The Columbus File, located just outside the Indiana Room at the Columbus library, contains folders sorted alphabetically by subject. These folders contain clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other documents that help tell the story of Bartholomew County. Material in this non-circulating collection dates from the 1960s through 2017. It is available for walk-in research during regular library hours.
List of subjects:
Accidents -- ACIL -- Agriculture -- Airports -- Animals -- Archaeology -- Architects A-Z -- Architecture to 1971, 1971-1974, 1975-1977, 1978-1982, 1983-1989, 1990- -- Armed forces -- Art -- Art exhibits -- Arts Council -- Asian Americans -- Authors -- Awards and honors -- Banks and banking -- Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans -- Biography A-Z -- Bridges --Business.
Camp Atterbury -- Cemeteries -- Census -- Chamber of Commerce -- Cheer Fund -- Child care -- Churchs -- Cities and towns A-Z --Columbus and famous people -- Columbus Indiana Philharmonic -- Commons Mall -- Community audit -- Community planning and development -- Cookery -- Courts -- Crime -- Description and travel -- Developmental Services, Inc -- Disasters -- Divorce.
Economic conditions -- Education-History -- Elections -- Employment -- Environment -- Ethnic Expo -- Ethnic minorities -- Exhibit Columbus -- Extension Services. Family Service of Bartholomew County -- Festivals -- Fire Department -- Fires -- First Call for Help -- Floods -- Focus 2000 -- Foundations A-Z -- Foundation for Youth -- Four H Fair -- Fourth of July celebrations.
Gambling and Lottery -- Genealogy and family history -- Genealogy-Research aids -- Geography -- Geology -- Golf courses -- Government-(Columbus)City -- Government-County -- Government-Officials and employees -- Government-State -Health and fitness -- Heritage Fund -- Hispanic Americans -- Historic celebrations -- Historic documents -- Historic houses A-Z -- Historic Houses-Irwin Home and Gardens -- Historic landmarks -- Historical Society -- History-Bartholomew County -- History-Bartholomew County Maps -- History-Bartholomew County Republic Year in Review -- History-Bicentennial Newspaper Scrapbook -- History-Civil War -- History-Columbus -- History-Minorities -- History-Pence Papers -- History-Bicentannial -- Hospice -- Hospitals -- Hotels and motels -- Housing -- Human Services -- Humane Society
Industries A-Z -- Industries-History -- Jail -- Koala Center --Leadership Bartholomew County -- Literacy -- Literature --Museums -- Music--- Native Americans -- Newspapers -- Parks and Recreation -- Performing arts -- Poetry -- Police and Sheriff departments -- Politics and Government -- Pollution -- Population -- Pornography -- Postal Service -- Pro Musica -- Public buildings.
Quinco Consulting Center -- Race relations -- Radio stations and radio -- Real estate. Refuse and Refuse Disposal -- Restaurants -- Retail stores -- Scholarships -- School survey -- Schools-Buildings and equipment -- Schools-Newspapers -- Schools-Private and parochial -- Schools-Programs -- Schools-Programs-Adult education. Schools-Public-BCSC -- Schools-Public-BCSC-Citizens advisory task force -- Schools-Public-FHSC -- Schools-Universities and colleges -- Sculptors A-Z -- Senior Center -- Senior citizens -- Shows and exhibitions -- Small business -- Social Life and Customs -- Social services -- Social service-Children and youth -- Speakers -- Speech and hearing -- Sports -- Streets and roads -- Substance abuse -- Support groups.
Taxation -- Technology -- Television stations -- Tourism -- Transportation -- Turning Point Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence -- United Way -- Utilities -- Vandalism -- Visitors Center -- Volunteerism -- Water supply -- Weather -- Women -- Youth -- Youth organizations -- Zoning.
