Mina McCormick Beckett diaries
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the diaries of Mina McCormick Beckett in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1933 to 1962 regarding activities in Muncie and Mrs. Beckett`s personal thoughts.
Dates
- 1933-1949, 1962
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.
Biographical Note
The Mina Ethel McCormick Beckett diaries provide information on the every day activities of Muncie, Indiana from 1933-1962. Mina Ethel McCormick Beckett was an active, upper-middle class woman who lived in Muncie, Indiana and recorded daily activities, thoughts, weather, and special happenings around Muncie, Indiana. The diaries also contain newspaper clippings from local newspapers in regard to events, births, deaths, weather, and horoscopes.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
Multiple languages
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from JoAnn Beckett Dixon on 1992/07/18.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1994/02/18 by M. Sears. EAD finding aid created 2011/04/25 by Bethany Fiechter.
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Obituaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Weather Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Mina McCormick Beckett diaries
- 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
