Mansfield-Hughes family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks from the Mansfield-Hughes family in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1939 to 2005.
Dates
- 1939-2005
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 Mansfield-Hughes family is linked together through Mrs. Wanda Mansfield Hughes. She married her high school sweetheart, W. Marshall Hughes, on December 24th, 1939. After graduating from Eaton High School in 1930, Mrs. Hughes went on to attend Ball State University. She was also a member of the Ball State University Half-Century club, and the holder of a Masters degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. She used her home economics background for judging 4-H competitions, and was also a home economics teacher from 1934-1977. She died on November 13, 1999.
W. Marshall Hughes was a military policeman with the United States army. He was a private first-class with the 16th armored division during World War II, and traveled to Germany to serve as a policeman. He, like his wife, was also a native of Eaton, Indiana. Mr. Hughes died on July 7, 1990.
Wanda’s brother Max Mansfield also served in the United States Army as a medical service officer in World War II from September 26, 1942 until February 9th, 1946. Once separated from the Army, Mr. Mansfield served the Muncie community as a funeral director and embalmer. He and wife Eloise had two children, daughter Jan and adopted son Thomas. Jan died May 9, 2005 at the age of 58, while her brother Thomas died June 14, 1976 at the young age of 21. Mrs. Eloise Mansfield died August 10, 1993.
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (3 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Mansfield-Hughes documents, 1939-2005
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Shirley A. Pearson on 2010/06/18.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2011/01/03 by Helen Boyer. EAD finding aid created 2011/01/03 by Bethany Fiechter.
- Ball State University -- Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gaston (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Local history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military discharge Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Mansfield-Hughes family papers
- 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
