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John Lotz Delaware County records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-015

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

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.

Related Materials

Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collection in Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN:

MSS.347: Lotz family papers

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.

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

Contact:
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA