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York Willbern began his career at Indiana University in 1957 when he was named Professor of Government and director of the Bureau of Government Research. He was one of the founders of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University, and was an accomplished scholar and author of many books and articles on the subjects of cities, public policy-making, urban planning and education for governmental administrative careers. This collection includes correspondence, writings, teaching files, project files, and records on a variety of subjects related to York Willbern's career and interests, including papers related to his book The Withering Away of the City, files on the American Political Science Association, and university committees such as the Urban Studies Committee.

The Wylie family represented in this collection are all family members or descendents of Indiana University's first president, Andrew Wylie. Many of the earliest family members were closely associated with the university themselves. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, obituaries, academic records, journals, scrapbooks, drawings, and poetry. In addition to family affairs, the collection includes information about Indiana University and Bloomington, Indiana, including land deeds and a 19th century account book from Bloomington's McCalla store.

The Woodburn family first settled in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1830, having relocated from Chester County, South Carolina. This collection consists of personal correspondence and other material of family members of James Albert Woodburn (1856-1943), a professor of history at Indiana University (1890-1924), including his father James Woodburn, wife Caroline Gelston Woodburn, brothers Walter E. and Theophilus Wylie Woodburn, son James Gelston Woodburn, and granddaughter Janet Wiecking. Collection materials date from 1848-1978 and notably include Caroline Gelston Woodburn's letters describing her experiences as a new member of the Bloomington and Indiana University communities in the early 1890s, and a photocopy of James Gelston Woodburn's diary ("My Trip Abroad"), which documents his trip to Europe in 1911-1912.

The Women in Folklore (WIF) Oral History Project was a centennial initiative of the women's section of the American Folklore Society. The project aimed to capture the experience of women folklorists across the country. Mary Ellen Brown, Professor of Folklore at IU, organized the project and donated the interviews in her possession to the IU Folklore Archives in 2000. The project was physically housed at the Oral History Research Center, now part of the Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice, and coordinated by a graduate assistant in folklore. Interviewees include Edith Fowke, Eleanor Long, Helen Creighton, Linda Degh, Shirley Arora, Thelma James, Eleanor Long, and Frances Cattermole-Tally. The collection contains correspondence, project information, transcriptions, and audio recordings of interviews, primarily on cassette tapes.

The Woman's Press Club established the Delta Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi at Indiana University in 1913 as a professional sorority for women in journalism. Early on, their aim was to "unite women engaged in or planning to engage in journalism; work to set and achieve definite standards in journalism and letters; and inspire members to greater individual effort." In 1972, the group changed its name to Women in Communications. The collection consists of scrapbooks, event files, newspaper articles, awards, meeting minutes, and other administrative files.

With a focus on Biblical literature and Victorian poetry, Will T. Hale was a professor of English Literature at Indiana University from 1913-1950. Included in this collection are correspondence, journals, engagement calendars, and teaching materials, such as lesson plans and notes.

The Wendell L. Willkie Quadrangle opened in the fall of 1964 as a residence hall for men and women, and was rededicated as the Willkie Residence Center in 2000. This collection contains four scrapbooks that were compiled by staff of the Willkie Quadrangle residence hall between 1968 and 1981. The scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, event pamphlets, and other materials that document staff and resident events during their respective time periods. In addition, the collection contains loose photographs of Willkie staff and leadership teams from 2004-2007, as well as loose newspaper clippings and other materials documenting Willkie residents and staff from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.

William Wylie Blair entered Indiana University in 1845. He attended through the 1848 school year, but did not graduate. This small collection consists of six essays written by Blair while he was a student at IU as well as an 1848 letter written to Blair and friend Jonathan Dixon Wylie by former classmate James Strean, who was an IU student at the time of writing.

William W. Spencer was an 1877 graduate of the Indiana University Law Department and was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1911. Collection consists of writings, moot court trial records, and general files.

The William T. Patten Foundation was founded at Indiana University in May 1931 by Indiana University alumnus William T. Patten. The Foundation hosts scholars from various institutions and disciplines to give lectures in his/her area of expertise. This collection contains files on each scholar who has assumed the role of Patten Lecturer since 1968. The files include recommendations from IU faculty to the Patten Committee, programs, and correspondence, as well as some audio and video recordings of the lectures.

William T. Morgan was a professor of history at Indiana University from 1919-1946. This collection includes typescript and handwritten essays by Morgan and other authors on pedagogy and the state of higher education; various annotated resources and notes related to Morgan's research on British history and educational practice; and a small amount of correspondence.

