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3-Dimensional Objects

Anatomical Models

The Anatomical Models digital collection features more than 80 anatomical models and study guides available from the Science-Health Science Library at Ball State University.

Art History Images

The Art History Images digital collection consists of a selection of significant artworks, ranging in date from prehistoric to the late 1990s, and include styles from Abstract Expressionist, Fauve and Surrealist, to Pop and beyond.

Biological Specimens

The Biological Specimen digital collection displays a wide variety of plant and animal life and is valuable in the study and teaching of the biological sciences.

Dolls

Part of the Ball State University Libraries Educational Resources Collections' Realia Collection, the dolls in the Dolls digital collection range in date from the 1930s - 1990s.

Fossils

The Fossils digital collection presents variety of types and ages of fossils from the Ball State University Libraries Educational Resources Collections.

Geological Specimens

The Geological Specimens digital collection is comprised of various rocks, minerals, crystals, and other naturally occurring geological objects.

Musical Instruments

The Musical Instruments digital collection includes representative instrucments from the cultures of five continents and are from numerous countries of origin.

Pierre and Wright Architectural Records

The Pierre and Wright Architectural Records digital collection consists of drawings, photographs, 3-D models, and ephemera from the architecture firms of Edward D. Pierre, the Pierre and Wright Partnership, and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, ranging from 1920 to 1960.

Architectural Drawings

Ball State University Building Plans

The Ball State University Building Plans digital collection is a representative sampling of architectural plans and blueprints for Ball State campus buildings dating back to the construction of the Administration Building in 1899.

Muncie Chevrolet Plant Architectural Drawings

The Muncie Chevrolet Plant Architectural Drawings digital collection consists of 104 architectural drawings for buildings erected as part of the T.W. Warner Company, later Chevrolet Motor Company of Muncie, Indiana, between 1918 and 1920.

Pierre and Wright Architectural Records

The Pierre and Wright Architectural Records digital collection consists of drawings, photographs, 3-D models, and ephemera from the architecture firms of Edward D. Pierre, the Pierre and Wright Partnership, and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, ranging from 1920 to 1960.

Audio Recordings

Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Collection

The Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Collections in cludes an audio recording and accompanying transcript document Eleanor Roosevelt's speech to a convocation in Assembly Hall at Ball State Teachers College (now Ball State University) in Muncie, Indiana, on May 6, 1959.

Indiana ArtsDesk Radio Archive

The Indiana ArtsDesk Radio Archive digital collection includes broadcasts from Indiana ArtsDesk, a weekly program dedicated to fostering awareness, appreciation, and participation in the arts in East Central Indiana.

Musical Instruments

The Musical Instruments digital collection includes representative instrucments from the cultures of five continents and are from numerous countries of origin.

Robert F. Kennedy Speech Collection

The Robert F. Kennedy Speech COllection includes audio and video recordings, photographs, as well as a transcript of Robert F. Kennedy's speech delivered at Ball State University on April 4, 1968.

Creative and Visual Arts

Art History Images

The Art History Images digital collection consists of a selection of significant artworks, ranging in date from prehistoric to the late 1990s, and include styles from Abstract Expressionist, Fauve and Surrealist, to Pop and beyond.

Ball State University Museum of Art Collection

The Ball State University Museum of Art digital collections includes images of artwork that covers a range of six continents and 5,000 years of culture.

Ball State University Student Art

The Ball State University Student Art digital collection includes images, videos, and electronic art created by Ball State University students.

Films and Video Recordings

376th Heavy Bombardment Group Oral Histories

The 376th Heavy Bombardment Group Oral Histories includes audio and video oral histories with veterans serving in the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group during World War II.

Ball State University Commencement Videos

The Ball State University Commencement Videos digital collection includes footage of graduation ceremonies from 1997 to 2004.

Ball State University Student Films

The Ball State Student Filmmakers digital collection houses original short films that were written, produced, directed, performed, filmed, and edited entirely by students.

Cantigny First Division Oral Histories

The Cantigny First Division Oral Histories digital collection includes forty high definition video oral history interviews with veterans of the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division, commonly known as the 'Big Red One.'

NewsLink Indiana Videos

The NewsLink Indiana Videos digital collection consists of short news briefs created by NewsLink Indiana, an innovation of Ball State University (BSU) and the iCommunication Initiative.

Robert F. Kennedy Speech Collection

The Robert F. Kennedy Speech COllection includes audio and video recordings, photographs, as well as a transcript of Robert F. Kennedy's speech delivered at Ball State University on April 4, 1968.

The Man Haters Film Collection

The Man Haters Film Collection includes a rare 35mm silent movie filmed in Muncie, Indiana in 1915. The film was produced by Basil McHenry, a traveling film producer from Akron, Ohio.

WIPB Documentary Videos

The WIPB Documentary Videos digital collection consists of recordings produced by WIPB-TV. Included are Andy Baumgartner - 1999 National Teacher of the Year, Ed Ball's Century, and Gene Stratton Porter: Voice of the Limberlost.

