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Leaving the Farm

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Follows two different industrial workers in Northwest Indiana, a daughter of immigrants (my great grandmother) and a man from Alabama moving to the Region during the Great Migration. Presented by: Amy Vedra

Amy Vedra is director of Reference Services at the Indiana Historical Society. She was born and raised in Griffith, Indiana, in the northwest corner of the state. Amy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from Purdue University, Calumet, now Purdue University Northwest. She moved to Indianapolis to pursue graduate studies at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, obtaining master’s degrees in history and library science. Amy began her professional career at the Indiana Historical Society in 2005 as a library cataloger, switching to her current position in 2013.

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