Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of digital reproductions of original records and born-digital records from the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County and includes annual reports, Board of Directors meeting minutes, correspondence, event documents, news releases, photographs, newsletters, brochures, postcards, and other records ranging from circa 1981 to 2018.
Dates
- 1981-2020
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Administrative History
The mission of The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. is to encourage philanthropy, assist donors in building an enduring source of charitable assets and exercise leadership in directing resources to enhance the quality of life of the residents of Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana. The Foundation was established in 1985 as the result of a challenge from the Ball Foundation and Ball family members. Today, the Foundation manages an endowed asset base of over $50 million and continues to grow as a vital philanthropic partner in the community providing a range of services in Muncie and throughout Delaware County.
Source: "History," The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County. http://www.cfmdin.org/main/history/ (accessed June 7, 2015).
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box; digital files (4.11 GB))
172.2 Megabytes (218 digital files pertinent to the Foundation's operations mainly from 2018-2020. Documents include press releases, meeting minutes, publications, and other materials. )
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Digital file formats in this collection include Adobe Portable Document Format (.PDF), Microsoft Office Open XML Word (.DOCX), and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.JPG).
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County in 2013, on 2014/02/04, on 2015/06/30, on 2016/03/01, and on 2019/03/20.
Accruals
Further additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original records held by The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County and the Minnetrista library and archives.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of the materials in this collection are available online in the Ball State University Digital Media Repository:
Processing Information
Digital scans of original records were created by a Community Foundation Archival Project Intern in Spring 2012. Collection processing completed 2013/11/27 by Leslie Nellis. EAD finding aid created 2013/03/14 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid revised 2013/11/27 by Leslie Nellis; 2015/07/07 by Brandon Pieczko; and 2019/09/10 by Ely Sheinfeld.
- Community development Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Digital file formats Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Endowments Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Organizations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Reports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County 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
