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.

This collection includes books, publications, art, photographs, personal and sports artifacts, ephemera, reports, speeches, and audiovisual materials from Dr. Jo Ann Gora ranging from 1976 to 2016 regarding her presidency at Ball State University.

This collection includes the papers and speeches of Ball State University President John R. Emens.

This collection includes memoranda from 1979.

This collection includes The Easterner (1922-1937), The Ball State News (1937-1968), The Ball State University Daily News (1968-1971), and The Ball State Daily News (1971-2009). All issues printed before 2004/001/12 are bound.