Famous Hoosiers Pathfinder
This pathfinder is intended to help you through the basic library research process for
locating materials about Indiana.
References to book titles are specific to items owned by Peabody Public Library. There
are many more books in the library than are mentioned; this guide is meant to be a
starting point for your research. The websites mentioned in this document have been
researched and are meant to be a starting point for research on the Internet and are not
meant to be inclusive.
Keywords and subject headings for catalog search
Try searching on these subject headings:
Specific names i.e. “Larry Bird” or “Carole Lombard”
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
Indiana Pacers (Basketball team)
Basketball players--United States--Biography.
Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
Composers--United States--Biography.
Generally, the subject will be the occupation of the celebrity.
Dewey Classification for Famous Hoosiers
There will be many places to find books on famous Hoosiers, if you need assistance,
please go to the Reference (Information) desk and a librarian will be happy to assist you.
Print Materials
Reference Books
Current Biography REFERENCE 920 Current
American Biographies REFERENCE 920 Van Doren
Contemporary Authors REFERENCE 928 Con
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
REFERENCE 780 Slominsky
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
REFERENCE 780.3 Grove
Film Encyclopedia REFERENCE 791.43 Katz
Illustrated Who’s Who of the Cinema REFERENCE 791.43 Lloyd
World Book Encyclopedia REFERENCE 031 World
Encyclopedia Britannica REFERENCE 031 Encyclopaedia
Biography Today JR920.03 Biography
Something About the Author JR 928 Gale
Oxford Children’s Book of Famous People JR 920 Oxford
Please see a librarian to visit our history files for reference materials from
newspapers and pamphlets.
Circulating Books
There are many books about famous Hoosiers in the Peabody Public
Library. The Dewey numbers assigned to them will be varied due to the
diverse nature of the occupations of the celebrities. If you need assistance
in finding materials, please see a librarian.
Juvenile Department (This does not particularly mean that the literature
is strictly for children.)
Indiana Legends YP 920.0772 Price
Larry Bird J 796.32 Italia
Virgil I. Grissom, Boy Astronaut JB Grissom
The Cole Porter Story YP B Porter
Ernie Pyle; boy from back home JB Pyle
James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet YP B Riley
James Whitcomb Riley, young poet J 811.4 Mitchell
Young Willkie YP B Willkie
Wright Brothers – Kings of the air JB Wright
Adult Department (Again, this does not mean that children will not
benefit from this material.)
Hoosiers in Hollywood
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 791.43028 Smith
George Ade, warm hearted satirist
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 818.4 Kelly
Larry Legend – The life and times of NBA Superstar Larry Bird
Non-Fiction 796.323 Shaw
Bird Watching Non-Fiction 796.323 Bird (Larry Bird)
Stardust Road Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 780.92 Carmichael
(Hoagy Carmichael)
Stardust Road and I Remember
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 782.42164 Carmichael
(Hoagy Carmichael)
James Dean, Rebel with a Cause
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 791.43028 Gehri
James Dean, Little Boy Lost Non-Fiction 791.43 Hyams
James Dean, Shooting Star Non-Fiction 791.43 Hoskyns
James Dean, Mutant King Non-Fiction 791.43 Dalton
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs
Non-Fiction 324.973 Chace (Eugene V. Debs)
Theodore Dreiser Non-Fiction 813.52 Lingeman
My Uncle Theodore Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 813.09 Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 813.09 Lundquist
Theodore Dreiser; his world and his novels
Non-Fiction 813.52 Cehan
Gus Grissom; lost astronaut
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 629.45 Boomhower
Gemini; a personal account
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 629.45 Grissom
(Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom)
Michael Jackson; the magic and the madness
Non-Fiction 782.4 Taraborrelli
Moonwalk Non-Fiction 784.5 Jackson (Michael Jackson)
Michael Jackson, body and soul Non-Fiction 784.5 Brown
Letterman Wit Non-Fiction 791.45 Adler (David Letterman)
Eli Lilly, a life Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 338.7 Madison
Carole Lombard, Hoosier tornado
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 791.43 Gehring
Screwball: the life of Carole Lombard
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 791.43 Swindell
Travels with Cole Porter Non-Fiction 782.14 Howard
Cole Porter, a biography Non-Fiction 782.8 Schwartz
Cole Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 780.92 Kimball
Ernie Pyle’s war Non-Fiction 070.4 Tobin
The Story of Ernie Pyle Non-Fiction 070.4 Miller
Standing Firm Non-Fiction 973.928 Quayle (Dan Quayle)
Imperial Caddy Non-Fiction 973.928 Queenan (Dan Quayle)
The Man Who Would be President Non-Fiction 973.928 Broder
(Dan Quayle)
The making of a Senator Non-Fiction 328.73 Fenno
James Whitcomb Riley, a life
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 811.4 Van Allen
James Whitcomb Riley Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 811.4 Revell
Red Skelton Non-Fiction 791 Marx
Rex Stout, a biography Non-Fiction 813.09 McAleer
Booth Tarkington, gentleman from Indiana
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 928.1 Woodress
Fates worse than death Non-Fiction 814 Vonnegut
(Kurt Vonnegut)
Palm Sunday Non-Fiction 813.09 Vonnegut
(Kurt Vonnegut)
Kurt Vonnegut Non-Fiction 813.5 Lundquist
Dark Horse Non-Fiction 973.917 Neal (Wendell Willkie)
Never Again Non-Fiction 973.917 Parmet (Wendell Willkie)
They Also Ran Non-Fiction 920 Stone (Wendell Willkie)
Wendell Willkie of Ellwood
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 973.917 Makey
To Conquer the Air Non-Fiction 629.13 Tobin (Wilbur Wright)
The Bishop’s Boys Non-Fiction 629.13 Crouch (Wilbur Wright)
Wilbur and Orville Non-Fiction 629.13 Howard
Magazines
These magazines are located in the Indiana Room.
Traces – Traces of Indiana and Midwestern history: a
publication of the Indiana Historical Society.
Indiana History Bulletin – Published by the Indiana Historical
Bureau
Preserving Indiana – Issued by: State of Indiana, Dept. of Natural
Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Indiana Magazine of History – Indiana Historical Society
Indiana Historian – Indiana Historical Bureau
Whitley County Historical Society Bulletin – Whitley County
History
Non-Print Materials (Videos and Audio Cassettes)
Videos
Hoagy Carmichael, his life DVD 1276 Documentary
You’re the Top, the Cole Porter Story AV 2902 Documentary
Ernie Pyle’s War DVD 1275 Documentary
Audio cassettes
Eugene V. Debs, the other Jeff Davis
Indiana Coll. Non-Fiction 977.2 Indiana
Internet sites
If you are using documentation from the internet in your research, please be aware that
not all sites contain factual information. The sites listed here have been researched and
are recommended for your use.
http://inspire.net INSPIRE is Indiana's Virtual Library on the Internet.
INSPIRE is a collection of commercial databases and other information resources
that can be accessed by Indiana residents using any computer equipped with an
Indiana Internet connection and a Web browser such as Netscape or Internet
Explorer.
One can explore newspaper and magazine articles, encyclopedias and much more
on Inspire.
On Inspire’s homepage, click on links and go to All Links, from there you
may click on links to Arts & Entertainment or other subjects that interest you.
www.visitindiana.net is a site that you may want to visit, then click on
Famous Hoosiers in the menu to find a page with links to many sites for famous
Hoosiers in the Arts, politics, fashion and much more.