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Vol. 36, No. 5
October tober 2022 022
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St. Joseph Ed Edition dit Reaching South Bend And Surrounding Counties
/LQGDKO &KLOGUHQ·V 0XVHXP QRZ DW +LVWRU\ 0XVHXP %\ /2,6 720$6=(:6., )HDWXUH :ULWHU Anyone who attended Mishawaka Schools after 1940 is likely to have taken a field trip to the Hannah Lindahl Children’s Museum. Although that museum has closed, items in the vast collection are finding a place at The History Museum in South Bend. The History Museum’s Deputy Executive Director Kristie Erickson, who lived in Mishawaka, said the Lindahl collection adds to the museum’s abilities to represent much more than just South Bend. “It was critical that this collection be kept,” Erickson said. Several items from the Lindahl collection are currently on display in the museum’s galleries. Other objects will be added to existing areas and incorporated into future exhibits. These objects are identified as being part of the Lindahl collection. One area to have many of the Lindahl collection’s artifacts on permanent display are fossils, geodes and prehistoric animal teeth. These are part of the natural history display in The History Museum’s Kids First gallery. These added resources fit in with STEM-driven children’s programing, such as the hands-on experiences offered to local children this summer. The Hannah Lindahl collection began in 1945. According to Lisa Gartee, the former acting director of the Lindahl Children’s Museum, a group of Mishawaka women, led by Carol Eberhart Hillier decided to try and establish a children’s museum in Mishawaka. “Carol’s mother was a Judkins, and like the Eberharts, both were founding families of Mishawaka,” Gartee said. “Hillier approached School City
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of Mishawaka for their assistance. She pitched the idea to Superintendent PC Emmons and Head of Elementary Instruction Hannah Lindahl as well as others. “These two women convinced School City this would enhance the education of their students, as well as preserve the priceless artifacts of Mishawaka’s beginnings,” Gartee said. Funded by the school corporation, the museum grew, as did its collection. Residents donated objects relevant to Mishawaka’s history and relics
from around the world world. These artifacts and objects were donated to be held in perpetuity, Gartee said. When the museum closed two years ago, that obligation to those who contributed to the collection was a priority. “These were intended to be cared for and exhibited on display,” she said. It was a year ago the Lindahl collection made its way to its new home at The History Museum. There is still work to do, such as continuing to catalog the items in the collection. “Everything will be gone
through ” Gartee said through,” said. In her final report to the School City of Mishawaka Board of Education, Gartee said: “When we say, ‘The Museum’ we think of a place or particular objects, but it’s really the people who are exposing children to new ideas or items they’ve never seen and creating experiences that can carry over into their adult lives. … “These shared experiences at HLCM were repeated from one generation of students after another and promoted
a pride in Mishawaka history that binds together the people of this area, no matter where they live.” On April 30, 2021, the first box filled with the HLCM items was packed. On Oct. 6, 2021, the first moving van pulled up and the last items left on Oct. 27 that same year. Erickson said the collection has inspired her to seek out more information about Mishawaka. “The more you learn about something, the more you want to learn,” she said.
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