INDIANAPOLIS — Barbara Wood of Indianapolis was given the Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award recently during a presentation at the Indiana State Library.
Awarded by the Indiana Historical Society (IHS), the Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions over an extended period of time to the field of history, and/or the affairs of IHS. This award is named after philanthropist Eli Lilly, a lifelong leader of the Indiana Historical Society.
Wood became the Indiana State Archives’ volunteer coordinator in 2000, a position she held for 23 years until her retirement in 2023. As a State Archives volunteer, Barbara indexed several archival collections, and that work is now available as finding aids and indexes on the Research Indiana Indexes Web site. Some of her projects include the Walker and Weeks World War memorial collection, Vanderburgh County Insanity Inquests, several counties of naturalization records, and State Board of Pharmacy records. Many vital collections were made accessible during her tenure.
Each year, the IHS Annual Awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history on local, regional and statewide levels.
