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C'ville Stories

A Narrative Map of Crawfordsville, Indiana

Select markers on the map to explore some of the stories of Crawfordsville, Indiana. To see all of the markers in a concentrated area, either zoom in or select the frame icon in the top right corner of the map's margin to expand. To view all of the images associated with one marker, click on the photos to enlarge and advance through the images.

Three people look through resources and type on computers amid stacks of books in a library.

William Grennon, Io Maeda, and Tony Brunenkant (listed by clockwise appearance in the photo above) search through local history archives.

Crawfordsville District Public Library cares for a trove of rare tomes, artifacts, and ephemera documenting local histories. Under the the guidance of Dr. Ivette de Assis-Wilson, Dellie Craig, and Amie Cox, Wabash scholars searched the archives to develop the digital map above, weaving connections between place, people, and narrative.

A person scans through microfiche.

James Love III spools through news articles stored on microfiche.

A person leafs through a bound collection of newspapers.

Drew Linder leafs through bound collections of early, printed editions of The Journal Review.

Marian Crane Patterson whole.jpg

The above map of Crawfordsville, Indiana in the 1920s was drawn by Marian Crane Patterson. It features key landmarks and local facts. It is shared here with gratitude to Beth Swift, an archivist at Wabash College. For more information, please visit Swift's blog, Dear Old Wabash.