About Archives and Special Collections
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.
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Bracken Library, Room 210
Muncie, IN 47304 - Hours
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Selections from the Digital Media Repository
Film of Emens Auditorium opening, March 15, 1964 (Click to view)
Selections from the Digital Media Repository
Ball State Students in the Multicultural Center, 1972 (Click for full image)
Subject Guide
Books - Overview
This page includes links to books and unpublished manuscripts about the history of Ball State University and its predecessor institutions. Works are divided into three main categories: general histories, histories related to specific Ball State topics (including Ball State programs and buildings), and Ball State athletics histories.
Books - General History
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Ball State University: An interpretive history by Call Number: LD2489 .E36 2001Publication Date: 2001 -
Ball State University, 1918-1993: essays in celebration of the university's 75th anniversary byCall Number: LD2489 .B383 1996Publication Date: 1996Contents: Ball State, from teachers college to university / Richard W. Burkhardt -- Discovering America / Mark Charles Fissel -- Reflections of thirty-two years at Ball State University / Dwight W. Hoover -- The first year at Ball State, personal and policy conflicts, 1918-1919 / Alan Hagedorn -- The relationship between the Muncie community and Ball State Teachers College / Jenifer M. Rahrar -- Religion and Ball State, the role of religion at a public university / Rosemary Pleva-Murray -- The college explosion, the effects of returning GIs on the Ball State campus, 1945-1948 / Pamela J. Mills.
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The Ball State story : from normal institute to university byCall Number: LD2489.I5 W5 1967Publication Date: 1967
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Beneficence: A history of Ball State Teachers College (1895-1961) byUnpublished history written in 1961.
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The history of the organization, administration, and control of the Normal School at Muncie, Indiana byCall Number: LD2489.I5 .L54 1926Publication Date: 1926
Books - Specific Topics
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The Magnificient Benefactors: the history of the Ball State University Museum of Art byCall Number: N584.M866 G75 2002Publication Date: 2002
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Fifty years of beneficence : the Ball State University Foundation 1951-2001 byCall Number: LD2489 .W55 2001Publication Date: 2001
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The Ad Building : the "college campus" dream comes true--finally : Ball State University, 1899-1999 byCall Number: LD2489 .C66 1999Publication Date: 1999
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The house and its history : the E.B and Bertha C. Ball Center for University and Community Programs byCall Number: F534.M9 S33 1989Publication Date: 1989
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Sixty years of outreach and public service : the history of continuing education at Ball State University byCall Number: LD2489 .D36 1985Publication Date: 1985
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Beneficence : the statue on the campus of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana byCall Number: LD2489 .M9 1972Publication Date: 1972
Books - Ball State Athletics
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A history of the first twenty-seven years of the men's intercollegiate swimming at Ball State University byCall Number: GV691.B2 L49 1994Publication Date: 1994
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Historical survey of women's physical education at Ball State University 1894-1975 byCall Number: GV439 .C64 1980Z