World War II Films

The World War II Films digital collection consists of short films and news clips, primarily in black and white, documenting Allied operations and activities during WWII.

Maps

Ball State University Campus Maps

The Ball State University Campus Maps digital collection includes maps of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1929 to 2009.

Indiana Historic Atlases

The Indiana Historic Atlases digital collection features 18 historic atlases and 404 individual maps of Indiana dating from 1874-1921, including Delaware County, Parke County, and St. Joseph County.

Muncie and Delaware County Historic Maps and Atlases

The Muncie and Delaware County Historic Maps and Atlases digital collection features historic maps of Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana dating from 1826 to 1903.

Muncie Sanborn© Fire Insurance Maps

Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps of Muncie, Indiana Collection consists of 200 maps depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of the city from 1883 through 1911.

Ostland Atlas and Statistical Report

The Ostland Atlas and Statistical Report digital collection includes the two reports that make up the Strukturbericht uber das Ostland (Structural Report on the Ostland), the Ostland Atlas, and the Ostland in Zahlen (Ostland in Numbers).

Newspapers

Muncie Post-Democrat Newspaper

The Muncie Post-Democrat Newspaper digital collection consists of issues of the historic anti-Ku Klux Klan newspaper published by George Dale from 1921 until his death in 1936, and continued as a local newspaper after his death until the 1950s.

Muncie Times Newspaper

The Muncie Times Newspaper digital collection consists of volumes of the newspaper published by owner and publisher Bea Moten-Foster since 1991.

Organizational Records

Friends Memorial Church Collection

The Friends Memorial Church digital collection includes historical documents and photographs that chronicle the history of Friends Memorial Church in Muncie, Indiana.

Meridian Services, Inc. Records

The Meridian Services, Inc. Records digital collection consists of digitized annual reports and photographs from Meridian Services Inc. (formerly known as Comprehensive Mental Health Services) of Muncie, Indiana

Muncie Civic Theatre Programs

The Muncie Civic Theatre Programs digital collection includes programs from the plays presented by the Muncie Civic Theatre from its inception in 1931 through 1986, with additional programs from 1996 and 2005.

Muncie Redevelopment Commission Minutes

The Muncie Redevelopment Commission Minutes collection includes minutes from the organization's regular meetings from 1973 and 1980-2004.

National Association of Interpretation FourThought Newsletter

The National Association of Interpretation FourThought Newsletter digital collection consists of full text issues of FourThought, a newsletter published by Region IV, the Great Lakes Region, of the National Association for Interpretation.

Pierre and Wright Architectural Records

The Pierre and Wright Architectural Records digital collection consists of drawings, photographs, 3-D models, and ephemera from the architecture firms of Edward D. Pierre, the Pierre and Wright Partnership, and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, ranging from 1920 to 1960.

Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance Collection

The Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance Collection includes 194 photographs and newspaper clippings from the organization's collections, documenting the history of Yorktown and Mt. Pleasant Township, Indiana from 1888 to 2007.

Personal Papers

Joseph Fisher World War II Scrapbook

The Joseph M. Fisher World War II Scrapbook digital colelction consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joseph Fisher's mother, Vanchie Fisher, about her son's experience in the Army

Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance Collection

The Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance Collection includes 194 photographs and newspaper clippings from the organization's collections, documenting the history of Yorktown and Mt. Pleasant Township, Indiana from 1888 to 2007.

Photographs

Architecture Images

The Architecture Images digital collection offers architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning images from the Architecture Library's Visual Resources Collection.

Ball State University CAPAsia Images

The Ball State University CAPAsia Images digital collection includes photographs taken during the 2005 CAPAsia trip to India and Sri Lanka.

Ball State University Museum of Art Collection

The Ball State University Museum of Art digital collections includes images of artwork that covers a range of six continents and 5,000 years of culture.

Ball State University PolyArk/World Tour Images

The Ball State University PolyArk/World Tour Images digital collection is a representative sampling of images taken on World Tour / PolyArk study trips organized by the College of Architecture and Planning.

Ball State University Student Art

The Ball State University Student Art digital collection includes images, videos, and electronic art created by Ball State University students.

Charles E. Bracker Orchid Photographs

The Charles E. Bracker Orchid Photographs digital collection features photographs taken by Dr. Charles E. Bracker, professor of botany and plant pathology at Purdue University from 1964 to 1999.

Daniel W. Hartwig Indiana Courthouse Photographs

The Daniel W. Hartwig Indiana Courthouse Photographs digital collection consists of over 500 digital photographs documenting county courthouses throughout Indiana.

Delaware County Methodist Church Photographs

The Delaware County Methodist Church Photographs digital collection includes 53 photographs of Methodist churches throughout Muncie and Delaware County as well as a paper on the history of Methodism in Delaware County.

