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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078 libarchives@bsu.edu

Mary Alice Lanning U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum collection SPEC.
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative History...................................................................................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
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Repository
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Extent
Language
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Mary Alice Lanning U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum collection
1978, 1993-2015
0.3 Cubic feet 1 box
English
Preferred Citation
Mary Alice Lanning U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, Archives and Special Collections,
Ball State University Libraries
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Mary Alice Lanning U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum collection SPEC.
Established April 22, 1993 the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington,
DC provides visitors and researchers with documentation, studies, and interpretations of Holocaust history. Through photographs, archival records, audio and video recordings, and artifacts, the museum pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust by showing visitors the reality of daily life under Nazi rule.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds 1,193 collections and 8,884 archival collections including the Benjamin B. Ferencz papers, Anne Frank's history, the Oral History Project (containing
64,098 oral history testimonies), and the Film and Video Archive.
This collection includes calendars, newspaper clippings, cards, newsletters, and promotional materials from Mary Alice Lanning in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1978 to 2014 regarding the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum and Holocaust history.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
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This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special
Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Mary Alice Lanning on 2014/04/10. Addition received on 2015/08/13 from Mary Alice Lanning.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2014/05/15 by Kasey Mock. EAD finding aid created 2014/05/15 by
Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid revised 2014/05/15 by Brandon Pieczko. Addition processed and
EAD finding aid revised by Lindsey M. Vesperry on 2015/08/14.
Related Archival Materials
Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Archives and Special
Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN:
PSC.338: Don Jean Lanning Dachau Concentration Camp photographs and clippings
Corporate Name(s)
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Personal Name(s)
• Lanning, Mary Alice
Mary Alice Lanning U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum collection SPEC.
Subject(s)
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Ball State Holocaust promotional material, 1994, 2014
Jewish Communities of the World calendar, 2000
Holocaust Museum admission tickets, 1997
Holocaust Museum article in Smithsonian, 1993 Apr.
Holocaust Museum brochures, undated
Holocaust Museum calendars, 1994-1998, 2000, 2008-2009, 2011,
2014-2016
Holocaust Museum cards, 2006
Holocaust Museum cards, 2007
Holocaust Museum cards, 2009
Holocaust Museum cards, 2014
Holocaust Museum identification card, Claude Brunswic, undated
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Holocaust Museum newspaper clippings, 1993-1994, 2006
Holocaust Museum promotional photographs, undated
Holocaust Museum special issue, Summer 1993
Holocaust Museum Update newsletters, 1994 Jan.-1995
Holocaust newspaper clippings, 1978, 1997, 1999-2001
Human Relations Material for the School, Church, and Community, 1979
The First Five Years Holocaust Museum publication, 1993-1998
The Year in Review Holocaust Museum publication, 1994-1997
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