Collections

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.