Collections

The Maugham mss., 1904-1973, consist of the contracts and correspondence about those contracts for works by William Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, English novelist and playwright.

The Binkley, Raglind mss., ca. 1450-1842, consist of medieval fragments collected by Thomas and Raglind Binkley.

The Luis Antonio Ramirez Collection consists of the works and ephemera of the composer Luis Antonio Ramirez.

Class scraps at Indiana University were a series of violent events in which the students of opposing classes competed in physical challenges such as capture the flag or general brawls or fist fights. This collection includes broadsides, often mocking and vulgar, printed in advance of the competitions.

The Boone County Red Cross Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, letters, postcards, and photographs related to the work of the Boone County chapter of the Red Cross.

The Town Creek Foundation, founded by Edmund "Ted" Stanley in Easton, Maryland, operated as a grantmaking non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of Maryland's environment. Town Creek centered its mission on addressing environmental changes within the state, focusing on challenges such as pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's transition to a low-carbon economy. The foundation supported a range of initiatives, including advocacy, outreach, and institutional development, to strengthen the environmental movement and hold polluters accountable for their contributions to climate change at both local and national levels. This collection is comprised of records from the foundation's board of trustees, financial papers, their grant-making work, and born-digital materials.

The Foundation Incubator was established with the goal of providing a community for philanthropists to interact, discuss, and innovate new solutions in the field, through shared office space for smaller foundations to utilize as well as articles, coaching, workshops, and presentations for the wider community. Established in Palo Alto, TFI had a special focus on applying the verve of Silicon Valley from that period to philanthropy, and members of the Foundation Incubator primarily consisted of California-based ventures. Confronted with an economic downturn and a consensus to slow growth, TFI merged with Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy in July 2005.

This collection contains the records of the Office of the Dean of the Faculties and of the Executive Vice Chancellor. The dean of the faculties is the chief academic officer at IUPUI and oversees the development and administration of academic programs, faculty appointments, professional development, promotion and tenure, and academic support operations. The executive vice chancellor is the second highest ranking administrator in the IUPUI administration. The title was created in 1973, and generally the person holding that position has also been the dean of the faculties. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, university publications, and files documenting the dean of the faculties/executive vice chancellor's role in the development of IUPUI's academic programs and the administrator's involvement with community, regional, and national organizations.

Joseph A. Franklin began as a student at Indiana University in 1922. Following his 1927 graduation with a degree in finance, Franklin remained an employee of the University's fiscal offices for the entirety of his professional career during which he was appointed University treasurer (1946-1971), vice president (1948-1971), and Fiscal Counsel to the President (1971-1975). Franklin was active in various professional, community, and service organizations including Acacia Fraternity, Church of Christ, Lions Club, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, Riley Memorial Association, and the United Fund. This collection primarily holds papers relating to Franklin's service activities and includes correspondence, invitations, financial records, publications, and minutes.

Daniel J. Crowley was a folklorist with research and ethnographic interests in African and African diaspora communities. This collection consists of collected folktales Crowley had planned to use to create a tale-type index.

The Date was an Indiana University student-published editorial circulated in late 1940s that documented campus culture in a light and humorous way. This small collection consists of issues spanning 1946-1947.

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.

The I Association (formerly I-Men Association (1913-2006) and I-Women Association (1982-2006)) honors exceptional athletes at Indiana University Bloomington. This collection contains files about I Association alumni events and event planning, Board of Directors meeting information, I Association membership, and email, letter, and memo correspondence between I Association staff and alumni.

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.

Son Lux is an experimental music project led by Indiana University Bloomington graduate, Ryan Lott, blending elements of electronic, classical, and rock music to create a unique sound characterized by intricate compositions and emotional depth. This collection highlights their career so far.

The Department of Journalism was established at Indiana University in 1911. The Department began offering master's degrees in journalism starting in 1916, and bachelor's degrees in journalism beginning in 1932. In 1974, the Department of Journalism became the School of Journalism in the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1989, it became an independent school and in 2019, a merger between the School and the departments of Communication and Culture and Telecommunications led to the establishment of IUB's Media School. This collection consists of records that document alumni of the School and the Indiana Daily Student.

