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Employee working in a correspondence course mailing room at Indiana University Bloomington in 1943. Correspondence courses were offered as a part of the IU extension program in its early days. Photo courtesy of Indiana University Archives,…

A 1938 photo shows the storage space containing hundreds of lantern slides inside Wylie Hall at Indiana University Bloomington. Lantern slides supplemented instruction in classrooms and showed advertisements before feature films. These lantern slides…

A 1916 lantern slide featuring President Woodrow Wilson. This was one of hundreds of lantern slides that were made available to schools and community centers across the state as part of Indiana University's extension program. From the Ralston Lantern…

A 1916 postcard depicting the South Bend High School building, which was constructed three years earlier. In 1924, it would be renamed Central High School when Riley High School was opened. Some of the earliest Indiana University extension courses in…

Lynton Caldwell (seated, second from right) is photographed with other Indiana University officials at a luncheon meeting at the South Bend-Mishawaka Extension Center on October 17, 1940.

That year, Caldwell was named the first full-time…

1918 lantern slide featuring an advertisement for Charlie Chaplin's film, "A Dog's Life." This was one of hundreds of lantern slides that were made available to schools and community centers across the state as part of Indiana University's extension…