Digital Collections

We have begun digitizing some of our special collections at the library. Keep checking back as we continue to add more resources!

Digitized Archival Collections

JTPL Reference Librarian Jen Weidner has created multiple digital collections from grants from the Indiana Genealogical Society and the Jeffersonville Firefighters Union:

Remember Those Days: Jeffersonville High School 1950-1970 Oral History Project

Interviews with alumni of Jeffersonville High School that graduated between 1950-1970 when the school was located at the intersection of Court and Meigs Ave in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Pandemic Perspectives: Jeffersonville Residents Recount Their Lives During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

Former JTPL staff member Jenny Bean created two digital collections for the library as part of her coursework for her Master of Library Science degree:

Owens Family Documents

Documents from the library’s archive pertaining to the Owens family in Clark County, ranging from early deeds to Civil War discharge papers.

And The Water Rose: 1937 Flood

Online exhibits about the 1937 flood, including comparison photos taken in 2015 of the same locations.

Clark County Visual History Project

In 2014 the library received an LSTA Indiana Memory Digitization Grant from the Indiana State Library, funded through the Institute for Museum and Library Services, to digitize and place online a collection of historical-themed slideshows created by a JTPL librarian in the late 1970s and early 1980’s. These slides would not only be digitized, but the digital images would then be used in lessons at River Valley Middle School and Clarksville Middle School to teach the students valuable visual literacy skills. Click here to view the entire collection online at Indiana Memory.

1. Clark County History 1: 1778 – 1865
2. Clark County History 2: 1865 – 1897
3. Clark County History 3: 1897 – 1930
4. A Pictorial History of the 1937 Flood in Clark County
5. Memories of Rose Island
6. Steamboat Memories
7. River Transportation
8. Historic Homes of Jeffersonville and Clark County
9. This Is Your Library
10. Mud, Sweat, and Tears: A Community Remembers the 1937 Flood
11. River Valley Middle School » Reading Network
12. River Valley Middle School » Science Safety
13. River Valley Middle School » Field Trip to Gnaw Bone, Indiana

Jeffersonville Township Public Library Collection

Grant funding from several sources and the heroic efforts of our volunteers allowed us to assemble the materials in this collection. In 2019 the library received an LSTA Indiana Memory Digitization Grant from the Indiana State Library, funded through the Institute for Museum and Library Services, to digitize and place online a collection of materials relating to the 1937 Ohio River Flood and other aspects of Jeffersonville Township, Clark County, Indiana, history. The core of this collection consists of interviews with survivors of the 1937 Flood, created in the mid 1980’s with a grant from Indiana Humanities. The creator, former Jeffersonville Township Public Library reference librarian Steven Day, arranged for the interviews, and along with historian Carl Kramer, used snippets from the interviews in a documentary film and accompanying book, both titled Mud, Sweat, & Tears. Before their inclusion on Indiana Memory, the taped interviews have never before been available to the public in their entirety. After the grant period, volunteers added to this collection by digitizing a number of historical records. Finally, a grant through Indiana Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, allowed the library to record a series of oral history interviews for the Pandemic and Protest project, covering the challenges faced by our region when the tumultuous early years of the COVID-19 pandemic intersected with protests over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Click here to view the entire collection online at Indiana Memory.

Clarksville Historical Collection

In 2021, librarian Bob Glass accepted a position with the Clarksville Historic Preservation Commission, organizing and digitizing the extensive archives assembled by Jane Sarles, Jeanne Burke, and the people of the Clarksville Historical Society. The digital collection features many maps, including ownership maps of Clarksville and Jeffersonville, photos, and Clarksville ephemera. Click here to view the entire collection online at Indiana Memory.

Digitized Yearbooks

These are the yearbooks we have digitized and put online so far. Many years after 1973 have been digitized but are only available to view at the library; other years may be missing because the library doesn’t have a copy of that yearbook or our copy was too damaged to be digitized. If you would like to donate a copy of a missing yearbook to the library, please contact our Indiana Room!

More digitized yearbooks are being added, check back soon!