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Purdue University Libraries has completed the digitization of Indiana Farmer for the years 1851-1917. This period chronicles Hoosier agriculture in the pre- and post-Civil War years.
The digitized Indiana Farmer increases access to firsthand accounts of rural life in Indiana during the Civil War era. The publication also reported on the founding of Purdue University in 1869, its first annual report and the start of formal classes.
Three lesson plans are available to help elementary teachers integrate the digitized content into the state history curriculum. Each digitalized issue is full-text searchable, so users can more easily find content. The project was funded by a grant from the Indiana State Library for Indiana Memory, the state's digital library. The grant's emphasis was on Civil War-era Indiana.
See the digitized collection at e-archives.lib.purdue.edu/collections/indianafarmer/.
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