The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware
County Sports Times collection
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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
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The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative History...................................................................................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: The Muncie Weekly News newspapers, 1975-1982................................................................. 7
Series 2: Delaware County Sports Times newspapers, 1982..................................................................7
Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983............................................8
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The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator - Publisher
Mansfield, Joe E.
Title
The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1975-1982
Date [inclusive]
1961-1983
Extent
3.1 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection, Archives and Special
Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection
Administrative History
The Muncie Weekly News was established by publisher Joe E. Mansfield in 1975 as a free weekly
alternative newspaper in Muncie, Indiana. Contributors to the newspaper included Earl Conn, Tommy
Thornburg, Andra Emmons, and John Hampton. The Delaware County Sports Times was established
by Mansfield in 1982 and covered high school, college, and local club and intramural sporting events
throughout Delaware County, Indiana. Both The Muncie Weekly News and the Delaware County Sports
Times ceased publication in Winter 1983.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspapers, photographs, and other records ranging from 1961 to 1983 for the
weekly newspapers The Muncie Weekly News (1975-1982) and the Delaware County Sports Times
(1982). Both newspapers were published by Joe E. Manfield in Muncie, Indiana under the corporate name
Jem-Sue Publications, Inc.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: The Muncie Weekly News newspapers, 1975-1982
Series 2: Delaware County Sports Times newspapers, 1982
Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983
Administrative Information
Publication Information
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Joe E. Mansfield on
2015/10/19.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2015/11/19 by Brandon Pieczko. EAD finding aid created 2015/11/13
by Brandon Pieczko.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Caricatures and cartoons
• Newspapers
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
• Muncie (Ind.)--Photographs--20th century--Sources
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Subject(s)
• Athletics
• Ball State University--History
• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Series 1: The Muncie Weekly News newspapers, 1975-1982
Collection Inventory
Series 1: The Muncie Weekly News newspapers, 1975-1982
Scope and Contents
Contains issues of the newspaper The Muncie Weekly News for July 24, 1975 (Vol. I, No. 1) through
December 23, 1982 (Vol. VIII, No. 23). The first twelve issues of the newspaper were published under
the title The Penny Pincher News. Several issues are missing from the collection.
Box
The Muncie Weekly News, 1975 July 24 - 1977 Apr. 28
The Muncie Weekly News, 1977 May 5 - 1978 Oct. 26
The Muncie Weekly News, 1978 Nov. 2 - 1980 Feb. 28
The Muncie Weekly News, 1981 Mar. 6 - 1980 May 28
The Muncie Weekly News, 1981 Jun. 4 - 1982 Dec. 23
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Series 2: Delaware County Sports Times newspapers, 1982
Scope and Contents
Contains issues of the weekly newspaper Delaware County Sports Times for March 18, 1982 (Vol. I, No.
1) through September 9, 1982 (Vol. I, No. 26). Issue number 25 is missing. The newspaper covered Ball
State University athletics, city and county high school sports from around Delaware County; Muncie
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Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983
YMCA and city Parks and Recreation Department news and organizations; and local boxing, bowling,
golf, tennis, and other city-or-county-organized sporting events. The newspaper was published by Joe E.
Mansfield and edited by Calvin Scott.
Box
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Delaware County Sports Times, 1982 Mar. 18 - 1982 Sept. 9
Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983
Scope and Contents
Contains original cartoons and photographs used in the publication of The Muncie Weekly News and
the Delaware County Sports Times newspapers between circa 1975 and 1982. Also included are
correspondence, political publications, and a newspaper article about the closing of the two newspapers
in 1983.
Cartoons, circa 1975-1982
Correspondence, political publications, and newspaper clipping, circa
Box
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Archery photographs, circa 1975-1982
Auto racing photographs, circa 1975-1982
Ball State University athletics head shots, 1961-1982
Ball State University baseball photographs, 1982
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Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983
Ball State University campus photographs, circa 1975-1982
Ball State University football photographs, circa 1979-1982
Ball State University men's basketball photographs, circa 1975-1982
Ball State University men's golf photographs, 1982 Jan. 21
Ball State University men's volleyball photographs, circa 1975-1982
Ball State University track and cross country photographs, 1979
Ball State University women's field hockey photographs, circa 1975-1982
Ball State University women's volleyball photographs, 1982
Bicycle racing photographs, circa 1975-1982
Boxing photographs, circa 1975-1982
Boxing - Gary Guiden photographs, circa 1975-1982
Delaware County Sports Times feature photographs, circa 1978-1982
Golf photographs, circa 1975-1982
Gymnastics (high school and other) photographs, circa 1975-1982
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The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection
Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983
High school baseball photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school basketball photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school cheerleading photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school football photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school golf photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school swimming photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school volleyball photographs, circa 1975-1982
High school wrestling photographs, circa 1975-1982
Karate (Professional Karate Association) photographs, circa 1975-1982
Little League Baseball photographs, circa 1975-1982
Muncie people and places (identified) photographs, circa 1975-1982
Muncie people and places (unidentified) photographs, circa 1975-1982
The Muncie Weekly News feature photographs, circa 1975-1982
Pop Warner football photographs, circa 1975-1982
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The Muncie Weekly News and Delaware County Sports Times collection
Series 3: Jem-Sue Publications, Inc. records and photographs, 1961-1983
Running (high school and other) photographs, circa 1975-1982
Saturday baseball league photographs, circa 1975-1982
Softball league photographs, circa 1975-1982
Special Olympics photographs, circa 1975-1982
Tennis (high school and other) photographs, circa 1975-1982
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