Martindale Architectural Drawings Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 370 sets of architectural plans for schools, churches, banks, funeral homes, commercial buildings, animal hospitals, theaters, recreation facilities, and fraternal lodges in northeast Indiana, by Martindale and Dahlgren and its subsequent firms, from 1950-1993.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1993
Creator
- Martindale and Dahlgren (Architect, Organization)
- Martindale and Associates (Architect, Organization)
- Martindale, Tourney, Gibson (Architect, Organization)
- Gibson, Tourney, Kim, Architects (Architect, Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Drawings and Documents Archive, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Drawings and Documents Archive.
Biographical Note
In 1948, John D. Martindale founded the Fort Wayne, Indiana, firm that became Martindale and Dahlgren; Martindale and Associates; Martindale, Tourney, Gibson; and Gibson, Tourney, Kim, architects. The firm was responsible for designing numerous schools and churches around the Fort Wayne area.
Extent
58 Cubic Feet (171 tubes)
Arrangement
The Martindale Architectural Records are arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
The Martindale Architectural Drawings were received by Drawings and Documents Archive as a donation from Bonar Group on 2003/5/22.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed. Finding aid created on 2003/6/1; revised 2012/3/7 by Carol Street.
Genre / Form
- Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Working drawings
- Buildings, commercial
- Buildings, religious
- Buildings, residential
- Documents
- Drawings, architectural (visual works)
- Park (recreation area)
Geographic
Style / Period
Topical
- Title
- Martindale Architectural Drawings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Revised by Carol Street.
- Date
- Created 2003/6/1; revised 2012/3/7.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Andrew Seager Archives of the Built Environment Repository
Architecture Building, Room 120
Muncie IN 47306 USA
765-285-8441
765-285-3726 (Fax)
libarchives@bsu.edu
