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The collection includes materials from the professional career, organizational memberships and committees, and publications of Betty Harris. Documents here include information pertaining to local historical, religious and women’s clubs, community service involvement, and her work as a writer. Also included are Kennedy Assassination wire reports and issues of the Muncie Evening Press covering the Kennedy Assassination in 1963.

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The collection consists of materials dealing with the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the National Organization of Women (NOW) and the League of Women Voters, including by-laws, correspondence, newsletters, and related materials for all three organizations.

Scope and Contents The contents of this collection contain the published information concerning all activities relating to the celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution in 1976. This includes a national comprehensive calendar of bicentennial events, 1975-1976; an index of activities and a master register of Bicentennial projects. Also included is a list of local committee members, correspondence of the committee, a calendar of events, recognition of historic landmarks and other material...

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This collection includes records, research files, audio recordings and interview transcripts from Hurley Goodall in Muncie, IN ranging from 1924 to 1978 regarding black history in Muncie, IN.

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This collection contains copies of the Gear-O-Gram (1944-1972), a newsletter for the employees (published by the employees)of the Borg-Warner Corporation.

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This collection includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogy notes, negatives, and audio and video recordings from the Bower family of Indiana ranging from 1871 to 2001 regarding Bower and Dowell family history.

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This collection includes journals, notebooks, correspondence, professional records, political awards, autographs, genealogies, photographs, video recordings, scrapbooks, and realia from the Bracken family in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1776 to 2010 regarding Bracken family genealogy and Civil War history, Muncie and Delaware County history, Ball Corporation, and the Ball State University Board of Trustees.

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This collection includes a manuscript about the Bracken House on Ball State University`s campus, transcripts of interviews with Bracken family members, correspondence, and research notes from Thomas A. Sargent in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1997 to 2000 regarding the home and its inhabitants.

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The Brayton Family Collection consists primarily of family photos dating from 1868 to 1958. The oversize materials contain Amy Botkin's scrapbook, which includes letters, photos, brochures, and invitations (1907-1960), as well as sketches and paintings done by Margaret Brayton.

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This collection includes the "Breakthrough Plus 40" newsletters issues no. 1-25 ranging from 1976 through 1980. The "Breakthrough Plus 40" newsletter was released bi-monthly in Selma, Indiana, exploring the implementation of solar energy above latitude 40. These issues make up the entire body of "Breakthrough Plus 40" newsletters including issue no. 20, the special edition scrapbook. Additionally, it includes digitized copies of each newsletter.

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This collection includes genealogy materials from the Brown-Fyfe family in Muncie, Indiana ranging from circa 1828-1990s regarding the Brown-Fyfe family lineage.

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This collection includes slides of various buildings in downtown Muncie, Indiana.

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The collection contains a 35th reunion letter from President Ronald Reagan (1986), a 50th reunion letter from President George H.W. Bush (2001), and a 50th reunion book honoring the class’s golden anniversary.

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The Caldwell, Meeker, and High families papers includes correspondence from the Caldwell, Meeker, and High families. The collection is divided into series by family. The Caldwell family papers includes correspondence and documents concerning family and business affairs (1857-1928). The High family papers includes correspondence between Ansen High and his wife Mary during the Civil War (1862). The Meeker family papers includes correspondence from Minor Meeker (1836-1885).

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to the various activities of the Calvert-Pallen family. The collection is divided into seven series, the first four of which include papers of each individual family member. The Truman B. Culvert series contains papers and books which relate to his personal and professional education and to his responsibilities as Director of Research and Budget in the Muncie Community Schools.The second series, Luna Culvert, contains yearbooks,...

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This collection includes journals written during the years of 1872 to 1882. These journals consist of weather information recorded by Crooks as well a daily diary and expense entries.

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This collection includes reports, brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, video recordings, and other materials from Camp Isanogel in Delaware County, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 2010 regarding camping activities and camp patrons.

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This collection consists of photographs of wildflowers taken by Diane E. Hill along the Cardinal Greenway between 1999 and 2005. The original 35mm photographic slides were produced between circa 1999 and 2008. Research to identify the wildflowers was conducted by Stan Hodge and is also included in the collection.

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The collection includes information and memorabilia of the Cassady and Nelson families. Included are correspondence, account books, programs, photographs, and obituaries of various family members from 1759 to 1961. Also included are the Civil War letters and diaries and other papers of D.W. (Derastus) Nelson, Louise Nelson’s brother from 1858-1865.

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This collection includes ledgers, record books, analytical reports, correspondence, articles, calendars and other records from Cecil A. Madill in Delaware County, Indiana ranging from 1925 to 1987 regarding the family farm business of Burl, Cecil, and David Madill.

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This collection includes copies of the school`s newspaper, the Center Chatter, from 1930-1963; the school`s yearbook, Memoria, from 1963-1966; personal memorabilia from graduates; and copies of the 1999 Indiana Heritage Research grant application that made this collection possible.

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This collection includes project documentation and digital files from the Changing Gears: End of an Era documentary film regarding the closing of the Warner Gear plant in 2009.

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This collection contains various documents, maps, photographs, and negatives pertinent to American Gas & Electric Company and the Indiana General Service Company from 1884 to 1978.

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence with colleagues in the Indiana General Assembly from roughly 1969 to 1975. Individual bills that Wise addressed as a Congressman contain commentary from constituents and other legislators in separate folders. A detailed file of Wise’s struggle to ban phosphates from laundry detergent is within the collection. Wise was also a member of the Committee on Cities and Towns in the General Assembly and the Governor’s Task Force for the Employment of the...

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, meeting minutes, statistics, photographs, and other records ranging from 1937 to 2006 relating to Ball Brothers Corporation, Charles Anderson's work with union leaders in the Republic of Cyprus, his research in Denmark, his career working for U.A.W. Locals 93 (Ball Corp.) and 662 (Delco Remy), and various Democratic Party candidates and politicians. Also included is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Anderson in...

Scope and Contents The collection includes primarily newsletters, annual reports, and correspondence from 1979 to 1995. It also includes meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports from the Futures Committee (1986-1987,) the Long Range Planning Committee (1984-1985), and the Social Justice Committee (1987-2000). It includes the major Needs Assessment survey with its findings, the Christian Ministries Newsletters (1986-1993), and the notes from a prominent member, George Jones, Director of Religious Studies at...

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This collection contains the records of the Church of the Brethren from 1850 through 1965. Included are several series, including: correspondence; financial records, 1899-1938; membership lists, baptisms and transfer records, 1850-1897; minutes of the congregational meetings, 1879-1959; records of the officers of the church; visitors lists and records of their junior program, 1913-1957.

Scope and Contents The Clarence E. Benadum Papers contains original manuscripts of Benadum's published works as well as other unpublished novels, poetry, short stories, correspondence, theatre news, a 1931 address by Hon. V.E. Livingood, a colleague of Benadum's. The book manuscripts range from finished copies to works in progress to handwritten notes and drafts, both of published and unpublished works. Titles of the poems do not appear on the folder but a full list does appear below. Many of the short...

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The collection includes a scrapbook documenting the life of Clarence G. Piepho and the G.H. Piepho and Sons Funeral Home from 1920-1979.

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This collection consists of correspondence, publications, manuscripts, project files, research notes, a Michigan navigability study, and other records ranging from 1897 to 1979 documenting the life and career of prominent American anthropologist Clark Wissler.