Friends Memorial Church Collection

The Friends Memorial Church digital collection includes historical documents and photographs that chronicle the history of Friends Memorial Church in Muncie, Indiana.

Joseph Fisher World War II Scrapbook

The Joseph M. Fisher World War II Scrapbook digital colelction consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joseph Fisher's mother, Vanchie Fisher, about her son's experience in the Army

Lantern Slides from the Ball State University Department of Biology

The Lantern Slides from the Ball State University Department of Biology digital collection contains images that document Ball State University's campus, the Indiana landscape, and Indiana Dunes State Park.

Middletown Women's History Collection

The Middletown Women's History Collection provides online access to archival materials documenting the experiences of women and women's organizations in Muncie, Indiana from the 1880s through the 1930s.

Musical Instruments

The Musical Instruments digital collection includes representative instrucments from the cultures of five continents and are from numerous countries of origin.

Other Side of Middletown Photographs

The Other Side of Middletown Photographs digital collections illustrates the history of the life and achievements of African Americans in Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana through photographs donated by members of the community.

Otto Sellers Photographs

The Otto Sellers Photographs digital collection documents everyday life in Muncie, Indiana from about 1900 in to the 1920s. Taken by photographer Otto Sellers (1868- ), the 908 glass negatives depict local neighborhoods, schools, civic organizations, manufacturing plants, and people among other topics.

Spurgeon-Greene Photographs

The Spurgeon-Greene Photographs digital collection, created by Richard (Dick) A. Greene and donated by Wiley Spurgeon, almost 3,000 photographs that provide invaluable historical documentation of Muncie, Indiana, from the 1930s through the 1970s.

W. A. Swift Photographs

The W. A. Swift Photographs digital collection includes over 1,000 photographs spanning Swift's career as a commercial photographer in Muncie, Indiana from 1923 until the 1940s.

World War I Posters from the Elisabeth Ball Collection

The World War I Posters from the Elisabeth Ball Collections is a representative sampling of more than 2,000 WWI lithographs from Italy, France, Belgium, England, Australia, Germany, the United States, and other countries.

Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance Collection

The Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance Collection includes 194 photographs and newspaper clippings from the organization's collections, documenting the history of Yorktown and Mt. Pleasant Township, Indiana from 1888 to 2007.

Publications

Ball State Monograph Series

The Ball State Monograph Series digital collection consists of full-text issues of the series, a set of books published by Ball State University from 1963 to 1990.

Chapbooks

The Chapbooks digital collection of 173 chapbooks covering subjects such as moral instrutions and ABC's.

Forum Literary Journal

The Forum Library Journal digital collection consists of full-text issues of the Forum, a quarterly literary journal published by the Department of English at Ball State University from 1960-1989.

French Revolution Pamphlets

The French Revolution Pamphlets digital collection consists of pamphlets produced from 1779 to 1815.

Library Insider Newsletter

Ball State University Libraries' newsletter, The Library Insider, is a service of the Office of the Dean of University Libraries and is published monthly by the Ball State Virtual Press, Muncie, IN 47306.

Muncie Civic Theatre Programs

The Muncie Civic Theatre Programs digital collection includes programs from the plays presented by the Muncie Civic Theatre from its inception in 1931 through 1986, with additional programs from 1996 and 2005.

Muncie Post-Democrat Newspaper

The Muncie Post-Democrat Newspaper digital collection consists of issues of the historic anti-Ku Klux Klan newspaper published by George Dale from 1921 until his death in 1936, and continued as a local newspaper after his death until the 1950s.

Muncie Times Newspaper

The Muncie Times Newspaper digital collection consists of volumes of the newspaper published by owner and publisher Bea Moten-Foster since 1991.

National Association of Interpretation FourThought Newsletter

The National Association of Interpretation FourThought Newsletter digital collection consists of full text issues of FourThought, a newsletter published by Region IV, the Great Lakes Region, of the National Association for Interpretation.

Physical Culture Magazine

The Physical Culture Magazine digital collection consists of full text issues of the publication, which promotes health and fitness. The magazine was published between the years of 1899 and 1955.

Steinbeck Monograph Series

The Steinbeck Monograph Series digital collection consists of 15 full-text publications. The series was published by the Steinbeck Society of America and the English Department of Ball State University from 1971 to 1991.

Steinbeck Quarterly Journal

The Steinbeck Quarterly Journal digital collection consists of volumes of the Steinbeck Quarterly originally published by the John Steinbeck Society of America from 1968-1993.

World War II Government Publications

The World War II Government Publications digital collection includes 102 pamphlets published by United States Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and other government agencies during World War II.

Sheet Music

Sheet Music from the Hague Collection

The Sheet Music from the Hague Collection consists of sheet music representative of a variety of musical genres. Much of the collection is comprised of popular music titles, including songs from movies and Vaudeville productions.

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