William Tinsley was an architect from Dublin, Ireland; he is well-known in his profession for designing part of the original Indiana University Bloomington campus. This collection consists of a journal written by William Tinsley and two of his children, Charles and Harvey.

William R. Ringer graduated from Indiana University in 1920. After earning his JD at the University of Michigan, he went on to have a successful legal career. This small collection consists primarily of diaries and journals maintained while Ringer was an Indiana University student.

William Gering was an associate professor of speech and theater at Indiana University South Bend from 1964 until his retirement in 1988. Beginning with his academic career as a graduate student at Indiana University in the early 1960s, Gering displayed an interest in researching the life and career of David Starr Jordan, Indiana University's President from 1885 to 1891. The collection consists of Gering's research notes and writings on Jordan. The research itself primarily focuses on the period of Jordan's life from his time enrolling as a student at Cornell University in 1869 to his 1891 departure from Indiana to become Stanford University's first President.

William Daily was a Methodist minister, and served as president of Indiana University, 1853-1859. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, financial records, administrative records relating to his presidency at Indiana University; most prominent are records relating to charges brought against Daily during his presidency.

William Lowe Bryan was an Indiana University alumnus, professor, and president. This collection includes correspondence, genealogical information, notes, a single journal from 1886, and published and unpublished writings and speeches. Correspondents include family and friends as well as numerous well-known political figures such as Winston Churchill, U.S. Senator Homer Capehart and Eleanor Roosevelt. Frequent correspondents include brother Enoch Albert Bryan, Frank and Sara S. Elliott, Evangeline Lewis, Ruth McNutt, and Herman B Wells.

Consists of personal papers of William J. Siffin. There are three series: Correspondence, 1962-1993, containing both incoming and outgoing correspondence; Publications, 1962-1990, containing articles and his book The legislative council in the American states; and Teaching, 1960-1991, containing materials from his classes and files for the graduate students he advised.

William Hugh Jansen was a tutor, lecturer, and instructor in English at Indiana University from 1937-1949. The collection consists of composition papers from the students he tutored in the Elementary Composition class from 1937-1938; the papers, written in response to various predetermined topics, have extensive handwritten notes by Jansen.

William H. Nebergall was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University from 1949-1975. Along with Joseph Muhler and Harry Day, his research led to the patenting of stannous fluoride, the first decay-preventing ingredient used in Crest toothpaste. Nebergall also conducted research in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research and the United States Public Health Service. This collection contains contracts, grants, research reports and proposals, and patents related to Nebergall's research. Also included is material pertaining to his academic career at Indiana University.

Graduating from Indiana University in 1921, Lawrence Wheeler went on to become a noted journalist, fund-raiser and the first Executive Director of the Indiana University Foundation. This collection consists entirely of the published articles and manuscripts from Wheeler's column "Indiana, Our Indiana" which was published in the Bloomington Star-Courier.

William Hammond Mathers attended Bloomington (Ind.) High School in the early 1930s before attending Indiana University where he graduated in 1938 with his BA in Chemistry with High Honors. Mathers fell ill during his last few years at I.U. and passed away on September 5, 1938 after a long battle against cancer. This collection consists of William Mathers education related papers, notebooks, textbooks, and various coursework completed both at Bloomington High School and at Indiana University. Also included are a few travel journals kept by Mathers from 1936-1937.

William Dean Fraser was a professor of Bacteriology and Microbiology at Indiana University from 1955-1986. The William Dean Fraser papers comprise .3 cubic feet and spans 1948-1977. A small collection, the Publications series is the most prominent series, consisting of Fraser's bibliography and a handful of his articles including Case for DDT and Price of Survival. The correspondence series consists entirely of letters regarding his People Problem and Viruses and Molecular Biology article, while the Subject files holds information about his professional activities and organizations.

William B. Edgerton was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures (1958-1983) and Chairman of the department (1958-1965, 1969-1973) at Indiana University. His research and teaching interests focused on eighteenth and nineteenth century Russian literature. The collection consists of correspondence, materials relating to his professional activities, and records pertaining to his teaching career.

Wilbur F. Pell, Jr., a 1937 graduate of Indiana University and a 1940 graduate of Harvard University Law School, led a successful career in law. While a student at Indiana University, he held leadership positions in numerous areas, including editor of both IU's humor magazine the Bored Walk and of the university yearbook, the Arbutus. He also served as the manager of the University Theatre, and in 1936 was elected Grand Master of the Beta Theta Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Indiana University. This collection contains materials related to his work with the Arbutus, Beta Theta, and the University Theatre. Also included is a small amount of personal correspondence.

