In concert with the Wabash College Classics Department, we will be showing the epic 1925 silent film version of Ben-Hur. While many of us remember the 1959 film version starring Charlton Heston, the 1925 movie with Ramon Navarro is a classic in its own right. In many ways, Navarro's version revolutionized the movie industry in Southern […]
Little Orphant Annie - Discovery, Preservation, and Restoration Eric Grayson is a nationally renowned film preservation expert, specializing in silent movies. Eric will be presenting the 1918 original film of Little Orphant Annie. This unusual surviving film features a rare film appearance by James Whitcomb Riley - the Hoosier poet and close friend of […]
Dr Howard Miller Lecture Series presents...The United States Colored Troops from Montgomery County by Shannon Sullivan Hudson. A science teacher by day and a history buff by night, Shannon Hudson is the author of Abolitionists of the Underground Railroad: Legends from Montgomery County, Indiana. Shannon will speak on the United States Colored Troops from Montgomery […]
Saturday, August 24, 2024 from 12:00 - 9:00 pm. Please join us to experience the flavors of local Montgomery County vendors while enjoying music on the Historic General Lew Wallace Study & Museum grounds! For more information, please visit the TASTE of Montgomery County Website.
Hoosier Authors Book Club - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Former Wabash College Archivist Beth Swift will give a lecture called Athens of Indiana: The Pre-War Years about Montgomery County prior to the Civil War. Included in her talk will be the Wabash College Cadets, a militia formed of local college students that trained alongside Lew Wallace's Montgomery Guards militia. The talk will be held in the […]
Renowned storyteller Dolores Hydock and musician Bobby Horton will give their presentation of A Sweet Strangeness Fills My Heart: The Journals of Sallie Independence Foster 1861-1887. This performance, based on Sallie's diaries, papers, and letters from her brothers off at war, presents a funny, touching, and uniquely personal look at the life and times that Sallie shared […]
Hoosier Authors Book Club - The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter Physical copies of The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter will not be available for loan. The kindle version of the book is available for .99c here.
This year's Holiday Tea & Fashion Show will be held on Friday, December 6, 2024 with the theme being "St. Nicholas" The event is a major fundraiser for the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum and will be hosted at the Elston Homestead at 400 East Pike Street. Visitors may attend the holiday event any […]
