Working in Middletown oral history transcripts
Scope and Contents
This collection includes oral history transcripts of residents in Muncie, Indiana from 1974 to 1976. The collection also includes other supporting research materials. The interviewees are anonymous.
Dates
- 1974-1975
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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.
Historical Note
The Working in Middletown oral history project was inspired by Robert S. and Helen M. Lynd`s Middletown and Studs Terkel`s Working. It was funded by The Indiana Committee for the Humanities (ICH). Over the course of two years C. Warren Vander Hill, Dwight Hoover, Bruce Meyer, J. Paul Mitchell, and John Condran interviewed a variety of Muncie residents about their work experience.
Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Working in Middletown transcripts, 1974-1976
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
These interviews are published in Working in Middletown: Getting a Livng in Muncie, Indiana by John G. Condran.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid created 2011/11/22 by Elizabeth Rasberry. EAD finding aid revised 2011/11/22 by Bethany Fiechter.
- Job satisfaction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Middletown Studies Collection Subject Source: Local sources
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transcription Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Work -- psychological aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Working in Middletown oral history transcripts
- 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
