Programs Available on CATS, Channel 3

A video of each program given at the History Center can be viewed on channel 3 (CATS) at a scheduled time. Or, you can call 812.349.311 and request a copy. If you wish, you can go to the CATS offices in the Monroe County Public Library and view it there in person.

2012
 
Jan 19 Third Thursday: John Bower's Photographs w/John Bower
2011
 
Feb 17 Restoring Your Family Quilt, w/Heirloom Quilt Restoration's Mindy Fletcher
March 17 Bloomington Parks: Our History, w/Mick Renneisen
April 21 Mobilization in Monroe County for the Civil War, w/Steve Rolfe & Larry Cady
May 19 At War and At Home: Monroe County Timeline (1855 – 1875)
A Digital Collection of our county’s Civil War History
, w/Christine Eykholt Friesel & Cory Burger
June 16 Bloomington Parks: Our History, w/Mick Reneissen
July 21 I.U. Archives and What It Does for Monroe County Historians, w/Dina Kellams
Aug 18 Farm Security Administration Photograpy, 1930's
Sept 15 Monroe County's Prehistoric and Early History, w/Patrick & Cheryl Munson
Oct 20 Monroe County Cemteries, w/Lou Malcomb
Nov 17Bloomington Town Bands: Concert Band Music Spanning Three Centuries, with Gary Wiggins
2010
 
Jan 21 Natural History of Indiana, w/Nelson Shaffer
Feb 18 History of the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, w/Susan Ferentinos
March 18 Extension Homemaker Clubs, w/Sue Berg
April 15 A Legacy of Leadership: The First Ladies of Indiana University, w/Laurie Burns McRobbie
May 20 Indiana's Underground Railroad, w/Jennie Regan-Dinius
June 17 Indiana Bedrock Project, w/Christine Eykholt Friesel
July 15 On the Trail to California in 1850, w/Dr. Henry Gray
August 19 1800's Photography, w/ Lisa Simmons
Sept 16 Circuit Rider Preachers & the Keller Cemetery, w/Jan Shipps
Oct 21 Third Thursday: Life on Historic Maple Grove Road, w/Joe Peden
Nov 18 Third Thursday: History of the Mt. Gilead Friends Retreat, w/Janette Shetter

2009

 
Jan 15 The Time & Place That Gave Me Life, w/Janet Cheatham Bell
Feb 19 Frontier America: Lincoln's Home, w/Keith Erekson
March 19 Why Young Feminists Embrace Traditional Crafts, w/ I.U. Folklore Department
April 16 Monroe County Outdoors: Reservoirs & Forests, w/Martha Miller & Teena Ligman
May 21 The History of the Monroe County Female Seminary, w/Bridget Edwards
June 18 The Cultural Landscape of Limestone in Southern Indiana, w/Laurel Cornell
July 16 A Hoosier Photographer's Colorful Journey Through Midcentury America w/Eric Sandweiss
Aug 20 The Buskirk Cemetery: A Monroe County Treasure w/ Steve Rolfe
Sept 17 West of the Tracks: The Prospect Hill Neighborhood w/Glenda Murray
Oct 15 Hindustan Whetstone: Gravestones in Southern Indiana w/Dick Powell
Nov 19 The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History w/Nancy Hiller

2008

 
Jan 17 Instrument Makers: Traditional Arts of Indiana, w/Jon Kay
March 20 Beyond the Ballot Box: Elected Women of Monroe County, w/ Tomilea Allison, Iris Kiesling, Joyce Poling and Flo Davis
April 17 Limestone Cutters: Three Centuries of Architecture at Indiana University w/Brian Keith
May 15 Staying Put: A Commitment to Community, w/Scott Russell Sanders
June 19 Indiana Courthouses -- Inside and Out w/Robert and Joann Dodd
July 17 Cook Medical Contributions: 45 Years of Innovation w/Rick Mellinger
August 21 Echoes from One-Room Schools w/Helen Sturbaum, Loretta Neidigh, and Lois Sparks
Sept 18 A Nose for the News: 19th Century Bloomington Editors and Their Newspapers w/ Owen Johnson
Oct 16 Do's & Don'ts of the Graveyard w/Lou Malcomb & Lisa Simmons
Nov 20 Public Archaeology in Spring Mill State Park
   

2007

 
Feb 15 The Caribbean Origins of Chocolate Soul, w/ Amy Thompson
March 15 Standing on their Shoulders: The Women Who Came Before Us, w/Glenda Murray
May 17 Giving New Life to Old Homes, w/Don Granbois
June 21 A Jewish History of Bloomington, w/John King
July 19 Indiana in the Civil War: Doctors, Hospitals, and Medical Care, w/Nancy Eckernann
Sept 20 The Latino Face of Bloomington, w/Lillian Casillas
Oct 18 History of the Old Northeast Neighborhood, w/Nancy Niestand
Nov 15 Researching Family History with Maps, w/Lou Malcomb