John Lotz Delaware County records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records from the offices of Assessor, Auditor, Board of Commissioners, Agent, Recorder, and Treasurer, primarily from the 1880s. Most of the documents pertain to the construction of the Delaware County Courthouse and jail in the 1880s and the sale of turnpike rights to the Board of County Commissioners for the sum of $1.00.
Dates
- 1837-1913
Creator
- Indiana Bridge Company (Muncie, Ind.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Historical Note
Delaware County Accessor John Lotz donated records documenting the building of the Delaware County Courthouse in Muncie, Indiana and other county records to the Ball State University Department of History and Archives and Special Collections in 1974.
Extent
0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1994/02/18 by M. Sears. Finding aid created 1994/02/18 by M. Sears. Finding aid revised 2009/11/02 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid completed 2012/08/08 by Bethany Fiechter.
- Buildings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Local government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roads -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stoeckel Archives of Local History Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
libarchives@bsu.edu
