William J. Nye World War I veterans history collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the audio recordings and edited transcripts of oral history interviews with World War I veterans conducted by William J. Nye, James Andrews, P. Douglas Magers, and Jerry Handfield between 1978 and 1982. Also included are interview video recording about the Blizzard of 1978 in Delaware County, records documenting the deaths of World War I veterans and casualties of the Vietnam War, and Nye's research notes.
Dates
- circa 1888-2002
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. William J. Nye, a reference librarian for more than 24 years at the Ball State University Libraries, was born in Keokuk, Iowa. After graduating from Keokuk High School in 1944, Mr. Nye served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1947. He received his college degree from Carthage College in Illinois and came to Muncie in 1964. Mr. Nye also attended Central Lutheran Theological Seminary in Fremont, Nebraska, and served as a United Lutheran minister for several years. Mr. Nye retired from his library position in 1987 and died August 26, 1992. Mr. Nye was interested in local history, especially the experiences of local men who served in World War I.
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
William J. Nye, a reference librarian for more than 24 years at the Ball State University Libraries, was born in Keokuk, Iowa. After graduating from Keokuk High School in 1944, Mr. Nye served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1947. He received his college degree from Carthage College in Illinois and came to Muncie in 1964. Mr. Nye also attended Central Lutheran Theological Seminary in Fremont, Nebraska, and served as a United Lutheran minister for several years. Mr. Nye retired from his library position in 1987 and died August 26, 1992.
Mr. Nye was interested in local history, especially the experiences of local men who served in World War I.
Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes, 1 VHS tape)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: World War I veterans documents, 1919-1986
Series 2: World War I veterans oral history interview summaries, undated
Series 3: World War I veterans oral history audio recordings, 1978-1982
Series 4: World War I veterans interview video, 2002
Series 5: World War I veterans oversized photos, circa 1888-1928
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from William J. Nye 1980/11/12.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing updated 2006/04 by J. E. Gastineau. Collection processing updated 2007/01 by R. N. Miller. EAD finding aid created 2012/10/09 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid updated 2013/10/28 by Rebecca Marangelli and 2014/12/03 by Brandon Pieczko.
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Transcription Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Veterans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- William J. Nye World War I veterans history collection
- 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
