Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wright Quadrangle (Indiana University, Bloomington). Parks House residents
- Abstract:
- This collection contains issues of the Parks House Scribe, Scribe-Orifice, and Orifice, which were humor publications created by the male student residents of the Wright Quadrangle on the Indiana University Bloomington campus from 1960 through at least 1980. These publications consisted of simple stapled pages and included content such as campus news, drawings, jokes, and pictures.
- Extent:
- 0.8 cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Parks House publications, Collection C647, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Parks House is a unit within the Wright Quadrangle, a dormitory located on the corner of North Jordan Avenue and Tenth Street on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The dormitory was built for male student housing in 1949 and named after Joseph A. Wright, governor of Indiana from 1849-1857, in 1959. Wright Quadrangle contains eight units connected by stairwells, breezeways, and hallways and is divided into eighteen different "houses": Dodds House, Ferguson House, Stockwell House, Dunn House, Parks House, Dewey House, Rollins House, Jenkins House, Hummer House, Nichols House, Ruter House, Todd House, Hall House, Campbell House, Harney House, Lowe House, Elliott House, Harding House.
The Parks House Scribe, written by male residents of Parks House, Wright Quadrangle, was produced from 1960 through at least 1978. The numbering conventions of the Scribe-Orifice and the Orifice indicate that these publications, also from residents of Parks House, were probably a continuation of the Scribe, rather than entirely separate operations.
- Scope and Content:
This collection consists of newsletters and magazines produced by the male student residents of Parks House, Wright Quadrangle, between 1960 and 1980. The publications include an incomplete set of 15 volumes of the Scribe (1960-1978), four issues of the Scribe-Orifice (1979-1980) and the Orifice (1978-1980). The issues, consisting of simple stapled pages, include campus news, drawings, jokes, and pictures. Humor (ranging from mild to obscene), and news articles are the primary features of these publications. Special issues, such as holiday-themed issues, occasionally contain covers illustrated in color.
- Acquisition information:
- Accessions: 62p, 63p
- Processing information:
Processed by Richard Brewer.
Completed in 2017
- Arrangement:
This collection is organized into one series of publications dating from 1960-1980. These publications are arranged in approximate chronological order, with duplicates found at the end.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright interests for this collection have not been transferred to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, contact the Indiana University Archivist.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Parks House publications, Collection C647, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Herman B Wells Library E4601320 East Tenth StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-1127archives@indiana.edu