Book Arts collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes books produced from Rai Peterson's Manifesto Book Arts course (ENG 444) later known as the Book Arts Collaborative course (ENG 400/04). The Manifesto Book Arts course materials date from 2010-2016, and the Book Arts Collaborative course materials date from 2017-2019. The first series has multiple subseries that consist of numerous authors per year, whereas the second series only has one author per year. The third series includes creative projects created by students in the History of the Book course (ENG 421), which included a section on the Book Arts Collaborative. The projects in this series date from 2020. The fourth series includes special prints created for exhibition in 2019.
Dates
- 2010 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Ball State University Libraries make every reasonable effort to provide accurate information regarding the copyright status of materials held by Archives and Special Collections. Patrons may scan items or request a reproduction of one or more items in the collection; however, it is the responsibility of the patron to evaluate whether or not the intended use complies with copyright law.
Biographical / Historical Note
The books in this collection are from three different courses that were taught by Rai Peterson, Associate Professor of English. The first course was referred to as the Manifesto Book Arts course that would have students individually write, design, and bind a book for the course. Later after the creation of the local Muncie business, The Book Arts Collaborative, the course changed into the Book Arts Collaborative. Along with the name change of the course the final project changed from producing individual books to the students working together to produce one book as a class. The course enstills each student with hands-on learning and management skills by participating in the Muncie business. The students then teach letterpress printing, binding of hand-sewn books, and instruct community workshops. The third course was a History of the Book that included a section on the Book Arts Collaborative.
Extent
6.6 Cubic Feet (6 record cartons and 1 large oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Manifesto Book Arts senior seminar projects, 2010-2016
Series 2: Book Arts Collaborative projects, 2017-2019
Series 3: History of the Book creative projects, 2020
Series 4: Exhibit projects, 2019
Custodial History
These materials were donated annually by Rai Peterson.
UA Restructuring
UA.022 was formerly SPEC.068.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2011/05/01 by Lajmar Anderson and 2012/08/01 by Neal Coil. EAD finding aid created 2012/08/01 by Neal Coil. EAD finding aid revised 2012/08/07 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid revised 2014/10/24 by Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid revised 2015/09/18 by Scott Minor. EAD finding aid revised 2019/09/03 by Mindy Shull. EAD finding aid revised 2020/02/07 by Jordan Forbes.
- Art Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Art education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ball State University -- Students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bookbinding Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Immersive Learning Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Book Arts collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jordan Forbes
- Date
- 2020-02-12
- 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
