| Creator: | Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory |
| Title: | History of Middle Way House |
| Collection No.: | ohrc048 |
| Dates: | 1996 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 3 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | This project includes interviews with three people involved with important aspects of the development of Middle Way House in Bloomington, Indiana. They discuss the grass roots beginnings of the house as a crisis center and its change into a battered women's shelter. The interviewees discuss funding and grant writing for Middle Way House and the financial difficulties the shelter has encountered in the past. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection contains three interviews conducted in 1996. The interviews are 45, 110, and 105 minutes respectively. All interviews consist of audio tapes and typed transcripts.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 96-191
Physical Description: 19 pages; 1 tape 1 7/8 ips, 45 minutes; index
Scope and Content Note: Karen C. Blicher describes her involvement with the Middle Way House in Bloomington, Indiana. She talks about its financial crisis in the late 1970s and growth in the years following. She discusses the changes in services offered by the Middle Way House, volunteers, and community support.
Indexed Terms:
Access Status: Open
No(s): 96-192
Physical Description: 23 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 110 minutes; index
Scope and Content Note: David Foster, one of the former financial directors of Middle Way House, describes his involvement with and the growth of the house. He discusses funding, community relations, and services offered. Foster talks about the differences and repercussions of treating someone for substance abuse versus substance use prevention. He also discusses the end of his career in social work and why he left the profession to work in the outdoor recreation industry.
Indexed Terms:
Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information
No(s): 96-190
Physical Description: 32 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 105 minutes, index
Scope and Content Note: Walter Keller describes his involvement with the Middle Way House in Bloomington, Indiana. He describes funding, changes in the services of the center, and the volunteer opposition to changing the services offered by Middle Way House. He explains the other shelter options for abused women in Bloomington. One of these options was the Community Shelter for Abused Women (C-SAW). Keller also tells of his decision to have a career in social work as an advocate for women's safety, and the counseling of abusive men. He describes the feminist separatists opinions of men working for women's causes and the volatile climate of the 1970s and 1980s.
Indexed Terms:
Access Status: Open