Winter Read 2021: Feed Harrison County
Register now for HCPL’s 2021 Winter Reading Challenge, Feed Harrison County.
Tyson will donate 100 cases of chicken to Harrison County Community Services if Harrison County Public Library meets or exceeds the goal of reading 2,500 books. Please help HCPL reach that goal by reading at least 10 books during the month of January. If you wish to donate canned food to local families, collection boxes are available at all HCPL branches.
This program is open to all ages and will run from January 1 to January 31.
Log in using the Beanstack app, which is available in the App Store or Google Play, or access HCPL’s Beanstack site from your web browser. If you already have a Beanstack account, simply update your information and register for the Winter Read 2021 program. Please do not make a new account if you created one in the past; if you would like password assistance, please call your local branch and we will be happy to assist you.
If you would prefer that HCPL log the books that you have read for you, please pick up a bookmark reading log during your next library visit and return the completed log to a member of our staff.
Have a question about the program? Please call the HCPL Children’s Desk at 812-738-4110 extension 228.
HCPL is grateful to our community partners for #WinterRead2021, Tyson Foods and Capitol Country 102.7 FM and 1550 AM.
Notable Tough, Rough, & Dangerous Women of Southern Indiana
Kathy Fisher, HCPL’s Head of Genealogy and Local History, along with Diane Stepro of Jeffersonville Township Public Library and Melissa Wiseheart of Floyd County Library, jointly present the history behind the Notable Tough, Rough, & Dangerous Women of Southern Indiana.
Click the video below to immerse in this rich history of remarkable local women.
Downtown Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Through the entire month of December, pick up your clues for the Downtown Christmas Scavenger Hunt at the Corydon Branch in the Youth Services Department or through Curbside Pickup.
If you have any questions, please contact the Youth Services Desk at 812-738-4110.
Do you hear sleigh bells?
Curl up with a cup of hot cocoa and enjoy “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, featuring jolly songs and a special Santa storytime.
This video was produced by the staff at the Elizabeth Branch.
New at HCPL: Advancing Racial Equity Collection
The Harrison County Public Library is a recent recipient of the Indiana Humanities Advancing Racial Equity Collection Development Grant, which allowed the library to add titles to the OverDrive collection and physical library collection. Indiana Humanities said of the project, “Our goal is to help Hoosiers think, read and talk about racial injustice and systemic racism and to support libraries as key public humanities organizations in this work.” This project is made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment.
You can access OverDrive from your web browser by clicking here. If you would prefer to access these titles from the Libby app on your mobile device, you can download Libby from the Apple App Store and Google Play. To log in, select Harrison County Public Library and enter your HCPL card number and PIN. If you need assistance with your PIN, please call your HCPL branch or send an email that includes your name and card number to eps_admin@hcpl.lib.in.us.
These titles are from OverDrive and Libby
Click on a title to view in OverDrive
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
- Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education
- Chokehold: Policing Black Men
- Color Me In
- The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
- Colorblind: A Story of Racism
- Deacon King Kong: A Novel [available in eBook and audio book formats]
- How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice (unabridged)
- How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance
- “I Will Not Be Erased”: Our stories about growing up as people of colour
- No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
- Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition (unabridged)
- Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
- Say Her Name
- These Kids Are Out of Control: Why We Must Reimagine “Classroom Management” for Equity
- The Trouble With Black Boys: …And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education
These physical items have been added to the library collection.
Click a title to access in the HCPL Enterprise catalog
See the newest Little Free Library
As a part of the collaboration between Arts Alliance of Southern Indiana and Harrison County Public Library, a new Little Free Library is now on display at the Lanesville Branch. “Know, Read, Grow” was painted by Providence High School art teacher Stephanie LeBrun. The LFL will be installed at the Lanesville Elementary School; the dedication date will soon be determined.
Join in the Big Library Read: Reverie
The current Big Library Read available from OverDrive is Reverie by Ryan La Sala. Join the discussion & borrow the featured title from our digital collection.
? Click here to join the discussion. A discussion guide is available here.
Inception meets The Magicians in this wildly imaginative story about what happens when the secret worlds people hide within themselves come to light.
