615 West Main Street house collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, greeting cards, negatives, and newspaper clippings from the Eller family in Muncie and Anderson, Indiana ranging from the 1940s to 1990s regarding adopted pets from Anderson and Muncie animal shelters, crimes in Muncie, and family and friends photographs.
The collection was found at the abandoned residence of 615 West Main Street in Muncie, Indiana. There are several photographs and documents concerning animals available for adoption. Predominantly, the collection includes documentation on crimes in Muncie, specifically materials surrounding the murders of Donald Gene Smith and Alma Faye Marie Conley in January 1989. In addition, many photographs include residences from Jackson to West Main Street in Muncie.
Dates
- circa 1940-1990
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.
Historical Note
This collection contains materials from the Eller family. The materials were salvaged by a historic preservation student before the house was razed.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: 615 West Main Street house collection scrapbook photographs and newspaper clippings, circa 1940-1990
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Cameron Hicks in March 2012.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2012/05/09 by Melanie Baugh. EAD finding aid created 2012/05/14 by Melanie Baugh. EAD finding aid revised 2012/05/18 by Bethany Fiechter.
- 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
- Houses and homes 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
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Title
- 615 West Main Street house 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
