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  • The Muncie Dragway and Speedway Memorabilia Collection
    March 3, 2025 by

    By Carole Stout, Student Intern, Archives and Special Collections To celebrate local community-building and entertainment, Ball State’s Archives and Special Collections has newly processed the Muncie Dragway and Speedway memorabilia collection. This collection consists of photographs, auto-racing newspapers, and a 1949 booklet detailing the rules and regulations of the Mutual Racing Association. Racing in Muncie […]

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  • Ball State Digital Collection Access from Indiana Memory and the Digital Public Library of America
    January 17, 2024 by

    The Ball State University Libraries Digital Media Repository (DMR) hosts more than 325 digital collections containing more than 257,00 records of digital artifacts from various library and archives collections.  Represented in the DMR are 781 individual archival collections. To expand access and discovery, the University Libraries partners with the Indiana State Library. 163,508 records for […]

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  • Edith Elizabeth Kirby Collection
    October 25, 2022 by

    Did you know that the Timbers Lumber Jack has been a figure in our community for many years?  In August of 1965, the Kirby-Wood Lumber Company unveiled their icon image, a hand-painted steel, plastic, and fiberglass Paul Bunyan statue. When the company closed, the statue stayed on the property until 1993 when it was sold […]

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    New Digital Exhibit Celebrates History, Legacy of Multicultural Center
    January 24, 2022 by

    Ball State University Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections, in collaboration with the Multicultural Center, recently debuted a new, freely-accessible, online, digital exhibit entitled The Ball State University Multicultural Center: Ambassadors of Campus Inclusion and Diversity.  Drawing heavily from primary sources from the University Archives and alumni collections, the exhibit provides a detailed, reflective, and compelling […]

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