Beatty-Atkins-Ryan family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes family genealogies, biographies, drawings of family crests, photographs, and scrapbooks from the Beatty-Atkins-Ryan family in Muncie, IN ranging from 1903 to 1985.
Dates
- 1903-1957
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. Some of the photographs are commercial works and may be subject to copyright restrictions. The publisher must obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical Note
This collection was donated by Mildred Veronese Beatty Atkins who was born November 29, 1909 in Highland Park, Illinois to Mildred Veronese Ryan (1869-1961) and Ross James Beatty (1854-1950). Beatty Atkins's mother, Mildred, was the sister of Susan Ryan Marsh, a prominent Muncie artist and philanthropist. Mildred Veronese Beatty married Warner Atkins.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Beatty-Atkins-Ryan family papers, 1903-1950
Series 2: Beatty-Atkins-Ryan family photographs, 1937, 1956-1957
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Mildred Veronese Beatty Atkins on 2014/05/30.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2014/06/10 by Kasey Mock. EAD finding aid created 2014/06/10 by Kasey Mock. EAD finding aid revised 2014/06/11 by Brandon Pieczko.
- Clippings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crests (motifs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Family papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 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
- Beatty-Atkins-Ryan 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