These papers document activities of Jean Coffey Webster while she served as director of Indiana University Training School for Nurses (now IU School of Nursing) from 1948-1953, as well as her time as nurse and captain in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II, a portion of which she served in the 32nd General Hospital Unit. The papers also document Coffey's experience as a nursing and nursing education student, including a diary of her years as an undergraduate nursing education student at IU Bloomington. The materials include correspondence, clippings, personal and journal writings, and educational records including diplomas and certificates, as well as some photographs and bound texts.

Reports of Investigation (ROIs) created by the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology or their Cultural Resource Management (CRM) office from 1964-2019.

Records from the Department of Athletics, which oversees the intercollegiate athletics programs at IUPUI.

The Indiana University Board of Trustees is the governing body of Indiana University. By agreement in the merger of the Indianapolis campuses of Indiana University and Purdue University in 1969, the resulting IUPUI would be governed by the IU Board of Trustees. Records include minutes, agendas, and other records.

The Institute for Humanities Research Records include correspondence, programs, minutes, and reports. The records cover the institute, its members, and related programs between 1982 to 1991.

This collection is comprised of audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted for the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the IU Kokomo campus, as well as interviews of Kokomo campus faculty, staff, and alumni conducted as part of the Indiana University Bicentennial Oral History Project.

This collection is comprised of books that were part of the Kokomo Extension Division Library collection prior to the establishment of the current Indiana University Kokomo campus on Washington Street in 1965. Indiana University established its first extension division in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1945. First located in a house on West Taylor Street, the division moved to West Sycamore Street in 1946 and expanded to include the Seiberling Mansion, Carriage House, and Elliott House.

The Indiana University Medical Center is the collective administrative identity of the hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and other facilities that provide medical services in conjunction with the Indiana University School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Dentistry, and School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Long, Coleman, Riley, University, and Wishard hospitals fall under the administrative aegis of the IUMC. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial data, patient records, and other records.

IUPUI administrators created the IUPUI Task Force on the Status of Women Faculty in 1994 to investigate how women were appointed and promoted on the campus and to assess the campus climate for women's success. The task force recommended in 1996 the creation of a campus office to facilitate improvements on the IUPUI campus for women. Administrators created the IUPUI Office for Women (OFW) in October, 1996, with the goal to improve the campus environment for women faculty, staff, and students. The director of OFW also serves as chair of the newly created IUPUI Commission on Women to develop opportunities and improve equity and the campus envirnment for women. Records include minutes, correspondence, reports, and publications.

Purdue University was founded as a state Land Grant university in 1869 at West Lafayette, Indiana. It has created several regional, or extension, campuses, including a campus in Indianapolis (see UA-060, Purdue University-Indianapolis Extension) that became IUPUI. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, bulletins, publications, and other records.

Previously called the Personnel Division or Office of Personnel Services, Human Resources Administration reports to the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance. Records include correspondence, reports, personnel policies, publications, and other materials.

The Department of Economics Records include correspondence, curriculum development, minutes, and reports. The records cover the department, its professors, and related programs between 1971 to 1991. The department was formed from the merger of faculties from the Indiana University-Indianapolis Downtown Campus and the Purdue University-Indianapolis Extension on the creation of IUPUI.

The Department of Computer Technology Records include correspondence, course information, minutes, and reports. The records cover the department, its faculty, and related programs between 1972 to 2003.

The Department of Political Science Records include correspondence, course changes, course syllabi, minutes, and reports. The records cover the department, its professors, and related programs between 1972 to 1994.

This collection of commercially-produced and student-created board games is intended for use in New Media, Art and Technology courses.

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.

Transcripts for oral history interviews related to philanthropy, which were conducted by the Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice, formerly known as Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory, formerly known as the Indiana Oral History Research Center. The American Foundations Oral History Project consists of a series of interviews with prominent American philanthropists, each of whom relates their background, the development of their values, and their philosophies of philanthropy. The purpose and state of American philanthropy, including those family foundations and corporate foundations, form a central topic, as do the recent trend of increasing diversity and opinions on grant evaluation and philanthropic assessment. In addition, many interviewees comment on the role of government in philanthropy and the system of ethics at play in American philanthropy. The Center on Philanthropy Oral History Project traces creation of the Center from its earliest stages and its evolution into a fully operating academic institution dedicated to the study of philanthropy. It includes the negotiations in bringing the Fund Raising School to Indianapolis, Indiana, the grant proposals to the Lilly Endowment, finding the Center's first director, and the creation of its mission statement. This project also contains many different people's views on the study of philanthropy and the importance and success of the Center. The "Philanthropy: a history of fund raising" Project discusses the history of philanthropy and fundraising as a profession. The interviewees, all workers of different generations, discuss the various issues and changes the field of fundraising has faced over the years, with a major focus on fundraising in America. The changing public image of philanthropy, the introduction of women into the field, and the skills and techniques needed within the profession are all discussed in depth throughout the interviews. The major differences between various types of fundraising are also discussed.

