Help preserve our Plainfield history by sharing your historic photos, letters, and artifacts. Drop by the library's Indiana Room anytime between January 21-23, 2022 during library hours and we will digitize your treasures, add the electronic image to our local history archives, and return the...
Platted in 1833, Plainfield, Indiana, has seen a lot in its 180-year existence. Experience Plainfield's transformation over the years in a visual presentation by the Indiana Room's Sarah Wright. Featuring pictures from the Indiana Room’s photograph collection, this program will take you on an online...
Preserving history is a mission of the Indiana Room. We wanted to be sure to capture this moment in pandemic history and document it for the future. Thanks to the Plainfield residents who participated in our Oral History project. Listen in their own words how...
Be part of history! Share your pandemic story! Imagine a person 100 years from now is researching the Great 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. They want to know how the community of Plainfield, Indiana was affected by the international crisis. What kinds of things do you think they...
As the Irish-American poet Thomas Augustine Daly said, "For the whole world is Irish on the seventeenth o' March!" In celebration of the Emerald Isle we have plenty of materials available, from online databases to novels, from children’s stories to e-books. Here are just a...
We're pleased to let you know that the library now subscribes to ProQuest's HNP Indianapolis Star newspaper database. This resources of digitized newspapers covers 1903-2004. Enjoy browsing the paper, or looking for specific items such as obituaries, advertisements, or family news. The database is free...
Did you know the library can help you locate historic marriage records from Hendricks County? Index to Marriage Records Hendricks County, Indiana SEARCH DATABASE This project was originally indexed by the Indiana W.P.A. Original records are located in the Hendricks County Clerk's Office, Danville, IN. For information on...
The Library has a growing collection of historic photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries documenting the people and places of Hendricks County. Browse through hundreds of these pictures of Plainfield and other Hendricks County towns and villages here. ...
