The mission of Archives and Special Collections is to collect, preserve, and provide access to archival and printed materials that support the research and instructional needs of students, faculty, national and international scholars, and the general public.
Description: The Digital Media Repository offers digitized versions of a wide range of items including photographs, letters, posters, artwork, books, newspapers, and motion pictures. It also contains the Ball State University Board of Trustees minutes, building plans, course catalogs, and many other collections of university related items.
Time Period: 1800's to present
Sources: Contains records more than 175,000 items_
Subject Headings: General, History, Humanities, News, Social Sciences (Images)
Primary Materials: Archival Material, Audio, Books/e-books, Images, Maps, Models, News, Other, Videos
Archives and Special Collections offers a variety of books pertaining to 20th century children's literature. Topics covered include children's stories, fairy tales, myths, religious stories, stories, songs, and nursery rhymes.
To discover materials relating to children's literature, try searching OneSearch by entering Children's literature or Juvenile literature in the subject field.
For more information about Children's Literature and educational resources in general, please see Ball State University Libraries Education, Music and Media Collections.
Jack the Giant Killer was publish in New York by the McLoughlin Bro's circa 1889.