Indiana University started offering regular classes in Indianapolis in 1891. An Extension Division was created in 1912 and began to offer a small number of courses for credit. A gradual increase of class offerings and enrollments in Indianapolis occurred in the following decades. The university occupied a variety of buildings in downtown Indianapolis over the years in what over time became known as the Downtown Campus (DTC). Courses in liberal arts, social sciences, mathematics, and the natural sciences were offered by the Downtown Campus, whereas Indiana University's professional schools located in Indianapolis (i.e., the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Law, etc.) offered separate programs loosely connected to the other. The creation of IUPUI in 1969 more closely fused the various separate entities of Indiana University in Indianapolis together. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, and other materials.

The Patricia Thomson papers contain a record of the activities of the Corporation for National and Community Service, with a focus on the areas of Thomson's work there: evaluation, legislation, and public relations.

The Gardener's Benefit Society of Indianapolis was founded by a group of German immigrants on July 6,1867. The Gardener's Benefit Society membership consisted of German immigrants who settled by the White River on the southwest side of Indianapolis and grew and sold produce at wholesale markets and local grocery stores in the area. The Society's goals were to promote horticulture and floriculture in Indianapolis. The Society met its peak with its members and greenhouse operations in the 1940s but still retains its membership today.

The Pound mss., 1919-1924, consist primarily of letters to Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, poet, from various literary associates and friends. Some of the correspondence concerns the legal troubles of James Joyce and his difficulties with the publication of his novel Ulysses.

The Dreiser mss. III, 1928-1945, consists of several photographs and one lithograph pertaining to author Theodore Dreiser, 1871-1945.

The Pound mss. II, 1900-1973, consist primarily of letters sent to poet Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972, and to his wife, Dorothy Shakespear Pound, 1886-1973.

The Pound mss., VI consist of papers and documents by or relating to poet Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972.

The Pound mss. IV consist of articles, poems, plays, and other writings by various authors that were sent to Ezra or Dorothy Pound by those authors.

The Pound mss. V, 1948-1972, consist primarily of the London business files of A.V. Moore relating to royalties, publications, and permissions of Ezra Pound.

The Pound mss., VI, consist of those items by and relating to poet Ezra Loomis Pound, 1885-1972.

The Ridenour, W.W. mss, 1943-2013, consist of the personal journals of Presbyterian minister and World War II Army veteran, William W. Ridenour.

J. Gus Liebenow was a professor emeritus of political science at Indiana University. Starting his tenure in 1958, Liebenow also served as the dean for Research and Advanced Studies as well as vice president and dean of Academic Affairs. In 1961, he also found the University's African Studies Program. This collections consists of lecture notes, personal files, department records, Liebenow's writings, and materials from numerous organizations he was affiliated with.

The Jeanette Carter Papers spans the dates 1928-2014. Renowned anthropologist on West Africa and women, this collections includes her research on women in Liberia and the Gambia, personal accounts of the Liberian Civil War, her field notes, research on ethnic groups, and extensive reports, publications and news articles on Liberia.

Dorith Minna Ofri-Scheps (1930-2015), known as "Jɛbɛ" to the Vai people, was a linguist and scholar of the Vai language and culture. Her dissertation, "On the Object of ethnology: a propos of the Vai culture of Liberia 1963-88" was submitted and defended in 1991, at the University of Bern, after the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War had interrupted her field research.Her correspondence covers many aspects of Vai language and culture, touching on the cumulative work of August Klingenheben, Bai Tamia Moore, Gail Stewart, Jangaba Johnson, C. K. Kandakai, and many others. Her research drew on interviews with Mɔmɔlu Cole, and her assistants included Morris Davies, who died in the war, Fatu Kiazolu, and in later life Poppy Willard.

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.

