Historic Southern Indiana

Dr. Darrel E. Bigham retired on June 30, 2008 after 22 years of service as the founding director of Historic Southern Indiana and 38 years as a faculty member of the History Department.
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Leslie Townsend named director of HSI.

Community Legacy Award
Historic Southern Indiana recognizes a southern Indiana community for its outstanding achievements in preservation, enhancement, and promotion of its distinctive heritage. In addition, this award seeks to strengthen the quality of life for residents of and visitors to southern Indiana by paying tribute to excellence in standards of community development.

Community Legacy Awards presented:
May 2000	West Baden Springs	May 2001	Madison
May 2002	Orleans	May 2003	Rising Sun
June 2004	Aurora	June 2005	Jeffersonville
Sept. 2006	New Albany	Sept. 2008	New Harmony

Darrel Bigham Historic Southern Indiana Faculty Engagement Fellowship
2010 Call for Proposals
2010 Application

Darrel Bigham Historic Southern Indiana Faculty Engagement Fellowship presented:
2008	Karen Bonnell	Snapshots of Southern Indiana
2009	Katy Ehlman	Preservation Through the Generations

HSI Annual Membership Meeting
Historic Southern Indiana holds an annual membership meeting within our 26 county region each fall. Since 2004 we have accepted proposals from communities and organizations to hold the meeting and make local arrangements. HSI provides up to $1,000 to the organizing group to cover the meeting costs (i.e. facility rental, food, etc.). This is an opportunity for HSI to share our accomplishments from the past year with members and constituents and for the host community to promote itself and its current projects. Beginning in 2005, the Frank and Judy O'Bannon Heritage Enrichment Award has been presented at the annual membership meeting.

Locations of Annual Membership Meetings:
2002	Jasper	Schnitzelbank Restaurant
2003	Corydon	Magdalena's Restaurant
2004	Vincennes	DAR Chapter House
2005	Vevay	Schenk Mansion
2006	Various	20th Anniversary Bus Tour
2007	Corydon	Leora Brown School
2008	Evansville	Angel Mounds State Historic Site

Indiana's Historic Pathways Photo Contest
We are seeking tourism images with striking original color and creativity including subjects such as scenic photos, outdoor recreation, historical sites, main street scenes, attractions along the byway, and slice of life portraits of southern Indiana life.

The Frank and Judy O'Bannon Heritage Enrichment Award
Indiana’s late Governor Frank O’Bannon and his wife Judy embodied the mission and goals of Historic Southern Indiana in their commitment to, and love of, the distinctive heritage of southern Indiana. Their belief in the identification, preservation, and promotion of those things that make communities special is especially evident in their support of programs benefiting youth. In their honor, Historic Southern Indiana will recognize individuals through the Frank and Judy O’Bannon Heritage Enrichment Award who have become an exemplary model of community education in such activities as community heritage, heritage/cultural tourism, historic preservation, and historical interpretation in the HSI region.

O'Bannon Awards presented:
2005	Maxine Brown
2006	Linda Willis
2007	JoAnne Spiller
2008	LeAnn Luce

Upcoming Community Anniversaries in Historic Southern Indiana

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