Scope and Contents The Delaware County Public Schools collection contains records such as school directories and manuals meant for all schools within the county. The remainder of the collection contains yearbooks, photographs, student newspapers, histories, commencement programs, reunion programs, instruction notes and other related materials from eleven of the twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana (Center, Hamilton, Harrison, Liberty, Monroe, Mount Pleasant Niles, Perry, Salem, Union and Washington)...

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This collection includes reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, seminary documents, board of trustee documents, personnel directories, school record books, and pupil and teacher home records from the Delaware County School Superintendent in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1830 to 1968 regarding activities within the Muncie Community School Corporation.

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This collection includes correspondence, minutes, promotional flyers, brochures, booklets, newsletters, etc. from Delaware County TEAMwork for Quality Living in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1991 to 2001 regarding the creation of a healthy community while empowering people in living in poverty.

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The collection consists of files relating to the operation of the D.C.T.A. from 1919 to 1991. This includes annual reports, short histories, scrapbooks, statistical reports on tuberculosis in Delaware County, photographs, articles of incorporation, Christmas Seals sales, relations with other Delaware County organizations, policy, employment practices, and various programs. Oversize material consists of the 1922 Certificate of Incorporation and a 1987 Proclamation of “TB Awareness Week.”

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This collection includes administrative records, conference materials, and related organization materials from Delaware County Youth Empowerment in Delaware Country, Indiana ranging from 1990 to 2011 regarding youth assistance, empowerment and education.

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This collection includes annual reports, minutes, budget information, agendas, plans and reports, deeds, brochures and newspaper clippings from the Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1827 to 1998 regarding the group's administrative records and various projects undertaken.

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The records include material documenting both the philanthropic and social activities of the Indiana Alpha chapter and the national organization. Records include the constitution, by-laws, membership rosters, programs, minutes and a scrapbook.

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This collection consists of materials related to the planning and implementation of the Royerton sewer system. Included is a map of observed drain pipes before construction of a new system, a feasibility study, public meeting information and notes and many news clippings from local papers.

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This collection includes correspondence, drawings, etc. collected by Richard "Dick" Cole in Muncie, Indiana from Ball Corporation and Metro Corporation ranging from 1955 to 1979 regarding glass jar designs.

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The content of the two folders consist of Don Blair's recollection of his time spent as a guard in Branch Camp number four here in Indiana, where he supervised German prisoners of war working in a factory. The photocopies within the folders are transcripts of Blair's interview, minutes from meetings and accounting paper from the War Department.

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The collection contains a composition book (1898), diary (1898-1900), Indiana State Normal School (Terre Haute) Album (1899), postcards (early 1900's), and books of newspaper clippings (1929-1932).

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This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, maps, photographs, and other materials from Dorothea Bump in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1919 to 1993 regarding local elections, political and civic issues in Delaware County and the city of Muncie, and the administration of Beech Grove Cemetery.

Scope and Contents The Dorothy Hamilton Collection consists primarily of manuscripts of her books and writings, as well as newspaper clippings about Mrs. Hamilton’s work and about her activities. The collection also includes copies of Dorothy Hamilton’s magazine serials, announcement of the awards she received, the honorary degree she obtained from Ball State University, information from Hamilton’s publisher, as well as unfinished writings.The collection contains transcripts of Mrs. Hamilton’s...

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This collection includes documentation of Dr. Alvey’s involvement in the YMCA Bible Study Program, Muncie Central High School, Ball State University, the city of Muncie, Indiana, and Hazelwood Christian Church from Dr. Charles Alvey in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1978 regarding his affiliations and activities.

Scope and Contents This collection includes newspaper clippings and publications pertaining to Theater in Muncie, Indiana from 1800-1963. It clippings on the Wysor Grand Opera House, The High Street Theatre, Circuses, Walling Hall, Indiana theater, and information about Muncie’s early history. PSC 339 includes photos and negatives of actors, theaters, and Muncie, Indiana. The photographs and negatives of actors were primarily made from photographing books, including A Pictorial History of...

