Athenaeum Foundation, Inc.

Athenaeum Foundation, Inc.
Athenaeum
401 East Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317:630-4569
317:630-0035 (fax)
e-mail

Reciprocal member of Nationalities Council of Indiana

Mission

The Foundation's Mission is to revitalize the Athenaeum to serve the Indianapolis community as a center for the arts, entertainment and physical fitness, while preserving and maintaining its unique historical character.

Officers

President: K. Philip "Phil" Watts
Vice-president: Giles R. Hoyt
Secretary: Carolyn J. Bunting
Assistant Secretary: Mary Ellen Watts
Treasurer: Fred Armstrong
Chairman (Trustees): Otto N. Frenzel III
Vice-chairman (Trustees): Giles Hoyt

Athenaeum

Founded as Das Deutsche Haus about 1892.
"The Historic Athenaeum: 100 Years of German Americans in Indianapolis" by Susan McKee, German Life, April/May 1998.

Athenaeum Damenverein

(Athenaeum Women's Society)
Athenaeum Damenverein Records from 1876-1999 are found in the Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis.

This page is a service of the Nationalities Council of Indiana, host of Indy's annual International Festival.
webmaster
(created 2000)
(last updated 5 December 2005)
SOURCES:
Various Athenaeum publications, 2000-2004
James R. Feit, Giles R. Hoyt, Gregory Hunter Mobley and Ruth Reichmann, "German-American Heritage Organizations in Indiana," The Hoosier Genealogist, Fall 2002 (Vol. 42, No. 3): 146-152.