The history of Indianapolis lives in old newspaper archives. Can we get to it?

By: Tracey Compton, Indianapolis Public Editor

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: July 22, 2026

Words: 1,699

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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Back in the day, when newspapers were flush with resources, they had internal libraries or archives of all of their stories, casually referred to as morgues. It was common practice for reporters to “check the morgue” before writing any story about the community.

Reporters could learn the history of almost anything in Indianapolis by checking the morgue. There were clip files — a collection of physical articles — for historic buildings, every neighborhood in the …

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