Documenting Deindustrialization in Middletown: A Photographic Essay
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 2006 photographic essay by Steve Talley titled "Documenting Deindustrialization in Middletown: A Photographic Essay." The essay documents the changing post-industrial landscape in Muncie, including photographs of abandoned factories and plants. Also includes photographs of BorgWarner (which was still in business at the time), Ball State University, the Ball family homes, the Muncie Mall, Ball Memorial Hospital, and other various businesses and homes in the Muncie area. The collection also includes born-digital images, slide shows, and documents containing identification information for the images.
Dates
- Creation: 2006
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.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box; digital files (181 MB))
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Digital file formats include Graphics Interchange Format (.GIF), Hypertext Markup Language (.HTML), JPEG (.JPG), Adobe Portable Document Format (.PDF), Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation (.PPT), Rich Text Format (.RTF), and Extensible Markup Language (.XML).
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a records transfer from Center for Middletown Studies.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed by Rebecca Marangelli on February 2, 2023.
- Title
- Documenting Deindustrialization in Middletown: A Photographic Essay
- 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 Middletown Studies Collection Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana USA
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
