Ball State University -- History -- Sources

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This collection includes the records of and documents created by the president-appointed Affirmative Action Advisory Board from 1973 to 2000. Included in the collection are correspondence files related to the creation and operations of the advisory board, drafts and published documents created by the board and publications related to affirmative action gathered by the board.

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This collection includes brochures, pamphlets and a large scrapbook from the Ball State Air Force ROTC in ranging from 1948 to 1971.

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This collection includes information on the homecoming steering committee, homecoming events, and homecoming publicity from the Alumni Association of Ball State University from 1925-2006. The formats for this collection includes newspapers, programs, photographs, forms, flyers, and other documentation.

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This collection includes published volumes of the Ball State Commerce Journal, the Ball State Journal fo Business Educators, and the Ball State Journal for Business dating from 1929 to 1978.

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This collection contains photographs collected by the Ball State University Alumni Association used to support publications and other outreach endeavors developed for Ball State University alumni. Also included are additional materials used in the creation of alumni outreach literature and publications.

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This collection includes news releases, photographs, newspaper clippings, and professional information sheets from the Office of Public Information Services and the News Bureau located in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1926 to 1999 regarding Ball State University faculty lectures, performances, events, recognition, donations, and research.

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Annual publications from the Office of Sports Information, Athletic Publicity, and Sports Publicity recapping schedules and outcomes for Ball State men's and women's athletic teams. Publications are arranged chronologically from 1953-1992.

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This collection includes research materials and manuscript drafts from Charles F. Van Cleve ranging from 1896 to 1968 regarding the history of Ball State Teachers College. His research materials contain information regarding students, faculty, and administration of the college as well as publications created by Ball State and its predecessors. His manuscript draft documents the history of Ball State Teachers College and contains edited versions of his final copy.

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This collection includes accreditation materials from the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University dating from 1973 to 1993.

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This collection includes planning documents from the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University dating from 1977 to 2005.

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This collection includes a newsletter from Public Information Services in Muncie, IN ranging from 1980 to 1987 regarding campus events and programs.

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This collection includes publications, press releases, and curriculum records from the Department of Business Education in the College of Business at Ball State University ranging from 1966 to 1980.

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This collection includes committee and departmental minutes, correspondence, budget documents, curriculum planning documents, departmental policy documentation, lecture series records, course schedules, statistics, and other departmental records from the Ball State University Department of History ranging from 1959 to 2003.

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This collection includes accreditation documentation, course schedules, departmental meeting minutes, planning documentation, a scrapbook, and other departmental records from the Ball State University Department of Library dating from 1947 to 1986.

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This collection includes administrative documents, committee records, brochures, and faculty files from the Ball State University Teachers College Department of Secondary and Higher Education ranging from 1967-1994.

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This collection includes VHS video recordings of television broadcasts of student-produced programs created at the Ball State University Department of Telecommunications as well as other video assets created and used by the department.

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This collection includes files, Video Home Recording (VHS) tapes, Digital Video Discs (DVD), Magnetic recording tape, publications, scrapbooks, photographs and photographic slides from the Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1941 to 2014 regarding the dance history through programs, scrapbooks, subject files and dance recordings on performance stages.

Scope and Contents This collection includes brochures, press releases, and programs, and photographs from the Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance primarily documenting departmental theatre productions. The collection also includes material documenting the careers of alumni and faculty, and includes selected student theses and papers. Programs from performances date from the 1930s to the 2000s.The Subject Files contain the correspondence and history from Children's Theatre, Studio...

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This collection includes promotional materials, newspaper articles, and essays from the Midwest Writers' Conference and Earl Conn's courses in Muncie, IN ranging from 1973 to 2004 regarding creative writing, journalism, and Ball State History.

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This collection includes correspondence and teaching materials related to Edgar B. Wesley's several visiting professorship stints at Ball State Teachers College/University as well as his tenure as the University's first John R. Emens Distinguished Professor. The collection also includes material documenting Wesley's role in Ball State's acquiring of the Sir Norman Angell papers.

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This collection includes a constitution from the Ball State Faculty Senate from 1962 and constitutions from the Ball State University Senate from 2004 and 2007.

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This collection includes administrative subject files documenting Ball State Teachers College/Ball State University faculty members and organizations.

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This collection includes programs, newspaper articles, audio performances, posters, and personal articles from George Wolfe regarding his work with the Ball State University School of Music and the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in Muncie, IN ranging from 1969 to 2014.

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This collection includes accreditation materials from the Miller College of Business dating from 1973 to 1993.

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This collection includes Miller College of Business annual reports dating from 1969 to 1996.

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This collection includes subject files documenting the history of the Miller College of Business and the Business Education Department at Ball State University/Teachers College dating from 1950 to 1985.

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This collection includes annual reports, planning documents, research grant materials, office memos, and general administrative records from the Office of Research/Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Ball State University ranging from 1956-2007.

Scope and Contents This series includes correspondence from and to the office of the Provost. Provosts represented in the range of this collection include Richard W. Burkhardt from the academic year 1964-1965 to 1976-1977 (Vice President of Instructional Affairs), Norman J. Norton 1978-1979 (Acting Vice President of Instructional Affairs), Richard W. Burkhardt 1979-1980 (Provost), James V. Koch 1980-1981 to 1985-1986 (Provost), Warren C. Vander Hill 1986-1987 to 2001-2002 (Provost and Vice President for...

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This collection includes administrative documents, interdepartmental correspondences, and accreditation applications pertaining to the accreditation of the Ball State University Teachers College.

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Biennial and annual reports of the President of Ball State summarizing major developments in and about Ball State dating back to 1947. Recent reports include brief articles, photographs, and photo captions highlighting accomplishments, research projects, awards, services, programs, students, and faculty. Reports are arranged chronologically.