Helen Pope papers (Civil Rights Heritage Center), 1935-2004
3 cubic feet (Two standard-size records cases and one oversize flat storage case.) Collection ID: CRHC.POPE
The Helen Pope papers document the life of South Bend, Indiana resident and community activist Helen Pope (1916-2004). Helen Pope was a lifelong civil rights advocate and health care professional in the South Bend area. She was an active volunteer in many community organizations, earning several awards and distinctions for her service, including being inducted into the South Bend Hall of Fame in 1992. The collection documents her professional and service activities, as well as her personal life with her husband of over sixty years, James S. Pope.
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LGBTQ collection (Civil Rights Heritage Center), 1940-2017
5 cubic feet (Four standard-size records cases, plus digital files.) Collection ID: CRHC.LGBTQ
The Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center LGBTQ Collection contains materials relating to the experience of people in and around South Bend, Indiana, who describe their sexual and/or gender identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or queer, as well as people who consider themselves allies to the LGBTQ community. South Bend and neighboring cities in north central Indiana and south central Michigan, like so many cities in the United States during the second half of the 20th century and first quarter of the 21st, has experienced a radical transformation in attitudes towards the LGBTQ community. For much of the 20th century, South Bend's LGBTQ community was closed and closeted. With a stronger Catholic and Christian culture than other cities (as evidenced in places like the predominately Catholic University of Notre Dame as well as significant Polish and Eastern European immigration), South Bend had been described as a less welcoming place than larger cities with higher percentages of "out" LGBTQ people and stronger gay cultures, such as San Francisco or New York City. Without the promise of acceptance by their families or protections against discrimination in their workplaces, people often did not identify as LGBTQ publicly. Many felt they could publicly identify only within the few gay-friendly public spaces, such as the Sea Horse Bar and Cabaret. Like much of the United States, South Bend underwent significant changes in the first quarter of the 21st century through the efforts of countless "out" individuals and straight allies. By 2012, those efforts helped make South Bend one of the few cities in Indiana to add LGBT protections to its human rights ordinance. In 2015, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg publicly came out as well, becoming the highest ranking government official in Indiana to do so. The IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center LGBTQ collection — the first of its kind in the city — helps all people understand and reflect upon the major advancements in LGBTQ acceptance over the last fifty years, and how this one Midwest city moved from a place where many people felt they needed to hide their identities into a more welcoming and more open community.
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Freedom Summer records (Civil Rights Heritage Center), 1999-2022
3.15 cubic feet (Two full-size records cases, one letter-size documents case, and one small artifacts case, plus digital files.) Collection ID: CRHC.FS
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Dr. Richard Lamanna papers (Civil Rights Heritage Center), 1958-2002
1.25 cubic feet (One standard-size records case, plus digital files.) Collection ID: CRHC.LAMANNA
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David James papers (Civil Rights Heritage Center), 1960-2017
3 cubic feet (Two standards records cases and one legal-size documents case, plus digital files.) Collection ID: CRHC.JAMES
David James was involved in the activist and music scenes in and around South Bend, Indiana, for most of the forty years that he lived in the community. A constant champion of civil rights, labor rights, and unions; a constant advocate for peace and protestor against war, David James spent much of his life actively fighting for the issues he believes in while performing and promoting the folk music he loved.
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Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts records, 1934-2020, bulk 1962-2020
14.95 cubic feet (11 standard records cases, 2 letter-size documents cases, and 1 flat storage case, plus digital files. ) Collection ID: SB005
The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University South Bend is home to five academic departments offering bachelor's and master's degrees: Communication Studies, Fine Arts, Music, Integrated New Media Studies, and Theatre and Dance. This collection includes paper records documenting the administrative functions of the school; biographical files about faculty and staff; publications by and related to the school, including Aspire Magazine, IU South Bend's arts magazine; photographs of theatrical performances; newspaper articles and press releases; event programs and posters; and an extensive collection of audio and video recordings of performances hosted by the school.
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Campus Bulletin collection, 1915-2021
4.4 cubic feet (11 letter-size documents cases) Collection ID: SB004
This collection contains academic campus bulletins outlining degrees and classes offered at Indiana University South Bend, as well as early Indiana University extension courses offered in the South Bend-Mishawaka area before the establishment of IU South Bend as a stand-alone university, from 1915 to the present day. Campus bulletins contain information about the curriculum at Indiana University South Bend, as well as administrative leadership, academic policies, and general information about the campus. Campus bulletins are an excellent resource for tracing the history of degrees and classes offered at the university over time.
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Student Newspapers collection, 1950-2018
12.3 cubic feet (23 newspaper storage boxes, 1 oversize flat storage box, and 1 letter-size documents case.) Collection ID: SB002
This collection contains newspapers created by and related to the students of Indiana University South Bend, spanning a date range from 1950 to the present. Noteworthy titles in the collection include The Preface (1969-present), the university's preeminent and longest-running student newspaper, and IU Center News (1950-1962), the university's first student-run publication. The collection includes several other shorter-lived IU South Bend student publications, as well as other area newspapers that have been collected because of IU South Bend student, faculty, and/or alumni involvement.
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Hering House records (Civil Rights Heritage Center), 1925-1966
0.8 cubic feet (Two letter-size documents cases, plus digital files.) Collection ID: CRHC.HERING
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