Documenting Deindustrialization in Middletown: A Photographic Essay

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSC-031

Staff Only

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

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

Additional Description

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.

Subjects

Church buildings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Digital file formats Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Factories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Houses and homes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Industry (Muncie, Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Middletown Studies Collection Subject Source: Local sources
Muncie (Ind.) -- Photographs -- 20th century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Muncie (Ind.) -- Photographs -- 21st century -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms