’s Homage to Gene Debs from the Swope Art Museum’s collection. Artists are encouraged to create work that pays homage to the progressive ideas, humanitarian values, and social criticism of Debs. More information is on the Swope website.
A new book relating the history of Indiana has been freshly published. This one gives vignettes about 400 people and businesses that formed the state and is readable in 10-minute increments. It starts with the mound builders, Fort Ouiatenon, George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison and Chief Little Turtle and goes through two major wars, […]
The Bloomington Herald-Times ran this wonderful article about Debs and the Eugene V. Debs Museum/Home. Thanks to Lee Sandweiss for writing this piece.
SCREENING: “Eugene V. Debs and the American Movement” SPEAKERS: Noel Beasley, President – Workers United, SEIU; President, Eugene V. Debs Foundation Lisa Phillips, Associate Professor of History, Indiana State University WHEN: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Lithographers’ Hall, 113 University Place (just below 13th Street), 3rd Floor, NYC Admission is free […]
Come out and watch the documentary film Eugene Debs and the American Movement. The film explores the impact of the influential Terre Haute native and Presidential candidate. Discussion to follow the film. Location: Debs House, 451 N. 8th St., Terre Haute, IN Date: Friday, May 1, 2015 Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm Contact: Isaac.Land@indstate.edu Phone: (812) […]
