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615 West Main Street house collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-326
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, greeting cards, negatives, and newspaper clippings from the Eller family in Muncie and Anderson, Indiana ranging from the 1940s to 1990s regarding adopted pets from Anderson and Muncie animal shelters, crimes in Muncie, and family and friends photographs.The collection was found at the abandoned residence of 615 West Main Street in Muncie, Indiana. There are several photographs and documents concerning animals available for adoption....
Dates: circa 1940-1990

Abbott L. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-027
Scope and Contents

This collection includes manuscripts, photographs, maps, blueprints, line drawings, and an oral history interview recording and transcript from Abbot L. Johnson in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1941 to 1982 regarding Johnson's work in the field of aviation in Muncie and Delaware County, and his connections with the Indiana Manufacturers' Association and the National Association of Manufactuerers.

Dates: 1928-1982

Aladdin Manufacturing Company records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS-244
Scope and Contents

This collection includes issues of the Mystic Light of the Aladdin Knights, a bimonthly newsletter for collectors of Aladdin memorabilia and the products of the Aladdin Manufacturing Company, Aladdin Electric Lamps, and Aladdin Industries/Aladdin Mantle Company as well as a 2004 Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company catalog in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1983 to 2013 regarding the lamp industry.

Dates: 1983-2013

Allen and Rita Winters family papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-058
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mostly of Center High School yearbooks with World War I information and correspondence also included.

Dates: 1917-1980

Alpha Sigma Alpha Chi Chi Chapter records and scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: RG-00-05-03
Scope and Contents

This collection includes documents, events programs, photographs, composite photographs, scrapbooks, and pledge class scrapbooks and photographs produced by the Alpha Sigma Alpha Chi Chi Chapter at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana rangin from 1953-1986.

Dates: 1953-1986

Altrusa Club of Muncie, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-054
Scope and Contents This collection includes committee records, financial records, governance documents, meeting minutes, membership records, scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs, videos, a reel-to-reel audiotape recording, and historical records from the Altrusa Club of Muncie, Inc. in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1909 to 2016 regarding the administration of the club, and Altrusa Club activities and events.As of August 2023, this collection is being reprocessed. If you need assistance with this...
Dates: 1901 - 2016

Alvin W. Holmes Collection on Covered Bridges

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Identifier: DADA-039
Scope and Contents

Documentation of covered bridges and other engineering structures in Indiana and other states created or collected by Alvin W. Holmes. The collection includes approximately 300 black and white photographs, 150 color slides, 12 color photographs, 145 postcards, 4 manuscripts and typescripts, 1 drawing, and 5 brochures about covered bridges.

Dates: 1931 - 1972

A.M. Strauss Architectural Records Collection

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Identifier: DADA-032
Scope and Contents The collection contains thousands of architectural and engineering drawings, sketches, blueprints, and six folders of specifications and photographs created by the office of A.M. Strauss, A.M. Strauss, Inc., A.M. Strauss and Associates, Inc., and Strauss Associates, Inc., from inception at commission 101 through commission 2479 (ca.1918-1992).The collection includes drawings for a few projects by other firms, among them blueprints for the Allen County Courthouse by B. S. Tolan....
Dates: 1918 - 1992

Architecturally Historic Muncie Homes slides

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: S-250
Scope and Contents

This collection includes slides featuring architecturally unique homes in Muncie, Indiana.

Dates: undated

Association of Lifelong Learners records and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-219
Scope and Contents

This collection includes records and photographs from Association of Lifelong Leaners ranging from 1991 to 2016 regarding administrative, committee, conference, membership, presidental and publication materials.

Dates: 1991-2016

Ball Memorial Hospital Auxiliary records

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Identifier: MSS-349
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records documenting the volunteer activities of the Ball Memorial Hospital Auxiliary between 1934 and 2012. Records include by-laws, narrative histories, Board of Directors meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, member directories, event invitations and promotional material, and photographs.

Dates: 1934 - 2012

Ball State University Alumni Association publication photographs and materials

 Collection
Identifier: RG-09-02-10
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1922-2009

Ball State University Alumni papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: RG-09-02-06
Scope and Contents

This collection includes scrapbooks, memorabilia, photographs, postcards, and publications from the Ball State University Alumni Center located in Muncie, Indiana ranging from circa 1890 to 2009 regarding student life, athletics, fraternities and sororities, and the physical plant.

Dates: 1898-2009

Ball State University Museum of Art records

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Identifier: RG-21-05-05
Scope and Contents

This colleciton includes news releases, clippings, and photographs collected by the Ball State University Office of University Marketing and Communications ranging from 1955 to 1975. Additionally the collection features correspondense, donor lists, collection information, annual reports, and biennial reports created by the Ball State University Museum of Art from 1943 to 2019.

Dates: 1943 - 2019

Ball State University Non-Traditional Student Association records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-00-07-01
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the NSTA awards ceremonies programs, budgets, constitution and by-laws, correspondence, executive board records, membership lists, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, scarpbooks and reports ranging from 1977 to 1997.

Dates: 1977-1997

Ball State University Women's Club records and scrapbooks

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Identifier: RG-00-04-01
Scope and Contents

This collection includes an organizational history, financial records, newspaper clippings, newsletters, program books, minutes, agenda, correspondence, photographs, newcomers’ reports, and treasurers’ books ranging from 1931 to 2004.

Dates: 1931-2016

Beatty-Atkins-Ryan family papers

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Identifier: MSS-345
Scope and Contents

This collection includes family genealogies, biographies, drawings of family crests, photographs, and scrapbooks from the Beatty-Atkins-Ryan family in Muncie, IN ranging from 1903 to 1985.

Dates: 1903-1957

Benjamin B. Janney collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPEC-034
Scope and Contents This collection includes production documents for many of the plays Janney produced between the 1950s and the 2000s, his personal scrapbooks, theatrical programs, photographs, audio-visual materials pertaining to his numerous productions, and a personal collection which includes an original and published script collection, and an autographed and related documents collection containing documents both from contemporary actors and actresses, as well as from famous actors from the 18th and 19th...
Dates: circa 1500-2000; predominate 1940-1990

Betty Harris papers and photographs

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Identifier: MSS-265
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1834 - 2006

Black Middletown project records

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Identifier: MSC-002
Scope and Contents

This collection contains completed survey forms and survey processing records (codebooks, cross tabulations, and frequency tables); correspondence, grant proposals, and other administrative and project planning records; newspaper clippings, research articles, and other reference material; and oral history interview audio recordings and transcripts from the Black Middletown research project ranging from 1968 to 1986.

Dates: 1968 - 1986

Bower family papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-352
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1862 - 2001

Bracken family papers

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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

Brayton family papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-239
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1868 - 1960

Brown-Fyfe family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-312
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: circa 1828-1990s

Buildings in Downtown Muncie slide collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: S-248
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: undated

C. Warren Vander Hill project files and papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-015
Scope and Contents

This collection includes papers and project files collected by C. Warren Vander Hill regarding Middletown Studies and the Middletown Film project in Muncie, Indiana from 1959 to 1990.

Dates: 1924 - 1999

Calvert and Pallen family papers and photographs

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Identifier: MSS-064
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,...
Dates: 1899-1982

Camp Isanogel records and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-362
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1907 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1934 - 2010

Cassady and Nelson families papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-023
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1759-1961

Center for Historic Preservation Photographs, Records, and Reports

 Collection
Identifier: DADA-061
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, records, reports, rehabilitation plans, and National Register nominations that were produced by the Center for Historic Preservation. Many items in this collection were created in partnership with state agencies and community organizations.

Dates: 2004-2011