Municipal government

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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 This collections contains the regular and special session meeting minutes of the Muncie City Council for the years 1870-1935. Council meetings were held in Muncie City Council Chamber in Muncie, IN. Topics of council discussion include: petitions and pleas, fines, land splits and divides, city project estimates, city budget and expense reports, ordinance creation and enforcement, election results, and "general city business". Also included in this collection are financial registers...

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...

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This collection contains records from the Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) in Muncie, Indiana for the years 1941-2012 and included Board of Directors meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, budget information, project plans and proposals, marketing and management files, financial records, subject files, photographs, scrapbooks, and other records documenting services, routes, fares, ridership and construction primarily from 1981-2004.

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This collection includes minutes from the Muncie Redevelopment Commission’s meetings. The records are from January 15, 1980 to December 2, 2004. Minutes from the meeting discuss loans, intended for rehabilitation, given to property owners. General administrative tasks are also discussed, such as the nomination of a new president. Minutes from August 20, 1998 to December 2, 2004 are available as PDF files and TIF files. The originals were scanned and returned to the Commission.

Scope and Contents The Robert Cunningham papers consists of records documenting the personal and professional life of Robert G. Cunningham, Sr. of Muncie, Indiana ranging from circa 1890-2005. Materials in this collection include records from the City of Muncie Office of the Mayor created during Cunningham's tenure as mayor, political campaign materials, local newspaper clippings, scrapbooks from Cunningham's political and personal life, original and printed cartoons drawn by Cunningham, and local history...