The Reggie Workman Collection documents the musical career, personal life, and community involvement of composer, arranger, double-bassist, and educator, Reggie Workman. The collection's materials include printed and recorded music, documentary films, correspondence, biographical materials, photographs, and many documents collected by Workman to document jazz artists, the jazz music business, and community life in New York, the broader United States, and globally.

The Michael McAlpin Collection consists primarily of print materials used in the production of the PBS television documentary Record Row: the Cradle of Rhythm and Blues. Included are production materials and interview transcripts created during Dr. Portia Maultsby's collaboration on the project as AAAMC director as well as VHS tapes of the rough cut, final broadcast version, and local coverage of the documentary.

Manuscript and printed scores, photographs, biographical material, and recordings by Black composers active from 1950 to present.

WSJV is a television station licensed to Elkhart, Indiana and serving the Michiana region, including Elkhart, South Bend, Mishawaka, St. Joseph, and La Porte. This collection consists of descriptive shot logs associated with videotapes from WSJV's news archive and covering local, regional, and national news stories.

Robert Berry (born 1940) is an actor, playwright, and teacher. While a student in the Theater Department at Indiana University Bloomington in the summer of 1962, he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in a feature-length psychological horror film, "House of Dreams". The film, which was shot entirely without professional help with a budget of $10,000, is perhaps the first feature-length film created primarily by Indiana University students. The film was shot in Decker and Vincennes, Indiana and utilized the historic Sam Jordan House as the haunting centerpiece of the story. "House of Dreams" premiered in Vincennes on September 11, 1963. Given the involvement by local citizens and representation of small Southern Indiana towns, it was heralded locally as a distinctly "Hoosier" film.

The International Federation of Film Archives (French: Federation international des archives du film), commonly abbreviated as FIAF, is a professional organization of moving image heritage institutions and workers. FIAF affiliates represent dozens of institutions from all over the world. FIAF holds an annual Congress comprised of three parts: a meeting of the executive committee, a symposium of conference presentations, and a general assembly for conducting formal business of the organization. The historic recordings in this collection document the proceedings of FIAF Congresses and Executive Committee meetings dating from 1975-2007.

The pregnancy and childbirth comprises 50 years of educational media from the personal collections of two midwives, Vivian Euzent (b. 1952) and Harriet J. Palmer (1933-2021).

The "Century of 16mm" was a series of events hosted by the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive to mark the centennial of 16mm motion picture film as a format in 2023. The year-long celebration included a physical exhibition of 16mm cameras and technology at University Collections at McCalla, a traveling archival roadshow programmed by IU Cinema Founding Director Jon Vickers and Jenn Vickers, seventeen commissioned 16mm films, a series of 16mm Bolex filmmaking workshops, and an academic conference held in Bloomington in September 2023.

This project is a compilation of interviews of subjects with strong ties to and memories of Indiana University, primarily at the Bloomington campus. The interviewees include former students, faculty, and staff, among others. The information contained in the interviews generally spans a little more than the first half of the twentieth century and often deals with the administrations under presidents William Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells. The project is a survey of Indiana University's history as a whole including information about various academic departments, athletics, student organizations, campus growth, university development, living conditions, segregation and the treatment of African-Americans, the administration, and the importance of jazz at Indiana University. In addition, the impact of specific events, such as the Great Depression, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and water shortages, is detailed in many of the interviews in this project.

The Office of University Architect is a separate unit, based at Indiana University Bloomington, with an office on the IUPUI campus. The office plans and coordinates building and infrastructure projects, and works closely with Campus Facilities Services and the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance. Architectural drawings for IUPUI campus buildings and facilities are housed separately. Records include building and construction specifications, manuals, and other materials.

The Office serves to promote representative participation of all members of the community, and to prevent discrimination in any university practices or activities. The Officer reports directly to the Chancellor (previously to the Executive Dean). Records include correspondence, reports, policies, and other materials.

The Sillitoe mss. II, 1950-1996, consists of the papers of writer Alan Sillitoe, 1928-2010.

The Spears mss., 1955-1967, consist of the files of educator Harold Spears, 1902-1980, relating to the twelve years he was superintendent of schools for the San Francisco Unified School District.

The Crist mss., 1861-1865, consists of letters to Barbara Ellen Crist, chiefly from her brother, Milton C. Crist, 1838-1864, and her future husband, John Erastus Lane, 1837-1893, both of whom were soldiers with the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

The War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879, consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.