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Martindale Architectural Drawings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-043

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

  • 1950 - 1993

Creator

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.

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
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Andrew Seager Archives of the Built Environment Repository

Contact:
Architecture Building, Room 120
Muncie IN 47306 USA
765-285-8441
765-285-3726 (Fax)