Sheridan Museum Gets Important Donation

By Steve Martin

Sheridan Historical Society

  Sometimes we forget about the small things in life, but we had a reminder of that at the Sheridan Museum today. We take a lot of pride in having Sheridan graduate class pictures from 1905 to present in our archive, minus just a very few early years.

   This time around, though, we were fortunate enough to get a 1924 graduate picture from Boxley High School. Yes, believe it or not, little Boxley was important and large enough to warrant a high school. It lasted from 1900 to 1931 when it consolidated with Sheridan. The museum has a few of the Boxley class pictures but not all, and one of the years missing was the Class of 1924. We were very thankful to be able to add this one to our collection.

   The donation was via a former Sheridan community member, Evelyn Carlisle. Her mother-in-law, who graduated in 1924 from Boxley, passed not too long ago and the picture was hanging on the wall in her home. Evelyn told us that her mother-in-law always had memorable stories to tell about her classmates. That is one of the reasons these types of pictures are cherished. What a shame  if it had been discarded.

   So to make a long story a bit shorter, please don’t throw away any of your old pictures that show historic things about Sheridan, including class pictures. We have a few holes to fill in our Sheridan class pictures, as well as a few more Boxley pictures that are missing. We would really like to have a few shots of the Hippodrome theater, which is now the home of the museum. And the community is currently working to upgrade the building facades on Main Street so a few more pictures of the old buildings would be a welcome addition to our collections.

   If you have old pictures you want to get rid of, don’t just throw them away. Donate them to the museum because they may fill some gaps in our collections. Or if you want to keep them, bring them in and let us scan them. We are open on Tuesdays, Fridays, and the second and fourth Saturday afternoons of each month from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. We are also open on First Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. We will be glad to evaluate your donations and perhaps add them to our collections. Our mission is to preserve the past to enhance our future. You can help us do that.

   The Sheridan Historical Society Museum is located at 315 S. Main Street in beautiful uptown Sheridan, just on the county side of Hamilton County, Indiana. Please visit us.

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