Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Officer records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes newspaper clippings, reports, proposals, notes, meeting agendas, and correspondence from the Muncie Preservation and Rehabilitation Commission and the business it conducted, including the renovation and relocation of historic buildings. The records of specific initiatives the Commission has participated in are also included, including the efforts to renovate the Ball Stores Building in downtown Muncie as a City Hall, and the implementation and business of the Central City Task Force (1987-1990), the Walnut Concept Committee (1990-1991), facade restoration efforts and Preserve America Community Application (2008). Photographs documenting Commission activities and historic properties are included in P 181.
Dates
- 1977-1999
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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.
Administrative History
The Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Commission was established in 1976 under the leadership of the late Althea Stoeckel, a faculty member from the Ball State University Department of History. The business of the Commission ranges from applying for the admittance of Delaware County buildings into the National Register to proposing plans for renovation or possible restoration of city landmarks.
Extent
3.7 Cubic Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized in the following series:
Series 1: Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Officer records, 1977-2008
Series 2: Muncie Historic Preservation Officer photographs, undated
Series 3: Muncie Historic Preservation Officer negatives, undated
Series 4: Muncie Historic Preservation Officer Records slide collection, 1983
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Gretchen Cheesman on 2005/10/01. The records were originally accessioned and processed as the Muncie Historic Preservation Officer Records. Additions were received on 2002/03/15, 2005/01/28, and 2009/03/09 from Gretchen Cheesman and William Morgan.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2001/4/1 by R. Wilcox. Finding aid created 2001/4/1 by R. Wilcox. Finding aid updated 2002/5/1. Finding aid updated 2005/1/1. Finding aid updated 2009/4/10 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid completed 2009/4/10 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid revised 2013/11/19 by Leslie Nellis.
- 409 East Gilbert Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 410 East Gilbert Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 411 East Gilbert Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 504 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 505 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 506 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 507 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 508 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 509 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 510 West Howard Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 617 East Main Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- 808 East Jackson Street house Subject Source: Local sources
- City planning Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Historic districts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Historic preservation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Municipal government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Otto Carmichael House (Muncie, Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Slides (Photography) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Wysor Building (Muncie, Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Officer records
- 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
