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Dr. Edward Strother theater history collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-290
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...
Dates:
1800 - 1963
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Everett and Parke families papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-007
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a history of the Parke family (1967), bills and receipts (1891-1967), postcards and advertisements (undated), newspaper clippings (1936-1965), and artifacts from the Parke and Everett families of Muncie, Indiana.
Dates:
1891 - 1972
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Gene McCreery collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-303
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records ranging from 1790 to 2009 documenting the personal and professional life of Dr. Gene Sharp McCreery of Harrison Township, Delaware County, Indiana. Records include personal documents (transcripts, certificates and diplomas, land deeds, membership cards, daily planners, yearbooks, greeting cards, and correspondence); international records documenting McCreery’s humanitarian work in various countries (program administrative records, foreign language study...
Dates:
1790-2009
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Leonidas A. Guthrie papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-024
Scope and Contents
The collection contains notes on Guthrie's clients, cases, juries, and other legal files dating from
1917 to 1964. It also includes manuscripts written by Guthrie on judges and lawyers in Delaware
County, newspaper clippings, speeches, wills, a scrapbook, Knights of Pythias records (1942-
56), an Optimist Club program (1928), and other miscellaneous materials. See also SC 441 for
the Judge’s introduction for Eleanor Roosevelt at the Muncie Fieldhouse, October 25, 1939.A small...
Dates:
1917-1964
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
McRae Club records and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-111
Scope and Contents
This collection includes annual programs (1894-2014) and meeting minutes (1904-2009). It also includes the constitution and by-laws, rosters (1918-1958), correspondence, newspaper clippings (1904-2007), and financial records (1998-2008). There are also two woodcuts of founder Emma Montgomery McRae and a written history of the organization by Mrs. J. J. Burkholder included and a program from the Woman's Franchise League, 1919. It also includes two photographs of McRae Club members (1989...
Dates:
1894-2014
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Officer records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-180
Scope and Contents
The collection includes newspaper clippings, reports, proposals, notes, meeting agendas, and correspondence from the Muncie Preservation and Rehabilitation Commission and the business it conducted, including the renovation and relocation of historic buildings. The records of specific initiatives the Commission has participated in are also included, including the efforts to renovate the Ball Stores Building in downtown Muncie as a City Hall, and the implementation and business of the Central...
Dates:
1977-1999
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Stefan S. Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-350
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records documenting Stefan S. Anderson's professional career with First Merchants Bank (previously Merchants National Bank) and the Delaware Advancement Corporation and includes annual reports, correspondence, meeting records, strategic planning and legal documents, press releases, publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, video recordings, and other records ranging from 1914 to 2015. The collection also includes historical records predating Anderson's...
Dates:
1914 - 2021
Found in:
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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