Ball State Alumnus magazine
Scope and Contents
This collection includes issues of the Ball State Alumnus, a publication of the Ball State University Alumni Association in Muncie, Indiana, chronologically from 1937 to 2009. The Alumnus magazine provides Ball State alumni information regarding student and alumni events, outreach, campus growth, research, faculty news, and more.
Dates
- 1937-2014
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Ball State University, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Administrative History
Publications sent to alumni began with a quarterly Ball State Alumnus magazine in 1937 that went out to dues-paying members only. This circulation continued until 1956 when Ball State Teachers College president, John R. Emens, supported an increased budget to enable a more frequent distribution of the magazine ,and directed copies to all Ball State University alumni. Current circulation of the Ball State Alumnus, produced six times annually, is more than 105,000.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (7 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a records transfer.
Accruals
The repository continues to add materials to this collection on a regular basis.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2009/10/06 by Abby Foltz. EAD finding aid created 2009/10/06 by Abby Foltz.
- Alumni and alumnae Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Periodicals Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Ball State Alumnus magazine
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Ball State University Archives Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
