Central States Communication Association records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative and financial records, journals, annual conference programs, oversize posters, video recordings, and born-digital records from the Central States Communication Association (previously Central States Speech Association) for the years 1937-2022.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-2014
Language of Materials
Materials in English and German.
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.
Administrative History
The Central States Communication Association (CSCA) is a professional, academic organization of primary and secondary school teachers, students, college and university professors, and communication professionals. The organization was founded in 1931 as the Central States Speech Association with the goal of promoting the communication discipline in educational, scholarly, and professional endeavors. In 1989, the organization changed its name from Central States Speech Association to Central States Communication Association. To reflect the organization's official name change, the title of the organization's journal was also changed from Central States Speech Journal toCommunication Studies beginning with Vol. 40, No. 1 (Spring 1989).
The association isgoverned by an Executive Committee and is legislated by its constitution and by-laws. The association's membership includes the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. CSCA has 22 Interest Groups, Caucuses, and Sections that promote particular communication areas. The association hosts a yearly convention within the 13 membership states, maintains a website, publishes a newsletter three times yearly, and publishes the journal Communication Studies on a quarterly basis.
Source: "About CSCA." http://www.csca-net.org/aws/CSCA/pt/sp/about (last accessed 2014/07/15)
Extent
4.3 Cubic Feet (6 boxes, 160 digital files (87.75 MB))
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Central States Communication Association on 2014/05/13.
Addition received 2023-06-28 by the Central States Communication Association.
Accruals
Further additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the Ball State University Libraries Digital Media Repository:
Processing Information
Collection processing completed and EAD finding aid created 2014/07/07 by Kasey Mock. Processing and EAD finding aid revised 2014/07/17 by Brandon Pieczko. Addition processing completed 2023/10/26 by Jake Bickel. EAD finding aid revised 2023/10/26 by Lindsey Vesperry.
- Title
- Central States Communication Association 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