This collection contains photographs collected by the Ball State University Alumni Association used to support publications and other outreach endeavors developed for Ball State University alumni. Also included are additional materials used in the creation of alumni outreach literature and publications.

This collection contains documents and photographs pertaining to the history of Eastern Indiana Normal University and founder and first president F. A. Z. Kumler and his wife Mattie Bender Kumler. Materials in this collection range in date from the 1860s to 1956. The bulk of materials pertaining to Eastern Indiana Normal University date from 1896 to 1901.

Many of these images are digitized and accessible through the Digital Media Repository. (Click digital object link in red box to access.)

This collection includes awards, correspondence, manuscripts, news clippings, photographs, photographic negatives, press releases, programs, publications, reports, resumes, slides, and speeches from Public Information Services at Ball State University in Muncie, IN ranging from 1927 to 2004 regarding former presidents, former library board members, presidential portraits, administrative records, and Ball State University campus incidents.