W. Edson Richmond was a professor in both English and Folklore, and Acting Director of the Folklore Institute (1981-1982) at Indiana University, Bloomington, from 1945 until 1986. This collection documents Richmond's research and publishing in the area of Norwegian and Scandinavian language and culture as well as other academic activities, such as instruction and academic advising, service on departmental and professional committees, and participation in folklore conferences and professional societies. Types of material present in the collection include published and unpublished articles, research and instruction notes, correspondence, and programs and brochures.

W. Carl Jackson served as Dean of Libraries at Indiana University, Bloomington from 1973 to 1980. Over the course of his career, Jackson served in a variety of library roles and was in involved in several library professional organizations. This collection includes correspondence, lecture notes, committee records, subject files, and other papers from Jackson's almost thirty years working in the library profession.

In 1953, Warren Everett Roberts became the first person to earn a PhD in Folklore in the United States. He taught at Indiana University from 1949-1994 and was one of the founders of the study of American "folklife" and material culture. The collection represents Roberts' research of vernacular architecture and regional survey of material culture and craftsmanship, particularly in southern Indiana. Collection consists of research files, teaching files, photographs, photographic negatives and slides, publications, and correspondence.

Indiana University administrator Ward Gray Biddle's political career began in 1930 when he was elected to the Indiana state legislature as a Democratic representative from Monroe County, a position he held for the 1931 General Assembly session. In 1932 he was elected to the State Senate from Brown, Greene, and Monroe Counties and served for two more sessions of the General Assembly (1933 and 1935) and two special sessions (1932 and 1936). This collection consists of correspondence, maps, and voter information from Biddle's successful first campaign for the state senate seat from Brown, Greene, and Monroe Counties.

Walter Q. Gresham, 1832-1895, was an Indiana lawyer. He also served as a brigadier general in the Civil War, a U.S. District Judge, a U.S. Circuit Court Judge, Postmaster-General, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State. This collection consists of correspondence from Gresham and about Gresham received by Indiana University from multiple sources, as well as some cards designed to display alongside Gresham's Civil War sword, which was donated to the university by Gresham's family in 1911.

The Walter J. Moore papers comprise 2.4 cubic feet and spans 1900-1995. There is no personal information on Dr. Moore in this collection, as it consists entirely of research files relating to Moore's two books on Erwin Schrödinger - Schrödinger, life and thought and Life of Erwin Schrödinger. The span dates of the collection include the dates of Schrödinger's publications, research, and correspondence collected by Moore. Moore was a Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University from 1952 to 1973.

Waldo Lee McAtee was a famous ornithologist and an Indiana University Alumnus. This collection is comprised of papers from when he was a student at Indiana University.

Soprano Virginia MacWatters was known not only for her impressive operatic career during which she performed in opera houses throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, but also for her dedication to teaching. In 1957 she joined the voice faculty of the Indiana University School of Music where she remained until her retirement in 1982. She was awarded the prestigious Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award for excellence in teaching in 1979. The collection consists of biographical materials, clippings, programs, teaching files, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks.

The office of Undergraduate Development was instituted in 1959 by President Wells. The office of Undergraduate Development's responsibility is to encourage the development of the University's undergraduate program and to keep it in balance with the over-all growth of the institution. Collection consists of administrative records of the Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Development in two series: Administrative files, 1958-1971, containing correspondence, memos, reports, and speeches; Student Affairs files, 1958-1970, containing correspondence, memos, reports, minutes, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to student activities on campus.

The Uruguay Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Education Program was sponsored by the Indiana University School of Education through a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contract ran from 1964-1966 and focused on upgrading the mechanical and electronic engineering divisions of the Universidad Del Trabajo in Montevideo, Uruguay. This collection contains budget information, program reports, personnel files, and correspondence.

The University School was a K-12 laboratory school that was founded in 1938 by Indiana University and the School City of Bloomington (later Monroe County Community School Corporation). This collection contains volumes of the Jordannus, a yearbook produced by the middle and high schools, dating from 1939-1979.

The University Interests Committee, which had been organized in 1912, moved into action in the 1920s to lobby the state legislature for funds on behalf of Indiana University and to generate interest in the University among civic and community leaders throughout Indiana. Collection consists primarily of correspondence between University Interests Committee members, special representatives, county organizers, the university president, alumni, university supporters, and state legislators. Also contains questionnaires assessing support for the lobbying campaign and a few records of the Women's University Interest Committee.

