John Hardacre transportation history collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and artifacts ranging from 1944 to 1997 regarding transporation history in Muncie and the State of Indiana. The bulk of the collection focuses on bus transportation. One file of note contains an article about journalist and news anchor Jim Lehrer's transporation collection, and included with the article is a personal, handwritten note from Lehrer to John Hardacre.
Dates
- 1941-1997
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
Former Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) supervisor John Hardacre collected materials related to Muncie's transportation history, focusing primarily on buses, and transportation in the State of Indiana.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Hardacre, John transportation history files, 1941-1997
Series 2: Hardacre, John transportation history oversize matierals, 1941-1997
Series 3: Hardacre, John negatives, 1946-1948
Series 4: Hardacre, John photographs, circa 1960s
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 2006/06 by R. Miller. EAD finding aid created 2012/03/07 by Lisa Barney. EAD finding aid revised 2012/03/22 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid revised 2013/11/22 by Rebecca Marangelli.
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indiana -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Local history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- John Hardacre transportation 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
