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Beech Grove Cemetery postcards and Board of Trustees report

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Identifier: MSS-D-004
Scope and Contents This collection consists of digital surrogates of 41 postcards (circa 1905-1916) featuring images of Beech Grove Cemetery in Muncie, Indiana and a 1906 report from the Beech Grove Cemetery Board of Trustees. Also included is an undated postcard for the Gardens of Memory cemetery. Several of the postcards were printed by the Galion View Company of Galion, Ohio, which created one of the largest series of postcards of Muncie featuring nearly one hundred views of various buildings and locations...
Dates: circa 1905-1916

Cardinal Greenway wildflower slides

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Identifier: MSS-D-002
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs of wildflowers taken by Diane E. Hill along the Cardinal Greenway between 1999 and 2005. The original 35mm photographic slides were produced between circa 1999 and 2008. Research to identify the wildflowers was conducted by Stan Hodge and is also included in the collection.

Dates: 1999-2009

Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County records

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Identifier: MSS-333
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of digital reproductions of original records and born-digital records from the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County and includes annual reports, Board of Directors meeting minutes, correspondence, event documents, news releases, photographs, newsletters, brochures, postcards, and other records ranging from circa 1981 to 2018.

Dates: 1981-2020

Documenting Deindustrialization in Middletown: A Photographic Essay

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-031
Scope and Contents This collection contains a 2006 photographic essay by Steve Talley titled "Documenting Deindustrialization in Middletown: A Photographic Essay." The essay documents the changing post-industrial landscape in Muncie, including photographs of abandoned factories and plants. Also includes photographs of BorgWarner (which was still in business at the time), Ball State University, the Ball family homes, the Muncie Mall, Ball Memorial Hospital, and other various businesses and homes in the Muncie...
Dates: 2006

Dr. W. Philip Ball papers

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Identifier: MSS-213
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...
Dates: 1923 - 2016

Ford Oval of Honor video recordings

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Identifier: RG-27-07-06
Scope and Contents

This collections contains digital oral history videos and transcripts for interviews with local World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and Iraq War veterans between 2013 and 2018. The interviews were conducted by Chris Reidy of WIPB-TV as part of its Oval of Honor award series sponsored by Ford Motor Company. Also included are annual Ford Oval of Honor program videos about the award recipients for 2013-2015.

Dates: 2013 - 2018

Hayashi Steinbeck collection

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Identifier: SPEC-012
Scope and Contents The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Dr. Tetsumaro Hayashi ranging in date from circa 1940 to 2009. Records include personal correspondence with friends, family, colleagues, and other Steinbeck scholars; both published and unpublished manuscripts; various accumulated professional and administrative papers; records from professional organizations and services, including the Steinbeck Society of America and the Steinbeck Quarterly...
Dates: circa 1940-2009

History of Beech Grove Cemetery Immersive Learning Project records

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Identifier: MSS-D-005
Scope and Contents This collection contains born-digital files created as part of an immersive learning project on the history of Beech Grove Cemetery taught by Professor Ron Morris in Spring and Fall 2015. Students enrolled in the course created a website that provides visitors to Beech Grove Cemetery with information about local persons interred in the cemetery. The students also produced a book documenting stories about people buried in the cemetery.Files include edited and unedited versions of...
Dates: 2015 - 2015

Indiana Artisan records

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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

Martin Luther King Dream Team Freedom Bus project oral histories

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Identifier: MSS-373
Scope and Contents

This collection contains video oral history interviews conducted by Ball State University students for the Martin Luther King Dream Team Freedom Bus Virginia Ball Center immersive learning project between 2014 and 2015.

Dates: 2014 - 2015

Muncie Art Students' League records

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Identifier: MSS-099
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the historical records of Muncie Art Students' League for the years 1892-2019 and includes correspondence, by-laws, financial records, minutes, membership lists, news clippings, annual programs, scrapbooks, photographs, a video recording of a meeting of the Muncie Art Students’ League at Margaret Bumb’s House in 1990, and born-digital working files for the League.

Dates: 1892-2019

Muncie High School Consolidation Oral History Project records

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Identifier: MSS-D-003
Scope and Contents This collection contains born-digital videos and transcripts for twenty-five oral history interviews with Muncie Community Schools Board of Trustees members, community leaders, and members of the community at large about the consolidation of Muncie Southside High School and Muncie Central High School in 2014. The interviews were conducted between September 2014 and June 2015 by C. Warren Vander Hill and Rich Usdowski for the Center for Middletown Studies and highlight perceptions of the...
Dates: 2014 - 2015

Presidential and Vice Presidential Nominee Advance Operations Manuals

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Identifier: SPEC-D-001
Scope and Contents

This collection includes digital copies of the Presidential Nominee Advance Operations manual from the Robert J. Dole 1996 presidential campaign and the Vice Presidential Nominee Advance Operations manual from the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign. The manuals outline detailed expectations, requirements, and procedures for planning for nominee visits including room setup, transportation, communication with campaign officials, and other directives.

Dates: 1996, 2008

Purdue Alumni Club of Muncie records

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Identifier: MSS-353
Scope and Contents

This collection includes membership rosters, officer records, constitutions and bylaws, expense reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, meeting minutes, photographs, event invitations and programs, correspondence, brochures, postcards, and club management records from the Purdue Alumni Club of Muncie in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1963 to 2015 regarding Purdue University alumni, club administration, leadership, membership, and club activities.

Dates: 1963 - 2015

Society of Indiana Archivists records

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Identifier: SPEC-063
Scope and Contents

This collection includes constitutions, by-laws, articles of incorporation, correspondence, newsletters and other publications, meeting and workshop records, Board of Trustees minutes and Board and Committee records from the Society of Indiana Archivists ranging from 1972 to 2020 documenting the activities of the organization.

Dates: 1972 - 2020

Unitarian Universalist Church records

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Identifier: MSS-101
Scope and Contents

This collection includes annual reports, construction records, financial records, historical papers, minutes, membership records, scrapbooks, Sunday School records, photographs, digital photographs of the stained glass panels, oral history recordings and other material from the Unitarian Universalist Church in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1855 to 2014 regarding the administration, finances, history, membership, ministries, property and services of the church.

Dates: 1855-2014