On July 15, 1942 Indiana University welcomed 200 Navy yeomen to campus to participate in the Naval Training School. In October of 1942 WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) arrived on campus for navy storekeepers training. By May 1944 the Naval Training School had trained 5008 Navy yeomen and storekeepers. The school would be closed one month later. This collection consists of manuals, syllabi, student information, naval school publications, administrative materials, and the correspondences of the education director of the Navy training school Elvin S. Eyster and Robert T. Ittner, assistant to President Herman B Wells.

The Union Board serves as the governing body for the Indiana Memorial Union, which organizes various events and activities for students on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Established in 1909, the Union Board has since developed into the largest student programming body at Indiana University. The Collection consists of scrapbooks which were created by staff annually from 1932 to the present.

The Union Board serves as the governing body for the Indiana Memorial Union, which organizes various events and activities for students on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Established in 1909, the Union Board has since developed into the largest student programming body at Indiana University. The Collection consists of minutes of Union Board meetings and a variety of administrative documents and materials related to past programs, activities, and events.

Una L. Camp was an undergraduate student at Indiana University from 1913-1917. This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Una to document her time at IU, which includes photos, letters, mementos, local newspaper clippings, programs from campus events, and other items. Additionally, the collection includes Una's diplomas and a certificate from Pi Lambda Theta.

Ulysses Howe Smith was an Indiana University alumnus and administrator. Smith held several positions at IU, but the most prominent was his tenure as Bursar, 1908-1936. His papers comprise .2 cubic feet and spans 1901-1912. The Correspondence series is the more prominent of the two series and spans 1901-12. Family members make up a good number of the correspondents, with Smith's brother Paul being the most frequent correspondent in the collection. Discussion primarily focuses on joint business matters. The Subject files series holds only 2 folders - one folder on accounting classes Smith taught at IU and the other his Notary Public certificate.

In 1895, Ulysses G. Weatherly joined the Indiana University faculty, where he remained until his retirement in 1935. Throughout his teaching career, he taught courses in many disciplines, including history, sociology, and economics. This collection consists entirely of his Social Progress manuscript, which includes not only his typescripts but also his handwritten drafts and notes.

Toyoaki Uehara (1924-1997) was a professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University Bloomington from 1963-1990. This collection documents Uehara's scholarly career and personal life, including his participation on university and departmental committees, research and publications related to Japanese language, literature, and mythology; development of international exchange programs; and his involvement in the Tenrikyo movement. Types of material include departmental documents, minutes and memos, program enrollment figures, research and grant proposals, and business correspondence. Also included are copies of Uehara's dissertation, publications and research materials, lectures, bibliographies, extensive personal correspondence, and paper and audiovisual Japanese language study and instruction materials.

T. James Crawford was a Professor Emeritus of Business and Education at Indiana University. He published many text books but is best known for his co-authored work on typing, 20th Century Typewriting. The collection consists primarily of his teaching materials as well as correspondence, records related to professional activities, and publishing.

Collection consists of the papers of former Indiana University business professor Thomas Wesley Rogers. His papers include correspondence, class outlines, and notes pertaining to his teaching career both at IU and other institutions.

Thomas Sebeok (1920-2001) was an internationally renowned semiotician who taught at Indiana University from 1943 to 2001. This collection documents Sebeok's career at Indiana University and contains correspondence, subject files, publications, research and grant materials, and departmental and committee records.

Thomas Nesbit Mathers was the son of Frank Curry Mathers, a distinguished Chemistry Professor at Indiana University, and Maud (Bowser) Mathers. Thomas attended Bloomington High School in the late 1920s-early 1930s before entering Indiana University where he graduated in 1936. Mathers went on to receive his law degree from Indiana University in 1939 and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1941. He worked as an investment analyst throughout his career in the finance industry. The collection consists of Thomas Mathers' education related documents, notebooks, textbooks, and various coursework completed both at Bloomington High School, Indiana University, and at Harvard. This collection also contains a few journals kept by Mathers in 1931 as well as correspondence.

The Veteran was an independent bi-weekly newspaper published by students at Indiana University from Spring 1946 to Fall 1947. This paper focused on providing incoming and current veterans with information that was specific to them, while also addressing current events and functions on campus. Topics included student life in trailer housing, updates on the G.I. Bill regulations, social events, veterans in sports, and educational assistance.

Published from 1923 until 1931, primarily as a bi-monthly publication with some interruption, The vagabond featured the poetry, visual art, essays, criticism, short stories and humor which targeted not only Indiana University's undergraduates, but also its alumni and prominent members of the faculty.

The Upsilon chapter of Theta Nu Xi, a multicultural sorority, was chartered at Indiana University Bloomington in 2004. This collection contains awards, correspondence, new member files, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets pertaining to this chapter.