College Days

ID: 2043 ~ Source: Photo Courtesy of Indiana University Libraries' Archives of Traditional Music, Hoagy Carmichael Collections 1920-1981 ~ Date: 1925
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College Days

In 1925, when this photo of Hoagy was taken, he was attending school at IU and living with his family on West Washington Street.

This file appears in: Maxwell Hall, Indiana University

By Monroe County History Center
Hoagy attended Indiana University from 1920-1926. His mother and grandmother encouraged him to study law as a more practical and reliable career than music. Hoagy obliged, but as a student at IU he put most of his time and energy into playing at…