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This collection includes records related to the organization, activities, finances, and promotion of the Crusade from Ball State University faculty member, Dr. George Jones in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1980 to 1981 regarding his activity with the Leighton Ford Crusade organization.

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This collection contains publications written by Dr. Montgomery, as well as research done by him and information on Nellie G. Brown, an influential nurse and nursing instructor in Indiana healthcare.

Scope and Contents This collection includes publications, correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal papers, family papers, Muncie and Ball State University related book, medical career files, materials on Calvin Coolidge, computer files, audio recordings, video recordings, photographic materials, and inventions and other artifacts from Dr. W. Philip Ball in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1923 to 2015 regarding Dr. Ball's medical and writing careers, the Ball family, and Dr. Ball's other interests and...

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This collection includes two versions of Automobility in Muncie. The difference between the two lies in the order of the final three chapters. In addition, the collection contains an extra copy of the last three chapters of the second version; the pagination indicates that these chapters do not belong to the first version. The collection also includes a copy of Dr. Hoover`s curriculum vita updated to 1996.

Content Description This collection is currently unprocessed. Please contact Ball State University Archives and Special Collections for more information.This collection includes photographic slides of homes in the East Central Neighborhood and in downtown Muncie. It also includes many slides of the 828 E. Adams St. home, which once belonged to the donor's family. The slides range roughly from 1970 to 1980 and are attributed to Frank Meeker and Linda Hanson. The...

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The collection includes records materials related to the business and activities of the East Central Neighborhood Association. Included are guides to the Old Washington Street Festival (1979 and 1980) and the festival's Walking Tour guides (1977-1986). Additionally, the collection includes papers creating the Emily Kimbrough Historic District, a study of the neighborhood, and minutes of the Board of Directors meetings from 1989 and 1990.

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This collection includes brochures, budgets, bylaws, contracts, correspondence, directories, forms, grant applications, guides, agreements, legislative records, minutes, news releases, publications, plans, and procedures from the Eastern Indiana Library Services Authority in Indiana ranging from 1973 to 1992 regarding the organization`s activities in the State of Indiana.

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This donation includes photographs, deeds, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other items pertinent to Edith Kirby Barnes and her family in Muncie, Indiana and Colorado, ranging from the 1870s to the 1940s. Edith Kirby Barnes was a descendant of the Kirby family of Muncie, whom owned Kirby Lumber Company and the Kirby Hotel in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection documents EdithKirby Barnes's life and family, as well as her travels throughout the United States.

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This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, notes, student field trip reports, photographic materials, blueprints, and other materials from Edward Zetterberg and his family in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1918 to 2004 regarding Zetterberg's teaching career, his service during World War I and World War II, and Zetterberg's personal interests.

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This collection includes correspondence and other records ranging from 1942 to 1948 as well as a couple more modern items dated 2016 and 2018 relating to the Elbert Morford family of Carmel, Indiana. Most of the letters in this collection were exchanged between Elbert Morford and his wife, Harriet Morford. A smaller portion of the collection includes letters to family and friends. Also includes a photograph, various cards, and numerous army documents.

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This collection includes programs, directories, lists, pamphlets, and photographs of razed homes and businesses as well as publications from high schools and founding members from Psi Iota Xi sorority from Elizabeth Brooker in Delaware County ranging from 1881 to 1973 regarding Mrs. Brooker and her activities.

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The collection includes copies of the "Elm Street Reporter" columns published in the Gaston News from 1949 to 1954.

Scope and Contents This collection focuses on the literary works of Emily Kimbrough and includes typescripts of her novels along with copies of her numerous articles. Also included are honorary degrees awarded to her by Indiana University and Ball State University in 1973.The collection also contains twenty-five drawings from the novels Now and Then (1972) and Time Enough (1974), It also contains oversize family photos, a photo of Kimbrough Hardware Co., and Sterling Cash grocery. Finally, R 26,...

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The collection includes meeting minutes (1940-1951), membership and programs booklets (1945-1959), the club song and research notes by Mary Alice Lanning.

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Materials in this collection relate to Cowan High School and Muncie High School, local glass industries, and Muncie and Delaware County businesses and activities ranging from 1886-1979.