Indiana Artisan records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative records, artisan applications, press articles, business development records, conference materials, posters and other promotional materials, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and born digital records from Indiana Artisan in Indianapolis, Indiana for the years 1991-2014 documenting the advancement of local artisan businesses throughout Indiana.
Dates
- 1991-2014
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
501c3 records, administrative records, and board of directors records in Series 11: Born digital records contains items that are restricted from 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.
Administrative History
Indiana Artisan was created in 2008 by Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman as an economic effort to increase business to local artisans. Its development was designed to incorporate elements from "arts-as-economic" programs in the states of North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The state funded Indiana artisans for three years with a plan to be self-sustaining by 2010. In 2010, the State of Indiana passed a resolution making Indiana Artisan the official organization to promote local artisans. It is now run by a 15 member board of directors and is a non-profit organization named Indiana Artisan, Inc.
Indiana Artisan lists the following goals for the program:
1) Raise awareness about the availability of locally-crafted products
2) Establish a brand for Indiana-made goods
3) Provide artisans, particularly those in rural areas, with access to entrepreneurial
4) Support including training and networking opportunities
5) Support artisan trail and retail development
6) Encourage visitation to Indiana
In 2008, Indiana Artisan offered an Artisan Train grant program. The result is 8 artisan trails across Indiana. Indiana Marketplace was established in 2011. Indiana Marketplace is an annual tradeshow of local artisans.
Extent
2.3 Cubic Feet (4 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 map drawer, 9 CDs, 12,998 digital files (18.2 GB))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Administrative records, 1992, 2007-2013
Series 2: Artisan applications, 2008-2013
Series 3: Press articles, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008-2012
Series 4: Business development records, 2008-2013
Series 5: Grant records, 2008
Subseries 5.1: Indiana Artisan Trail Development Grant Applications, 2008
Subseries 5.2: Indiana Artisan Business Development Grant Applications, 2008
Series 6: Conference materials and survey results, 1993, 2001, 2011
Series 7: Promotional materials, 2008-2011
Series 8: Oversize materials, 2002-2013
Series 9: Audiovisual recordings, 2012
Series 10: Born digital records, 2008-2014
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from John Bower on 2013/07/30. An addition to this collection was received as a donation from John Bower on 2014/04/16.
Accruals
The repository continues to add materials to this collection on a regular basis.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2013/08/30 by Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid created 2013/08/30 by Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid revised 2013/09/03 and 2014/07/29 by Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid revised 2014/07/31 by Brandon Pieczko.
- Artisans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community development Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Digital file formats Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Indiana Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Surveys Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Video recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Workshops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Indiana Artisan 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 Special Collections Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
