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Bracken family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-344
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1776-2010

Day Star Activity and Respite Center, Inc. records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-172
Scope and Contents

This collection includes by-laws, board minutes, calendars, newsletters and correspondence from the Day Star Activity and Respite Center, Inc. in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1987 to 1997 regarding the organization and its activities.

Dates: 1987-1997

Deeter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-283
Scope and Contents

This collection includes papers and photographs from the Deeter family in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1920s to 1980s regarding business, correspondence, education, organizations, and publications. Many of the letters are written from Joseph Bosman to Ida Forrest and reveal his life in World War II service from 1942 to 1944.

Dates: 1920s - 1980s

Emens Auditorium Convocations photographs and records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-08-08-05
Scope and Contents

This collection includes records, clippings, brochures, and photographs from Ball State University Office of Business Affairs in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1963 to 1964 regarding Ball State University Convocations.

Dates: 1964-1981

Emens Auditorium records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-08-08-06
Scope and Contents

This collection includes brochures, programs, photographs, business documents, and press releases from Ball State University Office of Business Affairs in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1964 to 2002 regarding Emens Auditorium special performances.

Dates: 1968-2002

Fran E. Schroeder Architectural Records

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-034
Scope and Contents The collection documents Fran E. Schroeder’s architectural career. It includes architectural drawings and renderings; photographs; reference material; materials concerning the Construction Specifications Institute; business correspondence; sketches; Christmas cards by Schroeder, Leslie F. Ayres, and Pierre and Wright, ca. 1930; a variety of scrapbook materials and memorabilia; and several award plaques.The drawings are all from the office of Fran E. Schroeder and Associates. More...
Dates: 1920-1968

H. Earl Browning family papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-147
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the papers, photographs and negatives from the H. Earl Browning family in Muncie, IN ranging from 1920 to 1976 regarding family correspondence, war records, financial records, personal documents, photographs and negatives.

Dates: 1920-1976

Indiana Artisan records

 Collection
Identifier: SPEC-089
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

Indiana Bridge Company Architectural Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-020
Scope and Contents This collection contains records of the Indiana Bridge Company, iron and steel fabricators located in Muncie, Indiana. It covers the time period 1886 to approximately 1978. The bulk of the collection consists of shop drawings created by Indiana Bridge Company engineers and drafters for several thousand structures dating from about 1889 to about 1922 (catalog number 20-9). There are 200 rolls of drawings in the collection, covering Indiana Bridge Company contract numbers 222...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1889 - 1922; 1866-ca.1978

J. H. Wysor Estate, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-047
Scope and Contents

This collection includes treasurer`s reports, minutes, account books, daybooks, receipts, account files, legal documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and drawing plans from J. H. Wysor Estate Inc. in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1905 to 1972 regarding the company and its activities.

Dates: 1905-1972

Jay C. Bixby Architectural Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-023
Scope and Contents Collection contains architectural and business records from the architectural office in Vincennes, Indiana, begun by John B. Bayard and continued by Rudolph W. Schucker and Jay C. Bixby, ca. 1910-1965. Included are architectural working drawings by the firm for 15 projects in southwestern Indiana (in Knox, Davies, Sullivan, Spencer, and Greene Counties). At least 17 additional projects are represented by specifications, photographs, newspaper clippings, contracts, and bills for architectural...
Dates: 1910 - 1965

Kibele and Garrard Architectural Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-007
Scope and Contents This large and comprehensive collection is from the architectural firm founded by Cuno Kibele in Bluffton, Indiana, which Kibele moved to Muncie and which continued in Muncie under the names Kibele and Garrard, Garrard and Keely, and C. W. Garrard. The collection contains drawings for hundreds of buildings designed by the firm, most of them located in the east central and northeast parts of the state. The great majority of buildings designed by this prolific and locally...
Dates: 1891 - 1975

McCarty Wholesale Lumber Company, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-341
Scope and Contents

This collection includes ledgers, books, correspondence, photographs, negatives, scrapbooks, legal records, and promotional material from the McCarty Wholesale Lumber Company in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1933 to 2011 regarding business accounts, advertising, travel expenses, company history, inventories, project bids, architectural plans, and the lumber industry.

Dates: 1933-2011

McCormick Brothers Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-218
Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence, business records, family genealogical papers, product blueprints and drawings, trade publications, and other materials from the McCormick Brothers Company in Albany, Indiana ranging from 1819 to 1990 regarding company history and business transactions, and McCormick family history, photographs and negatives. These records and graphic materials were used for Griner's book The McCormicks of Albany.

Dates: 1819-1990

No Bar & Grill and Bob Chaos Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-386
Scope and Contents The No Bar & Grill and Bob Chaos Records Collection is mostly a digital collection comprised of: electronic records consisting of flyers and advertisements for, press clippings about, and photos and videos of performances at, the No Bar and Grill (1985-1988), an all-ages nightclub with no bar and no grill located in the Village, just off the Ball State University campus in Muncie, IN; electronic records consisting of flyers and advertising for, press clippings about, and photos of Repeat...
Dates: 1981 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1989

S. E. Arvin and Sons Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-049
Scope and Contents This collection includes business records, financial records, architectural plans, plat maps, and photographs from S. E. Arvin and Sons in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1947 to 1952 regarding residential architecture built by the company, with particular emphasis on the Arlington Woods subdivision. There are a few personal papers consisting of household purchase receipts, most notably routine purchases from Block's and L. S. Ayres' department stores and purchases related to Mary...
Dates: 1940 - 1953

Stefan S. Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-350
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records documenting Stefan S. Anderson's professional career with First Merchants Bank (previously Merchants National Bank) and the Delaware Advancement Corporation and includes annual reports, correspondence, meeting records, strategic planning and legal documents, press releases, publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, video recordings, and other records ranging from 1914 to 2015. The collection also includes historical records predating Anderson's...
Dates: 1914 - 2021