Archive & Research Helpful Links
Looking for history outside of the Evansville area? Use these helpful links to learn more about the greater Midwest or find a local history museum near you.
Special Archive Collections
- Midwest Archives Conference
Professional organization for those interested in archives, historical societies, and other manuscript repositories - Society of Indiana Archivists
Professional organization for archivists, librarians, historians, and others - Vanderburgh County Clerk’s Archive
The function of this Archive is to preserve the Court’s history, which began when the county was founded in 1818. - Indiana Archives and Records Administration
The Indiana State Archives collects, preserves, and makes available for public use historical and evidential materials relating to Indiana. - USI Archives and Special Collections
The collection consists of personal papers and business, organizational, and governmental records.
Evansville Area Libraries
- Alexandrian Public Library
Mt. Vernon, Indiana - Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Evansville, Indiana - Ft. Branch-Johnson Township Public Library
Ft. Branch, Indiana - Henderson County Public Library
Henderson, Kentucky - Ivy Tech Community College Library
Public community college, Evansville, Indiana - New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute
New Harmony, Indiana - Newburgh Chandler Public Library
Newburgh, Indiana - Princeton Public Library
Princeton, Indiana - University of Evansville Bower-Suhrheinrich Library
Private university, Evansville, Indiana - University of Southern Indiana David L. Rice Library
Public university, Evansville, Indiana - Poseyville Carnegie Public Library
Poseyville, Indiana - Boonville Warrick County Public Library
Boonville / Warrick, Indiana - Owensville Carnegie Public Library
Owensville, Indiana - Oakland City Columbia Twp Public Library
Oakland City, Indiana
Indiana Libraries
- IUPUI Library
Indianapolis, Indiana - Ball State University Bracken Library
Muncie, Indiana - Indiana State Library
Indianapolis, Indiana - Indiana State University Cunningham Memorial Library
Terre Haute, Indiana - Indiana University Library
Bloomington, Indiana - IPFW Walter E. Helmke Library
Fort Wayne, Indiana - Links to All Indiana Public Libraries
- Purdue University Library
West Lafayette, Indiana
Indiana, Kentucky, & Illinois Genealogy Center
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana; historical genealogy department - Browning Genealogy & Obituary Research
A database search tool that enables researchers to access a variety of public records documenting people and events in Evansville, Indiana, and surrounding counties in Southwestern Indiana and Southeastern Illinois. - INGenWeb Project
Indiana genealogy - Indiana State Library Genealogy
Indiana State genealogy - ILGenWeb Project
Illinois genealogy - KYGenWeb
Kentucky genealogy - The Tri-State Genealogical Society
Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky genealogy
International Libraries and Art and Genealogical Resources
- Bibliotheca Alexandria
The re-birth of the world’s oldest library; Alexandria, Egypt - Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Oxford, England - Georges Pompidou Centre – Museum of Modern Art
Paris, France - German Genealogy Home Page (English Version)
University of Giessen, Germany - Musée d’Orsay
Paris, France - National Portrait Gallery
London, England - Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. - The British Library
London, England - The Louvre Museum
Paris, France - The Russian State Art Library
Moscow, Russia; Site text is in Russian - Trinity College Library Dublin
Dublin, Ireland - Uffizi Gallery of Art
Florence, Italy
Local Museums
- Angel Mounds State Historic Site
Prehistoric Native American site and museum - Evansville African American Museum
Museum devoted to preserving Evansville’s African American history - Evansville Museum of Arts, Science and History
Public museum of art, science, and history - Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville
Hands-on museum especially for children - LST 325 – WWII Landing Ship, Tank
The only operational LST today; open for tours - Reitz Home Museum
Victorian house museum - Evansville Wartime Museum
Evansville’s home front effort during WWII - Dream Car Museum
Extensive Collection of Exotic and Vintage Cars
Other Popular Genealogical Links
- Angel Mounds State Historic Site
Prehistoric Native American site and museum - Evansville African American Museum
Museum devoted to preserving Evansville’s African American history - Evansville Museum of Arts, Science and History
Public museum of art, science, and history - Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville
Hands-on museum especially for children - LST 325 – WWII Landing Ship, Tank
The only operational LST today; open for tours - Reitz Home Museum
Victorian house museum - Evansville Wartime Museum
Evansville’s home front effort during WWII - Dream Car Museum
Extensive Collection of Exotic and Vintage Cars
Out-of-State and National Libraries
- ALA
Caldecott Award Winning Books - Internet Public Library
A public library for the Internet community - Links to All Academic Libraries
- Links to All National Libraries and Library Organizations
- Links to All Public Libraries
- Links to All Special Libraries
- Links to All State Libraries
- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, California - The Library of Congress
The world’s largest library; Washington, D.C.
State & Local History
- American Association for State and Local History
Resource for preserving state and local history - Feel the History
Student produced history documentaries of the Evansville area. - Historic Evansville
Immense history of the city of Evansville through the years - Historic Landmarks Foundation
Information on preserving Indiana’s architectural heritage - Indiana Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology
Information on preserving Indiana’s architectural and historical resources - Indiana Historical Society
Information on state historical resources - Indiana Landmarks
Places that matter to Hoosiers—houses, barns, bridges, churches, schools, downtown districts, vintage neighborhoods. - Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)
Historic and archaeological resources throughout Indiana. - Southwestern Indiana Historical Society
- Information on historical resources for Southwestern Indiana
- Vanderburgh County Historical Society
Information on historical resources for Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Visit Evansville, Indiana
- Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Find the best places in Evansville to stay, eat, and enjoy. - Trip Advisor
Things to do in Evansville.