All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember anything since an accident robbed him of his memories a few weeks ago. And the world feels different—reality itself seems different.
So when three of his classmates claim to be his friends and the only people who can tell him what’s truly going on, he doesn’t know what to believe or who he can trust. But as he and the others are dragged into unimaginable worlds that materialize out of nowhere—the gym warps into a subterranean temple, a historical home nearby blooms into a Victorian romance rife with scandal and sorcery—Kane realizes that nothing in his life is an accident, and only he can stop their world from unraveling.
Author Event: Don’t miss a live, virtual event with author Ryan La Sala on November 10 at 2pm ET. Click here to register today!
Professional Book Nerds
Bonus Big Library Read episode with RYAN LA SALA!
The author of Reverie and overall wonderful human joins Adam back in January
Dig in to HCPL’s online Digital Archives
By Teresa Douglass, Genealogy Assistant
Ever been curious about what Harrison County was like in years past? Like to look at old photographs? Researching your family history? Have a parent or grandparent that attended an early Harrison County school or an ancestor that was a World War II veteran? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then you should check out
HCPL’s Digital Archives.
HCPL’s Digital Archives is a website displaying numerous collections of images that reflect the rich and varied history of Harrison County and its residents from the early 19th century to the near present. Collections range from historical records and documents to a vast assortment of photographs of people, places, and events. Come and explore, you’ll be amazed at what you find! For example …
- See what it was like to attend a one-room rural schoolhouse, take a tour of the many mills that once flourished throughout the county, and visit some of the county’s churches as they once were.
- Attend the Pancake Festival of the 1960s or view the floats, bands, horses, and beauty queens in the Centennial Fair Parade and the Indiana Sesquicentennial Parade.
- Go to the fair – See a ticket from the first Harrison County Fair in 1860, or what the fairgrounds looked like in 1900. Read a program from a 1939 horse race and find out who the grand champion livestock winners were in the 1940s.
- Travel over early roads and bridges, ride the LNA&C Railroad, and catch a steamboat down the Ohio.
- See some of the many Harrison County residents who served in the military during WWI & WWII.
- Visit downtown Corydon in the 1880s, 1910s, 1930s, and 1960s, and observe how the town has evolved. Notice the change in streetscapes, and what buildings and houses are gone and which ones remain.
- View Corydon baseball clubs from the 1890s and basketball teams and players from 1916 through the 1950s. See routines of Corydon cheerleaders from the 1940s and 50s.
And those are just SOME of the photographs. HCPL’s Digital Archives also contains several historical documents, all of which have been transcribed and are easily searchable. Whether you are researching your family or just curious about local history, these documents provide a glimpse into what everyday life was like for many residents in Harrison County.
Looking for a particular ancestor? Simply type their name in the search box at the top of the page, and the results will show how many times the name appears in the collection and on what pages. You might find that your ancestor was a founding member of the Harrison County Agricultural Society, or a Civil War veteran, or a member of the Woman’s Literary Society. Perhaps your ancestor worked on a tugboat in the 1930s, or had his photograph taken in front of the courthouse before leaving for boot camp. You could discover your parents or grandparents high school commencement program, or the type of brand an ancestor used to mark his cattle. You might be able to glean information on family relations and property ownership through perusing probate, township, or insurance records. And you can search justice dockets to investigate if your ancestors had any disputes with their neighbors, or were involved in something more notorious!
So, come look… explore… discover….HCPL’s Digital Archives.
Click on this link to visit the Digital Archives.
The site can also be reached through Harrison County Public Library’s website – go to Branches and select the Center for Genealogy and Local History, scroll down and click on the button marked Digital Archives – or through Indiana Memory and select Collections Across Indiana, then click on Harrison County on the map; or select “Contributors” at the top of the main page and choose Harrison County Public Library from the alphabetized list. A list of our collection titles will appear, choose any of them and it will direct you to our digital archives.
All items featured on HCPL’s Digital Archives are items in the Frederick Porter Griffin Center for Local History and Genealogy. Visit us in person & explore even more local history. We are located in the original Carnegie Library building at 117 W. Beaver Street, just behind the Main library branch building in Corydon.
