Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative records, Board of Directors and Executive Committee meeting minutes, membership directories, reports, stock certificates, programs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other records from the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1902 to 2017 regarding businesses and community development in Muncie and Delaware County.
Dates
- 1902 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to restricted materials is limited to Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce staff.
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.
Administrative History
The Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce was established as the Muncie Commercial Club on February 14, 1894 when thirty Muncie citizens gathered to organize an independent commercial club in Muncie, Indiana. The original committee consisted of three notable Muncie residents: T.F. Rose, James Boyce, and A.W. Brady. T.H. Kirby was chosen as temporary chairman until C.M. Turner was elected as the organization's first president.
The Muncie Commercial Club was dedicated to developing and promoting the Muncie community and frequently solicited shares of stock to Muncie residents. During its formative years, the Commercial Club worked to develop Muncie industry, engage in city improvement initiatives like the paving of city streets, and to establish the Eastern Indiana Normal University (now Ball State University). In 1913, the club joined the United States Chamber of Commerce, and then the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce two years later. The club went through a series of name changes throughout the twentieth century and in the 1990s became known as Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce.
The Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce has overseen many development projects throughout its history, including the construction of the Horizon Convention Center in downtown Muncie in the 1980s with the assistance of the Delaware Advancement Corporation. The project was completed in 1988 and the Chamber's offices are now located on the second floor of the Convention Center.
Extent
15.2 Cubic Feet (18 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce administrative records, 1912-1995
Series 2: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors records, 1950-1995
Series 3: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce community and economic development records, 1955-1981
Series 4: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Delaware Advancement Corporation records, 1985-1991
Series 5: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce publications, 1957-2017
Subseries 5.1: The Chamber magazines, 1977, 2010-2017
Subseries 5.2: Horizons newspapers, 1985-1996
Subseries 5.3: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce directories, 1980-2017
Subseries 5.4: Chief Munsee's Smoke Signals newsletters, 1957-1971
Series 6: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce newspaper clippings, 1951-2016
Series 7: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce stock certifictes, 1902-1956
Series 8: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce scrapbooks, 1951-1975
Series 9: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce photographs, c.1950s-2015
Series 10: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce restricted records, 1955-1994
Series 11: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce videos, 2006-2015
Series 12: Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce digital records, 2004
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Jay Julian on 2016/05/03. Addition received 2017/07/18 by Nancy Norris.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/11/21 by Lindsey M. Vesperry and Lily Larson. EAD finding aid created 2016/12/07 by Lindsey M. Vesperry. EAD finding aid revised 2016/12/07 by Lindsey M. Vesperry and 2016/12/16 by Brandon Pieczko. Addition processing completed 2017/10/31 by Kelsey Gordon and Shelby Stallard. EAD finding aid revised 2017/11/01 by Lindsey M. Vesperry
- Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community development Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware County (Ind.) -- History -- 21st century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Directories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Economic development Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes (Administrative Records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) -- History -- 21st century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce 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
