Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Polis Center and IUPUI (Campus). School of Liberal Arts
- Extent:
- 50.2 cubic feet (49 record cartons, 3 document cases)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
Polis Center Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Polis Center is a research center established in 1989 and affiliated with IUPUI and its School of Liberal Arts that focuses on Indianapolis and Indiana-related research projects. The majority of the records included here form the Indianapolis Congregations Archives from the Religion and Urban Culture project. Data compiled was analyzed to produce several books and other studies of religious life in Indianapolis.
- Scope and Content:
Records include statistical reports, survey information, interviews, records and information on Indianapolis neighborhoods and individual congregations, and other materials.
- Acquisition information:
- Accessions: UA-023, A2002/03-048.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS-Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- General note:
Rights Statement: The text of this webpage is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
Indexed Terms
- Places:
- Indianapolis (Ind.) -- History
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Personnel and student records and other personal information in these records are restricted. All other material is open to the public without restriction.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Polis Center Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
- CAMPUS:
- IUPUI
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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University Library755 West Michigan StreetRoom 0133Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
- CAMPUS:
- IUPUI
- CONTACT:
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speccoll@iupui.edu