Middletown Area Study surveys
MSC.003
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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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Middletown Area Study surveys MSC.003
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Middletown area study surveys, 1978-2004............................................................................ 7
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Middletown Area Study surveys
Date
1978-2004
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Middletown Area Study surveys, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Historical Note
The Middletown Area Study (MAS) was an annual survey sponsored by Ball State University`s
Department of Sociology and the Center for Middletown Studies between 1978 and 2004. Principal
investigators for the project included Dr. Stephen D. Johnson, Dr. William Johnson, Dr. David Morris,
Dr. John G Condran, Dr Jerry G. Bode, Dr. Joseph Tamney, Harry Nelson, Dr. Ronald Burton, and Dr.
Ione Y. DeOllos.
The purpose of these studies was to assess the views and lifestyles of citizens on major topics including
questions on life satisfaction, education, income, family, religion, and politics. The focus of the studies
varied from year to year and overtime included such topics as abortion, the AIDS epidemic, race relations,
the elderly, September 11 terrorist attacks, and attitudes about Arabs.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the question banks and codebooks for the project from 1978-2004. Online
access to the data is available online via the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA).
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Middletown Area Study surveys, 1978-2004
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
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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 donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2008/03/01 by Maren Read. EAD finding aid created 2012/01/12 by
Bethany Fiechter.
Related Materials
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:
MSC.001: Middletown III surveys, 1976-1979
MSC.002: Black Middletown surveys, 1970s
MSC.004: Middletown articles and writings, 1929-present
MSC.005: Middletown Studies bibliographies, 1929-1990
MSC.006: Middletown Studies student papers, undated
MSC.007: Working in Middletown interviews and transcripts, 1969-1980
MSC.008: Indiana Oral History Project transcripts, 1969-1980
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MSC.009: Middletown Studies newspaper clippings, 1920-1991
MSC.010: First Measured Century oral history transcripts, 2000
MSC.011: Bureau of Business Research reports, 1973-1974
MSC.012: Middletown Studies Collection unpublished writings, 1922-1990
MSC.013: Lynd correspondence and papers, 1922-1982
MSC.014: Middletown III working papers, 1970s
MSC.015: C. Warren Vander Hill project files and papers, 1924-1999
MSC.016: Middletown Exhibit photographs, 1900-1940s
MSC.017: My Grandfather's Middletown slide presentation, 1982
MSC.018: Lynn Perrigo papers, 0921-1992
MSC.019: Middletown III u-matic tapes, 1980
MSC.020: Middletown Studies magnetic tapes, 1980
MSC.022: Middletown III papers, 1921-1922
MSC.023: Middletown Film Series ephemera, 1979
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Surveys
Subject(s)
• Middletown Studies Collection
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Series 1: Middletown area study surveys, 1978-2004
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Middletown area study surveys, 1978-2004
Middletown area study datasets cd, 1978-2004
Question bank surveys, 1978-1999
Question bank surveys, 2000-2004
Questionaire surveys, 2002
Codebook, 1978
Codebook, 1979
Codebook, 1980
Codebook, 1981 Spring
Codebook, 1981 Fall
Codebook, 1982
Codebook, 1983
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Codebook, 1984
Codebook, 1985
Codebook, 1986
Codebook, 1987
Codebook, 1988
Codebook, 1989
Codebook, 1990
Codebook, 1991
Codebook, 1992
Codebook, 1993
Codebook, 1994
Codebook, 1995
Codebook, 1996
Codebook, 1997
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Codebook, 1998
Codebook, 1999
Codebook, 2000
Codebook, 2004
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