Each of the artifacts below was contributed by a member of the IU community during our History Harvest event in October of 2019.
Drew Heiderscheidt
A turquoise strap-back hat with a 1-inch purple embroidered Grateful Dead dancing bear on the front.
Vanessa Elias
Stuffed Avacado from "wearemitu"
Navdeep Sharma
A subway ticket from the Berlin subway.
Christopher Nunn
Six small, polished mud balls made of clay
Ethan Shiman
This hat came from a restaurant with tons of mob history in New York City.
Erika Sosa Garcia
A colorful, wooden animal that portrays the creativity and artistry of Oaxaca, Mexico
Julie Hardesty
A birthday banner that has been used for birthday celebrations over the last 20 years.
Kate Eddens
A tattoo of a snake wrapped around a woman's hand in black, blue, and orange, with a *1.3*.
anonymous object contributor
A well-loved and -used Kleen Kanteen Thermos that the contributor never leaves home without.
Krista Bozacki
A brown and black two-year-old boston terrior / beagle mix
Nelson R. Shaffer
A rare medical book that contains a collection of other medical books from the Lilly Library
Kathy Shaffer
Once pillow sham repurposed as a purse by the contributor of the object.
Tattu
Embroidered purple, red, pink, blue, orange, and green motifs on a black fabric. The black fabric is surrounded by a gray border.
anonymous object contributor
A bike helmet that is frequently used in nice weather.
AJ Boyd
A red lipstick that allows the contributor to stand out and show the world one of her joys.
Jing Jiang
A silver necklace recieved as a birthday present from her parents in China
J’essence Reynolds
Colorful and vibrant low top shoes with a white sole and white laces. They have black and white checkers with a yellow stripe right through the shoe. It also has...
anonymous object contributor
anonymous object contributor
Victoria A. Jones
Small navy blue pin, with red letters.
anonymous object contributor
Rebecca Neri
Pair of blue, yellow and white crocheted blankets, one larger than the other.
Koa Neri
Drawing of a planned tattoo showing the seal of Guam as well as other symbols referencing stregnth, birds, and homes.
Bryan Wheeler
Hand-painted custom painting of the Gorn from Star Trek
Marcelino Ball
Candy-striped, spiked cleats with broken hearts on the outside painted in black. Adidas three-stripe logo has been painted gold.
Kalani Craig
A Cookbook of various recipes from the Puerto Rican Hawaiian community.
Caitlyn Smallwood
A dragon embroidered kimono from roughly 1943. Silk material and fully colored.